Rajasooya Yajna 2004
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the Bhagavad Gita Lord Krishna says to Arjuna:
Annaat bhavanti bhutaani parjanyaa annasambhavah
Yajnaat bhavati parjanyah yajnah karmasamudbhavah 3.14
All beings are born from food. Food is produced from rain. Rain comes
from yajna and yajna comes forth from righteous karma.
Karma brahmodhbhavam viddhi Brahma akshara samudbhavam
Tasmaat sarvagatam brahma nityam yajne pratishthitam 3.15
Know that karma evolves from Brahman and Brahman comes forth from the
immutable. Thus the all pervading brahman is always established in yajna.
All living beings spring forth from anna, which is a product of rain.
Rain is caused by yajna, which in turn takes place due to karma. Karmas
manifest out of knowledge, which is the essence of Parabrahma or the supreme
Self. On account of this, that supreme immortal Paramatma is forever enshrined
in yajna.
In order to understand the esoteric or tantric significance of yajna
this statement has to be scrutinized, because until we can grasp the profundity
of these words, yajna will remain just a fire ceremony for us. It will
not expand the mind and give us that sublime experience of unity with
the source of our creation.
 The
Bible tells us of just such an event in the life of a man called Moses,
who in a similar expanded state of mind saw that highest reality as fire
behind the bush, which revealed to him the Ten Commandments, a revelation
which gave birth to one of the foremost religions in the world. That fire
Moses saw was no ordinary fire; it was the cosmic light born out of the
divine vibration, an experience which tantra developed through the ritual
of yajna, highlighting how an exoteric act can become an uplifting esoteric
experience.
In the physical body this cosmic light manifesting as the inner fire
or prana is the link between annamaya kosha and manomaya kosha. It is
the mythical missing link that transported man from the physical animal
dimension to the intelligent and creative being of the twenty-first century.
In the slokas mentioned above, the Gita hints at yajna being the medium
of his further evolution from man to superman, for that supreme knowledge
is pratishthit or established in this rite, just as heat is established
in fire or light in the sun.
In 2003 the sacred event of yajna was performed at Rikhiadham for the
seventh year. Before it started Swami Satyananda said that the yajna being
held at Rikhia was a celebration of man's first awakening. If that had
not happened, we may still be living in the dark ages in caves and treetops
like savages.
Modern man in his hurry may have forgotten that moment of jubilation
and victory in the life of his ancestors because it was not recorded by
any race, nationality or civilization. Then man was not American, Indian
or Chinese but the true example of a universal human being. Yet, we are
fortunate, as that moment is forever enshrined in the ritual of yajna,
which was developed by the vedic seers.
Perhaps future civilizations will view man's venture into space with
as much awe and reverence because that too is a significant evolutionary
leap in the destiny of man. Whether it will be a constructive leap, as
in the case of his discovery of fire, or a destructive one, only time
and history will tell.
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