Rajasooya Yajna 2005
Part Two
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must understand, however, that the experience of energy, whether microcosmic
or macrocosmic, needs to be awakened within each and every individual
if he wishes to rise above the gross mundane experience and enter subtler
realms of that tremendous force of prakriti.
Yajna aims to establish this experience. As the rites and rituals of
yajna strictly adhere to the laws of nature and do not oppose them in
any way, it is most effective in achieving this aim. Yajnas use the principle
of sound through the constant intonation of mantras which create a powerful
field of energy for the descent of a magnetic force that is the deity
of the mantra. Light, form and colour contribute magnificently to build
the ambience for this subtle energy to manifest itself. A feast for the
senses!
 Thus
the most important part of a yajna is the mantra (sound). This more than
the mechanics of the ritual is what makes the yajna efficacious. It is through
the mantra that the perfected being or deity of the yajna is worshipped.
It is the mantra that awakens and communicates the power of the chosen deity.
The ingredients offered in yajna are all drawn from nature without the
least trace of chemical, toxic or artificial elements. The water is brought
from the purest source of all the rivers in India and the herbs and grains
offered are not chosen at random but are those specifically prescribed
for that particular yajna.
 Yajnas
restore balance in nature. Today, more than ever before, this has become
absolutely essential, for we will have to agree that nature is being stripped
and shorn of its dignity by the modern civilization in much the same way
that Draupadi was stripped of hers by the Kauravas while her five husbands,
the Pandavas, looked on.
Just as even then it was a divine power called Krishna that came to herrescue
and saved her, today too we will have to resort to the invocation of divine
forces to descend and fill our hearts with peace so that agitation, disharmony
and imbalance disappear and our lives may prosper.
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