Yajna Quotes

Meditation has also been proven scientifically to untangle and rewire the neurological pathways in the brain that make up the conditioned personality. Buddhist monks, for example, have had their brains scanned by scientists as they sat still in deep altered states of consciousness invoked by transcendental meditation and the scientists were amazed at what they beheld. The frontal lobes of the monks lit up as bright as the sun! They were in states of peace and happiness the scientists had never seen before. Meditation invokes that which is known in neuroscience as neuroplasticity; which is the loosening of the old nerve cells or hardwiring in the brain, to make space for the new to emerge. Meditation, in this sense, is a fire that burns away the old or conditioned self, in the Bhagavad Gita, this is known as the Yajna; “All karma or effects of actions are completely burned away from the liberated being who, free from attachment, with his physical mind enveloped in wisdom (the higher self), performs the true spiritual fire rite.

Let us now turn for a moment to the word karman which has been cited above. The meanings of the verbal root kar, present also in the Latin creare and the Greek κραίνω [kraino], are to make, do, and effect. And significantly, just as the Latin facere is originally sacra facere, literally “make sacred,” and as the Greek πoιέω = ἱερoπoιέω [poieo = hieropoieo], so karman is originally and very often not merely “work” or “making,” but synonymous with yajna, “sacrifice” and also with vrata, “sacred operation,” “obedience,” “sphere of activity,” “function,” and especially as in the Bhagavad Gita, with dharma, “justice” or “natural law.” In other words, the idea is deeply rooted in our humanity that there is no real distinction of work from holy works, and no necessary opposition of profane to sacred activities. And it is precisely this idea that finds such vivid expression in the well-known Indian philosophy of action, the “Way of Works” (karmamarga) of the Bhagavad Gita.

It has been called yajna (sacred fire offerings). The digestive fire is the sacred fire burning in the pit of your stomach; each bite of food is an oblation and each sip of drink is a libation. This is in the temple of your body, at the altar of your soul.

I thought the Vedas were a load of humbug and it didn’t matter which way you recited them. Some jobless Brahmin like my father, created them thousands of years ago. Instead of making themselves useful, the Brahmins prayed to the Gods they themselves invented for the rain, the sun, horses, cows and money and many other things. It must have been very cold, from whichever cursed places they came. Otherwise, why would they croak like frogs and appeal to the Gods after putting hundreds of assorted twigs into the fire? Perhaps I was prejudiced. I shouldn’t think that the work they were doing, as Yajnas, was useless. In fact, it served as a perfect tool to mint money and gain material favours. They were no fools-these Brahmins. They knew how to project even the mundane tasks of burning twigs as earth-shaking, scientific discoveries and claimed to tame the forces that controlled the world. And it was funny that the majority of people like the carpenters, masons and farmers who were doing something meaningful, had become supplicant to these jokers croaking under the warm sun, sweat pouring from their faces in front of a raging fire and chanting God knows what. They had a Yajna or a Puja for everything under the sun. If you had leprosy or a common cold, there was a God to whom you had to offer a special puja to appease him. You wanted your pestering wife to elope with your bothersome neighbour, there was a puja for that too. You wanted your cow to have a calf or your wife to have son, the Brahmin would help you. He would just conduct a Puja and a divine calf or son would be born. You curried favour with the Brahmins and your son would become the biggest pundit in the world by the age of sixteen. If not, he would perhaps become rowdy like me, who did not respect Brahmins or rituals. He would become a Rakshasa. I think there are many more Rakshasas among us now. Perhaps, it was because the ‘why?’ virus spread. Couldn’t the Brahmins conduct a puja so that our heads were cleared of sinful thoughts? This is something I have to ponder over when I have time.

Cuatro nombres sirven especialmente, entre muchos otros en el sánscrito, para designar las diferentes ramas del saber esotérico, y aun el mismo de los Purânas exotéricos. 1º la Yajna Vidya, que es el conocimiento de los poderes ocultos que pueden despertarse en la Naturaleza por ciertas ceremonias y ciertos ritos religiosos; 2º la Maha Vidya “La Gran Ciencia”, respecto de la cual es a veces la magia de los cabalistas y la de los tantrikas, una hechicería de la peor especie; 3º, la Gupta– Vidya, la ciencia de los poderes místicos contenidos en el sonido (éter) y que son despertados por los Mantras (plegarias, cantos o encantamientos), cuyo efecto depende del ritmo y la melodía; una operación mágica, en fin, basada sobre el conocimiento de las fuerzas de la Naturaleza y su correlación, y 4º, el Alma Vidya que equivale a las palabras Ciencia del Alma o Sabiduría Verdadera cuyo sentido, entre los Orientales, alcanza una extensión mucho más considerable, que entre nosotros los europeos. Esta última ciencia del Alma Vidya es la sola especie del ocultismo a que debe aspirar todo teosofista admirador de “Luz sobre el sendero”, o la que desea llegar a ser un sabio despojándose del egoísmo. Las otras son solamente ramas de las “Ciencias ocultas”, es decir, partes basadas sobre el conocimiento de la esencia de las cosas en los diferentes reinos de la Naturaleza –minerales, plantas, animales –ciencias materiales en suma, por más que la esencia de las cosas sea invisible hasta el punto de haber escapado hasta aquí a las investigaciones de la Ciencia.

Cuatro nombres sirven especialmente, entre muchos otros en el sánscrito, para designar las diferentes ramas del saber esotérico, y aun el mismo de los Purânas exotéricos. 1º la Yajna Vidya, que es el conocimiento de los poderes ocultos que pueden despertarse en la Naturaleza por ciertas ceremonias y ciertos ritos religiosos; 2º la Maha Vidya “La Gran Ciencia”, respecto de la cual es a veces la magia de los cabalistas y la de los tantrikas, una hechicería de la peor especie; 3º, la Gupta– Vidya, la ciencia de los poderes místicos contenidos en el sonido (éter) y que son despertados por los Mantras (plegarias, cantos o encantamientos), cuyo efecto depende del ritmo y la melodía; una operación mágica, en fin, basada sobre el conocimiento de las fuerzas de la Naturaleza y su correlación, y 4º, el Alma Vidya que equivale a las palabras Ciencia del Alma o Sabiduría Verdadera cuyo sentido, entre los Orientales, alcanza una extensión mucho más considerable, que entre nosotros los europeos. Esta última ciencia del Alma Vidya es la sola especie del ocultismo a que debe aspirar todo teosofista admirador de “Luz sobre el sendero”, o la que desea llegar a ser un sabio despojándose del egoísmo. Las otras son solamente ramas de las “Ciencias ocultas”, es decir, partes basadas sobre el conocimiento de la esencia de las cosas en los diferentes reinos de la Naturaleza

I gave him a complete logical statement against animal sacrifice, and appealed that all the goats and buffaloes purchased for this purpose should be returned. He went on puffing, then without even looking at me said, "lt's all symbolic. We sacrifice all that is evil in us—and the animal reaches heaven when it is sacrificed before the Goddess." I was a great arguer. I placed before him the arguments of atheists who told the Brahmins performing animal sacrifice at a Yajna, "If that animal goes straight to heaven because of the sacrifices, why don't you get your old father and sacrifice him, since that is probably the only way for him to reach heaven?

अस्मि अभेद जनन पीताह लोका समसता सरल भाषामा भन्नु पर्दा म बिर्ये उत्पादन तथा सस्थापन गर्ने समस्त लॊकको बुवा हु येध्धेपी मैले मेरो प्रकृति भवानी तथा मेरो पत्नी महालक्ष्मीलाइ पनि धेरै माया गर्छु तथा सम्पूर्ण प्राणी हरुलाई जो जस्तो रुप को भए पनि सबैजनालाई समान रुप मा हेर्छु ! सम्पूर्ण प्राणी हरुलाइ आ आफ्नो भाग्य र कर्म अनुसारको फल प्राप्त हुन्छा येध्धेपी कुनै पनि महिला पुरुष हरुको आ आफ्नो सत बिचार र सत कार्य जस्तै येज्ञे, धर्म, दान, धारण, सहयोग, क्षेमा, सात्विक ब्रामण पण्डित पालन पोषण, सात्विक साधु सन्त महन्त पालन तथा सात्विक महिला पुरष हरुको पालन इत्यादि बाट भाग्य निर्माण गर्न सक्नु हुन्छा। मैले आफ्नो संख चक्र गदा पद्म मेरो अमृत र पत्नी चोर राहु केतु र म संग लड्न आउने मधु कैटव बाहेक अरुलाई मैले मेरो चक्र ले काट्दिन ! मैले धर्म का गुण भएका प्राणी तथा महिला पुरुष हरुको सधै रक्षा गर्छु। - श्रीओंम For sure, I am the father of all the existence I produce and establish chromosomes. I love my nature Bhavani and my wife Mahalakshmi very much. I watch all creatures equally regardless of their appearance. All living beings specially ladies and gentlemen receive the fruits according to their destiny and deeds. Even though any ladies and gentleman can create their fortune through their honest, true thoughts and deeds like Yajna, Dharma, donations, accomplishing help, forgiveness, praying, chanting serving and feeding vegetarian and non- alcoholic ladies and gentleman like Brahman Pandit Satvik Sadhu Sant Mahant because they all are the true form of God or Bhagawan or Iswor. I use my Sankha, Chakra Gada Padma to cut the cheaters Rahu and ketu and I cut through my Chakra to those who stole my wife even though I cut to Madhu Kaitav who come to fight with me. I always protect and love the religious or spiritual creatures or spiritual ladies and gentlemen - Shreeom

Yagya is a Sanskrit dialect that is not easily pronounceable by the people who speak English. They don’t have certain syllables in their vocabulary like Ksha, Tra, Gya, etc. So they pronounce Gya as Jna because syllable Gya is a combination of syllables Ja and Na; hence Yagya became Yajna. Hindi Translation - यज्ञ संस्कृत का शब्द है जिसका अंग्रेजी बोलने वाले लोग आसानी से उच्चारण नहीं कर सकते। उनकी शब्दावली में कुछ शब्दांश नहीं हैं जैसे कि क्ष, त्र, ज्ञ, इत्यादि। इसलिए वे ज्न का उच्चारण करते हैं क्योंकि शब्द ज्ञ शब्दांश ज और न का एक संयोजन है; इसलिए यज्ञ बना यज्न।

Oh Muslims! Just think what the Europeans reduced you to after they escaped from the clutches of the Bible, to master the sciences that are beneficial for our times. You were pushed out of Spain, you were subjected to massacres, and you were crushed in Austria, Hungary, Serbia and Bulgaria. Your control over Mughal India was snatched away. They are ruling you in Arabia, Mesopotamia, Iraq and Syria. Just as our [Hindu] yajnas, prayers, Vedas, holy books, penances, curses could not harm the Europeans, so too will your Quran, martyrdoms, namaz, religious lockets make no difference to them. Just as the maulvis sent armies to war in the belief that the men who fought under the banner of Allah would never lose, so did our pundits peacefully sit back to repeat the name of Rama a million times. But none of this prevented the Europeans. With their advanced weapons, they not only decimated the Muslim armies, but they even toyed with the fallen flag of Allah.

Oh Muslims! Just think what the Europeans reduced you to after they escaped from the clutches of the Bible, to master the sciences that are beneficial for our times. You were pushed out of Spain, you were subjected to massacres, and you were crushed in Austria, Hungary, Serbia and Bulgaria. Your control over Mughal India was snatched away. They are ruling you in Arabia, Mesopotamia, Iraq and Syria. Just as our [Hindu] yajnas, prayers, Vedas, holy books, penances, curses could not harm the Europeans, so too will your Quran, martyrdoms, namaz, religious lockets make no difference to them. Just as the maulvis sent armies to war in the belief that the men who fought under the banner of Allah would never lose, so did our pundits peacefully sit back to repeat the name of Rama a million times. But none of this prevented the Europeans. With their advanced weapons, they not only decimated the Muslim armies, but they even toyed with the fallen flag of Allah.

In Roberto Calasso’s Ardor, which is the retelling of the wisdom of the Vedic age, there is this utterly enlightening conversation between Yajnavalkya—the pupil of Surya (the sun god) and the master of all yajnas or sacrifices—and the sublimely wise King Janak. Janak asks Yajnavalkya, ‘What happens after death?

There is no yajna (sacrifice) greater than spinning calculated to bring peace to the troubled spirit...

In this Age the Mantras of the Tantras are efficacious, yield immediate fruit, and are auspicious for Japa, Yajna, and all such practices and ceremonies (14). The Vedic rites and Mantras which were efficacious in the First Age have ceased to be so in this. They are now as powerless as snakes, the poison-fangs of which are drawn and are like to that which is dead (15). The whole heap of other Mantras have no more power than the organs of sense of some pictured image on a wall. To worship with the aid of other Mantras is as fruitless as it is to cohabit with a barren woman. The labour is lost (16-17).