What Yantra Offers
Yantra yoga is an analysis of life and people in an esoteric form. A way of discovering the answer to the three most important and misinterpreted factors of life.
The origin of Hindu and Arabic Numbers
Who are we?Why are we here?Where are we going?
Yantra yoga is that branch of yoga which enables one to achieve inner union and harmony by a deliberate, informed manipulation of the symbols inherent in and associated with one's personal chronology. Yantra yoga is a way of getting in tune with the everchanging cycles of life, a way of putting life in all its forms into a set or understandable pattern of existence. Yantra is living for a reason and a reason for living, an answer for the unanswerable.
Symbolism, psychology and mathematics are utilized in the study of Yantra yoga, giving a key to inner life and development of intuitive faculties. Yantra yoga (also known as Mudra yoga) is an ancient philosophy practised by Hindu (Samkhya), Greek (Pythagorean) and Jewish (Kabbala)
Yogamaharishi Dr. Swami Gitananda Giri had the ability to inspire, and bring forth latent talent, in all those whose life he ignited. For me his Yantric/Mudra teachings represented both a personal evolution and an initiation into a universe governed by mathematical precision, manifesting through a symbology of Shakti enshrined in nine numerical notations and the zero sign.
This form of Yantra is a sophisticated meditation upon number that is not to be confused or compared with popular Numerology. Indeed Swamiji adamantly warns us of the folly inherent in using Yantra as "fortune telling" and it behooves us to heed the Guru's warning!
Yogamaharishi Dr. Swami Gitananda Giri applies Yantra in three divisions:
Dharma Marga (Birth Path)The exploration of one's personal Dharma (responsibility), Artha (property), Kama (emotional satisfaction) and Moksha (liberation), as calculated from the time of birth and plotted mathematically in four Ashramas, or segments, from birth to 81 years of age. (The four aims "Chatur Purushartha".)
Karma Yuga (Cycle of Action & Reaction)The calculation of one's personal Karma (action and reaction), in ever recurring cycles of nine years, nine months and nine days, from the moment of conception to transition. The mathematical formula for Karma Yuga is very precise and the sophistication of the method reduces Western numerology to puerility.
Nama Darshana (Name Analysis)The potency of Nama Darshana revolves around the often unrecognised fact that one's personal name is the most powerful Mantra that contributes to shaping one's life. This influence co-exists with and yet is independent of genetic and environmental factors. This study of names belongs to a sub-heading of Yantra called MUDRA. Mudra, within the context of Yantra, carries additional meanings to the Yogic and Bharata Natyam usage. Reference to a Sanskrit dictionary elicits the following meanings: a stamp, a seal, an impression, a mark; calling a thing by its proper name. The Pali derivation is "Muddha" meaning "art of calculation".
The techniques and exact numerical formulae to derive the correct understanding of Dharma Marga, Karma Yuga and Nama Darshana may only be obtained by participation in the Guru-to-Chela process (personal transmission from Guru to student).
Yogamaharishi Dr. Swami Gitananda Giri's transmission of YANTRA YOGA in the latter half of the twentieth century is a true "Navaratna"; an exposition of the spiritual life as interpreted through the "nine jewels" known to us as the Hindu-Arabic numerals!
Numbers & Planets
Each number represents a planet and takes on the characteristics of that planet.1 Sun (Surya)2 Moon (Chandra)3 Jupiter (Guru)4 Rahu (North Node)5 Mercury (Buddhi)6 Venus (Shukra)7 Ketu (South Node)8 Saturn (Shani)9 Mars (Mangala)
For more information Read Article By Swamiji:" Divination" in article archive.
The origin of Hindu and Arabic Numbers
Who are we?Why are we here?Where are we going?
Yantra yoga is that branch of yoga which enables one to achieve inner union and harmony by a deliberate, informed manipulation of the symbols inherent in and associated with one's personal chronology. Yantra yoga is a way of getting in tune with the everchanging cycles of life, a way of putting life in all its forms into a set or understandable pattern of existence. Yantra is living for a reason and a reason for living, an answer for the unanswerable.
Symbolism, psychology and mathematics are utilized in the study of Yantra yoga, giving a key to inner life and development of intuitive faculties. Yantra yoga (also known as Mudra yoga) is an ancient philosophy practised by Hindu (Samkhya), Greek (Pythagorean) and Jewish (Kabbala)
Yogamaharishi Dr. Swami Gitananda Giri had the ability to inspire, and bring forth latent talent, in all those whose life he ignited. For me his Yantric/Mudra teachings represented both a personal evolution and an initiation into a universe governed by mathematical precision, manifesting through a symbology of Shakti enshrined in nine numerical notations and the zero sign.
This form of Yantra is a sophisticated meditation upon number that is not to be confused or compared with popular Numerology. Indeed Swamiji adamantly warns us of the folly inherent in using Yantra as "fortune telling" and it behooves us to heed the Guru's warning!
Yogamaharishi Dr. Swami Gitananda Giri applies Yantra in three divisions:
Dharma Marga (Birth Path)The exploration of one's personal Dharma (responsibility), Artha (property), Kama (emotional satisfaction) and Moksha (liberation), as calculated from the time of birth and plotted mathematically in four Ashramas, or segments, from birth to 81 years of age. (The four aims "Chatur Purushartha".)
Karma Yuga (Cycle of Action & Reaction)The calculation of one's personal Karma (action and reaction), in ever recurring cycles of nine years, nine months and nine days, from the moment of conception to transition. The mathematical formula for Karma Yuga is very precise and the sophistication of the method reduces Western numerology to puerility.
Nama Darshana (Name Analysis)The potency of Nama Darshana revolves around the often unrecognised fact that one's personal name is the most powerful Mantra that contributes to shaping one's life. This influence co-exists with and yet is independent of genetic and environmental factors. This study of names belongs to a sub-heading of Yantra called MUDRA. Mudra, within the context of Yantra, carries additional meanings to the Yogic and Bharata Natyam usage. Reference to a Sanskrit dictionary elicits the following meanings: a stamp, a seal, an impression, a mark; calling a thing by its proper name. The Pali derivation is "Muddha" meaning "art of calculation".
The techniques and exact numerical formulae to derive the correct understanding of Dharma Marga, Karma Yuga and Nama Darshana may only be obtained by participation in the Guru-to-Chela process (personal transmission from Guru to student).
Yogamaharishi Dr. Swami Gitananda Giri's transmission of YANTRA YOGA in the latter half of the twentieth century is a true "Navaratna"; an exposition of the spiritual life as interpreted through the "nine jewels" known to us as the Hindu-Arabic numerals!
Numbers & Planets
Each number represents a planet and takes on the characteristics of that planet.1 Sun (Surya)2 Moon (Chandra)3 Jupiter (Guru)4 Rahu (North Node)5 Mercury (Buddhi)6 Venus (Shukra)7 Ketu (South Node)8 Saturn (Shani)9 Mars (Mangala)
For more information Read Article By Swamiji:" Divination" in article archive.
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