The Yantra - Description
As many people know, a mantra is a sound repeated during meditation to help focus the mind. A yantra is an image similarly used in meditation. A yantra can be any design that brings peace to the mind. Various schools of yoga have created yantras through the ages. Integral Yoga created this one:
It symbolizes one of the school’s most prominent teachings:The truth is one, paths are many
The dot in the middle is the light, the truth, enlightenment, the true self, love, everything we strive to know and be in our conscientious lives. As the light radiates out, it blends into symbols of the great religions of the world, just as the original truth diversified through the centuries into these religions.
In yogic thought, all religions are known as bhakti. Bhakti is one of the 8 paths of yoga that we can choose to lead us to enlightenment. Other paths include meditation, spiritual study, and asana (the physical practices commonly known as "yoga"). Religions are considered to be creations of man (see 6:00 and 12:00 below), but holy all the same.
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It symbolizes one of the school’s most prominent teachings:The truth is one, paths are many
The dot in the middle is the light, the truth, enlightenment, the true self, love, everything we strive to know and be in our conscientious lives. As the light radiates out, it blends into symbols of the great religions of the world, just as the original truth diversified through the centuries into these religions.
In yogic thought, all religions are known as bhakti. Bhakti is one of the 8 paths of yoga that we can choose to lead us to enlightenment. Other paths include meditation, spiritual study, and asana (the physical practices commonly known as "yoga"). Religions are considered to be creations of man (see 6:00 and 12:00 below), but holy all the same.
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