Yantra puja: Purification of the Yantra
Puujaa is really "worship" but here it is translated as "purification". This word (purification) is used in the sense of a purificatory adoration. And this purificatory adoration is lastly a realization. Everything is already completely pure. Nothing is actually to be purified in this ritual. As everything is Your own Self, it is immaculate. There is no need to clean that which is already clean. This kind of "clean" consciousness is vital. If you fail to keep it throughout the ritual, this one will be unfruitful. The notion of something being impure results from the operation of the Mála-s (Aanavamala, Kaarmamala and Maayiiyamala --Vide Triká 4--) and these already have eradicated when you performed the ceremony of tying the higher knot. At the moment you tied the knot, Aanavamala was loosened and consequently the remaining two Mála-s were loosened too.
So, to insert notions of impurity on this level is contradictory. In fact, once you have realized who You are, you cannot see impurity anywhere. The notion of something being impure is simply that, "a notion", which has been dissipated by the right knowledge gained through the performance of this tantric ritual. Impurity and purity are the two sides of an only coin known as Shivá. Shivá is both impurity and purity, and He is beyond this pair of opposites too. And Shivá is You.
Now you take a little pot, pour some water into it and place your hand over while pronouncing Om (or any other propitious Mántra) twenty-seven times. Then, you sprinkle that very water over the accessories (flowers, etc.). Afterwards, you sprinkle it over the base or seat on which you will place the Yantra as well as over the ground where the Yajñá or ritual is being performed. After that, the Yantra itself is to be sprinkled over.
The process is not merely one of sprinkling some energized water (via Mántra-s) over those objects at all. It is much deeper and subtler indeed. Pay attention:
1) While repeating Om (or any other adequate Mántra) 27 times, you must consider the water to be symbolic of Truth, Pure Consciousness and Absolute Love. The water is not rigid but it takes on the form of the recipient containing it. You must feel that You are the water of Truth, which is to be sprinkled over various sacred objects. Truth is Pure Love, and this Love is not stiff but flexible.
2) While sprinkling the water over the accessories, seat, ground and Yantra, you are pouring Love into the them. As the Yantra is nothing but a representation of the manifested universe, what you are actually doing is to pour Love into the entire Manifestation. This process of transferring Love or Truth is easy to be performed and does not need ostentatious acts really. It is just a humble surrender to the Absolute by identifying yourself with Him. This understanding must pervade your whole being while doing Yantrapuujaa.
Therefore, you sprinkle the water of Truth and Love over all those sacred objects and simultaneously a higher state of consciousness is revealed for you. You feel that those objects are not different from You in the least. When this consciousness of Unity has taken firm root in you, you may advance to the next stage.
www.sanskrit-sanscrito.comSo, to insert notions of impurity on this level is contradictory. In fact, once you have realized who You are, you cannot see impurity anywhere. The notion of something being impure is simply that, "a notion", which has been dissipated by the right knowledge gained through the performance of this tantric ritual. Impurity and purity are the two sides of an only coin known as Shivá. Shivá is both impurity and purity, and He is beyond this pair of opposites too. And Shivá is You.
Now you take a little pot, pour some water into it and place your hand over while pronouncing Om (or any other propitious Mántra) twenty-seven times. Then, you sprinkle that very water over the accessories (flowers, etc.). Afterwards, you sprinkle it over the base or seat on which you will place the Yantra as well as over the ground where the Yajñá or ritual is being performed. After that, the Yantra itself is to be sprinkled over.
The process is not merely one of sprinkling some energized water (via Mántra-s) over those objects at all. It is much deeper and subtler indeed. Pay attention:
1) While repeating Om (or any other adequate Mántra) 27 times, you must consider the water to be symbolic of Truth, Pure Consciousness and Absolute Love. The water is not rigid but it takes on the form of the recipient containing it. You must feel that You are the water of Truth, which is to be sprinkled over various sacred objects. Truth is Pure Love, and this Love is not stiff but flexible.
2) While sprinkling the water over the accessories, seat, ground and Yantra, you are pouring Love into the them. As the Yantra is nothing but a representation of the manifested universe, what you are actually doing is to pour Love into the entire Manifestation. This process of transferring Love or Truth is easy to be performed and does not need ostentatious acts really. It is just a humble surrender to the Absolute by identifying yourself with Him. This understanding must pervade your whole being while doing Yantrapuujaa.
Therefore, you sprinkle the water of Truth and Love over all those sacred objects and simultaneously a higher state of consciousness is revealed for you. You feel that those objects are not different from You in the least. When this consciousness of Unity has taken firm root in you, you may advance to the next stage.
www.dhyansanjivani.org
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