Sunday 26 March 2017

By Mary Graham


The Hindu religion and its attendant systems rely on a ritual to balance the universe and do service to the divinities. Sacrifice does not mean have a negative meaning here, because it is more about worship, nature and the gift of transcendence. These are all connected to a religious practice that has been in existence for many centuries and generations.

The Vedas form the relevant scriptural basis for all that is standard in religions that sprung from the Indus, Brahmaputra and Ganges River basins. A Yagna is an exterior or physical manifestation of a rite that is prescribed by Vedic philosophy. It is systematic, and there are prescribed forms that answer all the ritual needs of followers.

Priests for this are called Brahmanas, and they perform the sacrifice for supplicants. These schedules the worship according to personal signs in tandem with signs found in the universe. Yagam, another name for it, is a centering ritual that ideally achieves Yogam, which is the state of positive harmony with the universe. Brahma here is the prime and perfect worshipper.

Ideally, then, the ritual should be an addition to what Brahma puts together for the end worship, the final rite that will influence the universe. Everything and anything done for Yagam will form a system of universal worship, humans and dieties together performing the necessary tasks to uphold the four main goals of life. Thus the cosmos as we know it here and in the ideal state is sustained.

The cosmic purpose for Yagam is vital but the secondary details related to needs of the supplicant are also important. It means that the individual need for restoration, karmic balance, purification and forgiveness also work along with ritual part sacrificing to the gods. It means that each and every life is made better through the rite and contributes therefore to the order of the cosmos.

The Yagam always works with a wheel, which will be the entry point into the cosmos and the physical attributes of Vedic laws on this world. Mastering this implement is part of Brahmanas training, because it is as complex as the universe It also works as a way to foretell future events, and helps to create positive elements for human affairs such as marriage, the building of properties and fields, and birth.

Offerings to dieties can be classed as physical and spiritual. The physical offerings can be things like fruits from a harvest, musical implements and such. The second sacrificial order is something derived from a supplicant, contained in his hopes and dreams, supported by the life giving sacrifice of things like breathe and sensation to their proper dieties.

The Yagam is a powerful instrument that is divine in its manifestations and purposes, and thus needs to have a place perfectly prepared for it. The preparations for it include cleaning, votive offerings and lustrations to rid a place of evil influence. The participants all prepare beforehand by undergoing ritual baths and other such things.

Space and time are telescoped into this sacrifice, becoming a universal locus during the time the ritual is performed and connect to the divinities and universal order. Doing research about this through the internet will be an excellent way to go. The gods and the universe wait for the sacrifice of those who are pious and devout.




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