Yantras are
not "lucky charms" to be worn or displayed as icons
of power in and of themselves. Much specific knowledge and
ability must go into their preparation and much dedication
and worship is required to achieve the desired effects.
Yantra means a "talisman", or "instrument"
or " Amulet" or "Kavach" which, if prepared
and created by a qualified person as well as utilized under
his specific instructions for fruitful results, will help
to gain the objector objects of desire or ambition. Although
it would not be a difficult task for most of us to copy the
form of a Yantra, it would not have the desired effect. Furthermore,
to be perfectly honest, it would be all but useless if not
created by a qualified person and then "infused"
with the specific energy via the medium of mantra. Otherwise,
it becomes just an interesting form or picture to look at,
but has no real effect on time or circumstances within life. |
Yantras should always be used on the level.
If drawn on paper, the colors preferable are red, orange,
yellow or a combination of these. A Yantra without bija mantras
is dead. They can be drawn to whatever size is required. In
worship they should be placed level on a pedestal or ‘pitha’.
Before any Yantra is a suitable object for puja, it must be
given life (pranapratishta).
A Yantra is essential in every field of your life, to attain
success in your profession, to acquire wealth, to win in court
cases, to ward off diseases and to progress in meditation.
By having a Yantra and keeping it in a sacred place in your
house, gazing it everyday can fulfill your desires and help
in attaining your goals.
It is auspicious to see the Yantra daily in the morning and
one should lit incense/dhoop or lamp with ghee before the
Yantra every morning. By doing this, native is blessed with
success and wealth.
Yantra is the use of certain external objects, symbols or
some mechanical means to worship the divine. The act of folding
of hands in front of the deity is but a kind of yantra only.
The manner in which a fireplace is built for the performance
of some Vedic sacrifice, the method in which the place is
prepared and the materials (sambhra) are assembled, the manner
in which the oblations are poured into the fire, the way the
priests sit around the altar, and in fact the very act of
chanting of the mantras with mechanical precision form part
of yantric worship only.
The very design of the temple as an outer symbol of the existence
of the Divine on the material plane, the act of visiting the
temple, circling around the temple, entering the temple, the
lighting of the lamps in front of the divine, the decorations
and the ornamentation so characteristic of Hindu temples and
places of worship, the manner in which the images are built
and installed, the lighting of the lamps, the offerings, the
method of worship, the partaking of prasad, and in short any
practice that is mechanical, symbolic and ritualistic to a
degree, form part of this approach only.
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