Myth Busting About Fire Rituals on the Holy Occasion of Kartika Poornima and Deva Deepavali
It is a modern-day trend a new-agey idea that by doing fire rituals alone – homa/havan - one can make great spiritual progress or faster progress. Not only is it a myth but a dangerous one propagated by self-serving individuals…
The Mantra itself is Devatā, that is, the Supreme Consciousness (Cit-śakti) manifesting in that form.
śṛṇu devi pravakṣāmi bījānām deva-rūpatām |
mantroccārṇ amatrena deva-rūpam prajāyatte ||
Bṛhad-gandharva-Tantra (Ch. V)
The Mantra is awakened from its sleep (Mantra-caitanya) through the Sādhana Śakti of the mantrin. It is at base one and the same Śakti which appears as Sādhana-Śakti and Mantra-śakti,…