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Mantra, Yantra And Sound: A Scientific Analysis
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letters of sanskrit alphabet are putting on the both sides of the mantras and when the mantra is recited 108 time, it becomes invested with life. Other various methods for making mantras vital, are also given in the text-books on mantras and tantras.24 : Yantras are invested with effectiveness and idols of God and of gods and goddess are invested with life. This rite can by performed with the best and special type of mantras only be competent Acāryas. Through special waves produced by mantra sounds Acāryas transplants his vital elements into the idol only for a few moments. Then the idol does not remain only a piece of stone but becomes actual God or god or goddess because the sound-waves of the mantras make the archetypal space of idol, an inexhaustible treasure of energy. Then those who worship the idol can commune with Paramātmā, the Supreme being or god or goddess.
The Jain tradition believes that an idol which is more than a hundred years old has inconceivable power because since it was worshipped by very many spiritual men with various mantras and pious sentiments during the period of more than a hundred years, the idol was filled by sound-waves of the mantras with an inexhaustible treasure of energy which uplifts the spiritual man and his desires are fulfilled. The same is in case of yantras. If on an auspicious day, a yantra is drawn according to the prescribed rite and with good intentions and if it is invested with effectiveness by a great sage, who has an expert knowledge of yantra, mantras and tantras, it soon gives a great fruit i.e. success because it is accompanied by the great sage's desire of doing good to people.
Modern research scholars believe that the yantra is archetypal space and the mantra is a pious sound. They also believe that the yantra and the mantra are not different. They believe that if the yantra is a body of the mantra, the mantra is the soul of the yantra. 25 Besides, according to the Indian tradition, a yantra is a place where gods and goddesses reside in a subtle way. Especially among chief seats of main goddesses Ambikā, Durgā, kāli, Mahākāli and others, yantras of the goddesses are more highly esteemed than idols of the goddesses.
These symbols in the form of yantras are an inexhaustible treasure of psychic energy. These yantras find out our missing element and supply it. Thus they make our life joyful, energetic and meaningful
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| SR No. | 001603 |
| Book Title | Scientific Secrets of Jainism |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Nandighoshvijay |
| Publisher | Research Institute of Scientific Secrets from Indian Oriental Scriptures Ahmedabad |
| Publication Year | 2001 |
| Total Pages | 378 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English, Science, Religion, & Articles |
| File Size | 21 MB |