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In this article there is a mention of the Bhairav Yantra hidden near the
idol at the Badrinath temple. (the yantra in the Badrinath temple is kept horizontally beneath the main idol)
The design of this yantra is also painted at the right hand side when you enter the temple, in the photo below you can see the design of this yantra in the right hand photo frame kept in the room where the head priest (Ravalji) meets visitors.
The design of this yantra is also painted at the right hand side when you enter the temple, in the photo below you can see the design of this yantra in the right hand photo frame kept in the room where the head priest (Ravalji) meets visitors.
At Badrinath they call this yantra Bhairavi, I do not
understand why? Since Bhairavi is a feminine yantra only a triangle the six
sided yantra should be called Bhairav yantra
Bhairav yantra is Vishnu’s Yantra it is associated with the God of
Protection and Preservation.
It is the Seal of Solomon and not the Star of David
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| The Star of David (on the Left) and the Seal of Solomon (on the Right) |
The Star of David has only 2-Dimensional overlapping or intersecting
triangles, while the Seal of Solomon always has 3-Dimensional interwoven or
interlaced triangles.
Below are photos of some ancient Bhairav Yantra’s known as seal of
Solomon to others
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| A Jewish Seal of Solomon with interwoven triangles carved upon a building stone recovered from a Jewish Synagogue which dates anywhere from 200 to 400 A.D. |
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| A Christian Seal of Solomon with interwoven triangles etched in marble from a Byzantine Christian Church (400-630 A.D.) uncovered at Khirbet Sufa, located in the northern Negev Desert of modern Israel. |
Keep this yantra or at least a picture of this Yantra near the Vishnu
idol at you place of worship; it has the power to generate tremendous power.
Now coming to Shree Yantra People
frequently ask me the following questions which I have tried to answer based on
my current understanding
Please read this article first (click on the link--this article was last updated on 20/01/2020)
In the above article on Shree yantra it is already mentioned in
what direction to place the yantra if placed horizontally
Direction to place the Shree Yantra if
placed vertically
The vertically placed Shree yantra’s are mostly
found in temples in south India.
After I started to draw the yantra I
realized that there are different types of Shree Yantras meaning that, while
their basic design is the same their ratios differ
The basic design is 9 big triangles
inside a circle, 4 pointing up and 5 pointing down their intersection results
in 43 small triangles of various dimensions, 6 triangles touch the circle, the
one innermost triangle has a bindu (dot) and faces downward, the second set
there are 8 triangles, 10 each in the 3rd and 4th set and
the outermost set has 14 triangles, all triangles touch each other. Outside the
circle are 8 petals surrounded by another 16 petals, after those 3 circles and
3 line formations with 4 gates. All these shapes have an intricate geometric
pattern / connection
The above design applies to the 2
dimensional as well as 3 dimensional Meru yantra
But Shree yantras have different ratios;
the size of the 43 small triangles differs from yantra to yantra, also the
angle they form at the centre differs.
Below are 2 yantras one is the 2500 year
old yantra presented by Adi shankaracharya to the Chidabaram temple, the second
is also a very old yantra belonging to the Sringeri math. One can clearly see
that their size of 43 triangles differs.
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| Shree yantra at Chidabaram temple |
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| Shree yantra at Shengeri math |
The 5 sacred temples of Shiva (Pancha Bhoota Stalam) each representing the
manifestation of the five prime elements Earth, Water, Air, Ether, Fire.(what
is most interesting that these ancient temples were built precisely on the
Earth’s magnetic equator which passed through south India at that time). The
different types of Shree Yantras relate to different cosmic forces.
So they are placed in different direction
like the Yantra at Chidabaram faces South and the one at Salem is in the
eastern direction
Some times when I have changed the
direction of yantras at home I have experienced certain difficulties, it may be
a coincidence also, but in the current dark age people are far away from the
sacred knowledge that was known to men of wisdom.
There are many versions of the 3 dimensional shree yantra (Meru Yantra)
which is the correct one
There is a Meru Shree Yantra at the Arunachala ashram of Sri Ramana Maharshi, he himself
gave the design and supervised the making of this 3 dimensional yantra,he used
to keep his hands on the top of this yantra as if to energise it
I quote directly from the journal of the
ashram
“IN the sanctum sanctorum of the Mathrubhuteswara Temple at Sri Ramanasramam, established by Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi, in a small niche in the western wall stands an object of worship two feet square and proportionately high cut out of a single piece of granite and resting on a base of gold plate on which is etched a particular symbolical geometric figure. This object has been worshipped ever since its installation by Sri Bhagavan in 1949, the year before he laid down the body. In technical terminology it is a Sri Chakra Meru standing on a Sri Chakra Bhuprasthara yantra.”
“IN the sanctum sanctorum of the Mathrubhuteswara Temple at Sri Ramanasramam, established by Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi, in a small niche in the western wall stands an object of worship two feet square and proportionately high cut out of a single piece of granite and resting on a base of gold plate on which is etched a particular symbolical geometric figure. This object has been worshipped ever since its installation by Sri Bhagavan in 1949, the year before he laid down the body. In technical terminology it is a Sri Chakra Meru standing on a Sri Chakra Bhuprasthara yantra.”
“Bhagavan
took a personal interest in the cutting of the Sri Chakra Meru of granite which
was installed in the temple and is regularly worshipped. At the time of the
Kumbhabishekam or consecration, on the penultimate night before the holy water
was poured over the images, he personally supervised the installation in the
inner shrine. It was an extremely hot night, with the charcoal retorts melting
the cement inside to further add to the heat and it must have been intolerable
inside, but he sat there for about an hour and a half telling them what to do.”
“On
the last night before the final day he went in procession, opening the doors of
the new hall and temple, and passed through into the inner shrine where he
stood for some five or ten minutes with both hands placed on the Sri Chakra in
blessing.”
Below is the photo of that Yantra at Arunachala ashram; since the dimensions were given by the maharishi
himself it may be taken as authentic
An authentic source or supplier to buy the Yantra
In today’s world where the ever booming spiritual supermarket is so much
commercialized (profit-orientated) one does not feel like recommending anyone,
people may be able to find addresses of craftsman from the pundits of ancient
temples in south India
Best is to learn to draw the Yantra yourself; it is a form of mediation
when one engrosses his mind in the study of the Yantra.
The benefit of the process of constantly thinking about a symbol or
yantra is explained by Sri Ramana (refer point 5 in the link)
Another quote
“On 19 April 1937, a respectable gentleman
asked Ramana about the Sri Chakra.
Ramana replied, “It has a deep
significance. There are 43 corners with
sacred syllables in them. Its worship is
a method for concentration of mind. The
mind is wont to move externally. It must
be checked and turned within. Its habit
is to dwell on names and forms, for all external objects possess name and
form. Such names and forms are therefore
made symbolic mental conceptions so as to divert the mind from external objects
and make it dwell within itself. The
idols, mantras and yantras are all meant to give food to the mind in its
introvert state so that it may later become capable of concentration, after
which the superb state is attained automatically.”
(Talks with Ramana Maharshi, p.380)
Is it beneficial to keep the Shree yantra at home
This is the most common question asked
Beneficial or not; such things are asked for some material gain or to
experience worldly pleasures
The person who walks on the spiritual path will certainly be guided and
protected and naturally experience health, harmony and prosperity
Try making a simple prayer that you wish
to elevate and that you may be shown your faults and shortcomings and see the
results yourself, they may not be pleasant but you will surely gain spiritually
The new age gurus and godmen who are
marketing the spiritual items at exorbitant prices will always be ready to
answer the above question about the benefits of keeping yantras at home, a true
spiritual guide will tell you these words written in the 13th century by the sufi
mystic-- Amir Khusrow
ख़ुसरोदरिया प्रेमका, उलटीवा कीधार,
जोउभरा सोडूब गया,जो डूबासो पार.
Khusro dariya prem ka, ulṭīvā kī dhār,
Jo ubhrā so ḍūb gayā, jo ḍūbāso pār.
“Khusro! the river of love has an
opposite, very unusual flow
He who chooses to floats up will drown
(will be lost), and he who abandons himself and drowns will get across and
achieve what the world calls impossible.”
The realm of love has an unusual,
opposite flow as compared to the flow of the material world.
To seek one must abandon himself
completely and jump in this river without any fear (or questions like
beneficial or not)
Then such a person makes his way to the
opposite shore
It is necessary to fully immerse oneself
in this love
The one who tries to float----he drowns.
Siddha yantra—how to energise a yantra
There are some
fundamental laws of the Universe and one of them is the “Law of balance”; we
are surrounded by all which matches our vibrations.
There is Energy in the
higher realm which is beyond our imagination, but can we tune in to that energy?
The answer is no because of our low spiritual level
When you first install
a yantra it will bring some awakening and after that it is a mutual process you
enrich the yantra and the yantra brings about more blessings and lets you to
tune in to higher level more and more
Please do not fall in
the trap of the so called Guru’s and Godman who claims to energise the yantra
for you, I will give you a recent example decide for your self
Spiritual guru Sri Sri
Ravi Shankar, who took it upon himself to try and strike a chord with the
notorious terrorist outfit ISIS, changed his tune after his outreach was
rebuffed. He now feels ISIS can only be dealt with militarily and there is no
scope of a peaceful resolution.
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
said. I quote: "I tried to initiate peace talks with the ISIS (Islamic
State of Iraq and Syria) recently but they sent me a photograph of a beheaded
body of a man. Thus, my effort for a peace dialogue with the ISIS ended"
Here you see the double
Sri first talks about peace and love and after that he talks of military
action. Mr Sri Sri ravi Shankar if you nurse the thought of military action in
you then do not talk about peace and love.
There are so many
instances when holy men and Buddha’s have calmed down angry wild animals or
violent people, they could do it because they had the vibration of love coming
out of them
So can a person like
sri sri ravi Shankar who talks of peace but suggest military action can he
energise the yantra he sells you? All these Godmen run a business of selling
spiritual items at fixed rates. sadhguru jaggi vasudev of isha yoga, avdhoot baba shivanand of shivyog
and many many more are into this big
business .Do not fall into their trap
Whenever I travel I
bring rudraksha and other spititual things after offering them at ancient
temples and distribute them for free (as Prasad) to others; at least these
gurus should not keep the spiritual items at a fixed price tag, they can say
that pay what you like, but to do this a person must be God centred which these
Godmen are certainly not
Metal or stone which Yantra is better
Most of ancient idols
are made from stone some are fitted with a gold face mask.
All Shree yantras
presented by Adi Shankaracharya to Temples are made from stone whereas the ancient
Shiv Ling’s in these temples and maths are made from Sphatik that is quartz crystal
To read about sphatik
please click on this link
It would be good to
immerse a new yantra in salt water overnight then dip it in fresh water for
some time as salt abstracts all negative energies
To read about the
spiritual benefits of salt please click on this link
Puja worship of the Yantra or Shivling
A connection between
higher and lower relams is established when food etc are offered to the yantras
or Shivling or the vedic fire ceremony daily or on the respective days of the
week; because of such people the Earth receives blessings from the higher realms,
that is why such pujas are religiously carried out in ancient temples, maths
and by some sadhus / swamis
One can offer cow’s milk,
coconut water, honey, sugarcane juice, turmeric powder, kumkum etc to the Shree yantra
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