The Tradition Of Yagya And Its Folklores

By Henry Peterson


Lacked knowledge or wanting to be enlightened can be achieved by having faith to a supreme being. However, if exploited, it can be a weakness that someone can manipulate for their own selfish purposes making innocent individual commit things against its will. The biggest part of this topic is related to religions and traditions as it has a massive people engaged in various beliefs that are sometimes the root of arguments.

Beliefs existed a long time ago, going from different tribes having a variety of culture and tradition that in they believe is true. In this case, Yagya or in other term yajna is a performed by the ancient Vedic yagyas to create positive effects and unwanted effects in the different parts of life. The word itself literally means sacrifice, devotion, worship, offering a tradition referred by Hinduism as anything done before a sacred fire often with mantras.

It is an act of giving up any objects before gods. The ritual is performed by an appointed sacred being whose job is to save the lives of mankind. Offerings on this tradition are mostly food and plants or animals anything that the community is accepted far from what an individual would imagine when hearing the offering, overtures such as juice of a soma plant, mixed milk, cake, pulse, an animal and many other things.

Their ritual is believed to help an individual in regards to its wealth, health, evolution, and harmony. Today, there with the massive information on the internet, there sites that offer services that gives this ritual to who is intrigued in trying it. Some say it can future life events of an individual, with this, necessary yagyas are suggested in order to restore or maintain balance in a life of a person.

Similar to the modern religion today, the tradition is also founded on one basic fundamental principle, having faith in gods. The community that adheres to the way of living of culture is appreciative and in harmony with the environment and nature, the reason why some mantras are done in some zones of the forests where these people live. Along with it are stories about legends, myths, and gods are told base on experiences of their people.

The reason why they perform oblations thrown in flames is to present their offerings to the god of fire and messenger of gods, Agni. Offerings are then said to be carried by Agni to the gods, and in exchange, the gods are expected to grant boons and benedictions. Their rituals served as the spiritual exchange between supreme beings and the human beings.

Society today find this kind of belief ancient and a bit odd for it to still exist as a manner of getting answered prayers. But there is not much of a difference to what the modern people do. It might be refreshing to the eyes of somebody, but the main purpose of the activity is the same.

Yet, there are people who do not believe in this kind of beliefs or in any particular religion. They believe the human evolution and the principle of cause and effect that will direct the path of an individual regarding of its actions. Difficult for them to rely on such principles that are uncertain and unproven by science.

Facts are proven by science, while traditions are solely based on having faith, very intriguing how these to contradicting variables coexists with each other both being necessary. Without traditions, humans would not have a better understanding of its species, and in order to evolve, they must understand the facts before it. The tradition of yagya might be old, but they are essential to human beings as long as it causes positive effects to everyone.




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