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Hinduism and related philosophies rely on a system of sacrifice in order to balance or serve the divine sources. Sacrifice has no negative connotations here, but is more in line with worship, an intense and transcendent experience that should not be missed. It is all interrelated with the religious and ritual systems that have been practice devoutly for centuries.

Vedic philosophy is the bedrock from which rise a number of related religions found around the Indus, Ganges and Brahmaputra triangle. One rite is known as Yagna, which is the outward outpouring of grace according to Vedic practice. The system is a perfect one that follows rules conforming to a universal order and the desires of worshippers.

Priests or Brahmanas perform these for those who are in need of them. Supplicants schedule their practice according to their vital signs and the signs available in the visible universe. The ritual centers the spirit in a Yagam, the rite proper to achieve the state of Yogam, or positive harmony with the universal ideals. Brahma is the first and most perfect worshipper of these ideals.

Ideally, then, the ritual should be an addition to what Brahma puts together for the end worship, the final rite that will influence the universe. Everything and anything done for Yagam will form a system of universal worship, humans and dieties together performing the necessary tasks to uphold the four main goals of life. Thus the cosmos as we know it here and in the ideal state is sustained.

While the universal purpose of Yagam is important, the secondary purposes might also be specific to an individual supplicant. This means that besides the formal requisites for Brahma and the dieties, the person in question can include his own needs for purification, forgiveness and the balancing of karmic spirit. This will make life that much better suited for serving the universal order.

The visible part of the Yagam is contained in a wheel, which conforms to the Vedic laws which themselves have visible and spiritual representatives in the world. Mastery of this wheel is reserved for priests, because it is as complex as the universe it symbolizes. It can also predict the future of a supplicant, and can help cast a positive tone on human events like marriages, births and buying property.

The offerings to the dieties belong both to the physical and spiritual worlds. The first can include anything, like grain from the fields, a musical instrument and the like. The second comes direct from the person, which are his thoughts and aspirations, with supporting offerings contained within the sacrificial vessel of the body, like breathe, sensations and more.

Yagams are quite powerful if all standards and preparatory items have been prepared and meet the balance of the universe. The place is prepared through cleansing, votive lustrations and things that can remove the evil influence from a place. Priests and supplicants also undergo cleansing so that they can add harmony and power.

Time and space will be concentrated in this ritual, meaning that it becomes a locus or center through which the participants engage the divinities and the universe. You can do more studies about this matter at relevant sites that feature it. The universe awaits the sacrificial offerings of the faithful and devout.