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what is yadnya?

Posted by Surajkumar S. Surve on March 2, 2011 at 10:50am in Krishna
 

Hare Krishna..  prabhu...   will you explain me what is yadnya? Is it any process to achieve some thing?

In today’s life can we say it a "project" to achieve some desired targets?

 

Suppose In old days king were doing some yadnya to get lot of cows and food for their people, means they were taking this project and lot of experts in this field(Yogi, Muni) helping him by their knowledge to achieve the mission. Means they had good knowledge of science or technology for the production of cows and food,

Also tell me the types of yadnya,

I feel that we are also doing yadnya (project)(bhakti yadya) to get love of Krishna and  following the instructions of guru (Shrilprabhupada) doing the process.

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  • Volunteer
    anand patel September 22, 2012 at 3:05pm

    Q. WHAT IS SANKIRTANA YAJNA ?‏

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  • Volunteer
    Shravn Prabhu March 5, 2011 at 11:58am
    Harinama Sankirtana Yajna is the ONLY prescribed Yajna for the dark ages we live in, called Kali Yuga.
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    Sarvopama dasa ACBSP March 2, 2011 at 8:37pm
    Chapter 3. Karma-yoga

    TEXT 12

    istan bhogan hi vo deva
    dasyante yajna-bhavitah
    tair dattan apradayaibhyo
    yo bhunkte stena eva sah

    SYNONYMS

    bump.gifistan--desired; bhogan--necessities of life; hi--certainly; vah--unto you; devah--the demigods; dasyante--award; yajna-bhavitah--being satisfied by the performance of sacrifices; taih--by them; dattan--things given; apradaya--without offering; ebhyah--to the demigods; yah--he who; bhunkte--enjoys; stenah--thief; eva--certainly; sah--is he.

    TRANSLATION

    bump.gifIn charge of the various necessities of life, the demigods, being satisfied by the performance of yajna [sacrifice], supply all necessities to man. But he who enjoys these gifts, without offering them to the demigods in return, is certainly a thief.

    PURPORT

    bump.gifThe demigods are authorized supplying agents on behalf of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Visnu. Therefore, they must be satisfied by the performance of prescribed yajnas. In the Vedas, there are different kinds of yajnas prescribed for different kinds of demigods, but all are ultimately offered to the Supreme Personality of Godhead. For one who cannot understand what the Personality of Godhead is, sacrifice to the demigods is recommended. According to the different material qualities of the persons concerned, different types of yajnas are recommended in the Vedas. Worship of different demigods is also on the same basis--namely, according to different qualities. For example, the meat-eaters are recommended to worship the goddess Kali, the ghastly form of material nature, and before the goddess the sacrifice of animals is recommended. But for those who are in the mode of goodness, the transcendental worship of Visnu is recommended. But ultimately, all yajnas are meant for gradual promotion to the transcendental position. For ordinary men, at least five yajnas, known as panca-maha-yajna, are necessary.
    bump.gifOne should know, however, that all the necessities of life that the human society requires are supplied by the demigod agents of the Lord. No one can manufacture anything. Take, for example, all the eatables of human society. These eatables include grains, fruits, vegetables, milk, sugar, etc., for the persons in the mode of goodness, and also eatables for the non-vegetarians, like meats, etc., none of which can be manufactured by men. Then again, take for example heat, light, water, air, etc., which are also necessities of life--none of them can be manufactured by the human society. Without the Supreme Lord, there can be no profuse sunlight, moonlight, rainfall, breeze, etc., without which no one can live. Obviously, our life is dependent on supplies from the Lord. Even for our manufacturing enterprises, we require so many raw materials like metal, sulphur, mercury, manganese, and so many essentials--all of which are supplied by the agents of the Lord, with the purpose that we should make proper use of them to keep ourselves fit and healthy for the purpose of self-realization, leading to the ultimate goal of life, namely, liberation from the material struggle for existence. This aim of life is attained by performance of yajnas. If we forget the purpose of human life and simply take supplies from the agents of the Lord for sense gratification and become more and more entangled in material existence, which is not the purpose of creation, certainly we become thieves, and therefore we are punished by the laws of material nature. A society of thieves can never be happy because they have no aim in life. The gross materialist thieves have no ultimate goal of life. They are simply directed to sense gratification; nor do they have knowledge of how to perform yajnas. Lord Caitanya, however, inaugurated the easiest performance of yajna, namely the sankirtana-yajna, which can be performed by anyone in the world who accepts the principles of Krsna consciousness.

     

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    • Man > padmavati mataji March 2, 2011 at 1:12pm

      Jai Shri Krishna..

       

      What a good reply..

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