Sri Yantra

Satsang with Swami Niranjanananda

"Yoga and Tantra"

Knowledge and realization of the Koshas

Although yoga has been more widely accepted than tantra around the world, at the same time one needs to know that yoga is an offshoot, a part, of tantra. Therefore, we find that many components of tantra, such as mantra and concentration on yantra, are inbuilt in the yogic tradition. The definition of yoga is to experience the unity between body, mind and spirit. These three experiences are an integral part of human evolution.

Yantra
Yantras are also very powerful symbols of the deep unconscious; they are symbols of the psychic personality. Just as we can associate images in the conscious mind with objects in and around the world, similarly yantras represent symbols and images which are inherent in creation, which are archetypes of human consciousness, which represent the growth of the human mind. Not a lot of work has been done to understand the real meaning of yantras because at present our knowledge is limited. Yantras are the real symbols which link the individual with the real consciousness. Yantras are vehicles by which you can experience transcendental consciousness. The use of yantra in yoga is to give us realization of vijnanamaya kosha.

Tantra is definitely the father of yoga, but unfortunately tantra is also misunderstood in today's social system and by today's belief structure. There has been a degeneration in our belief structures, and this applies to everything in life. We are not able to know the essence of religions or the essence of philosophies; we are not even able to know normal human relationships. Our belief structure revolves around the human individual – what 'I' believe to be true – that is all. There is no acceptance any more of what is real and applicable universally, there is only acceptance of what 'I' feel is appropriate for me, and nothing more than that. Due to self-created imbalance, disharmony and selfishness, we are not able to look into the reality behind the appearance.

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