This word, which comes from the root” to place,” means placing the tips of the fingers and palm of the right hand on various parts of the body, accompanied by particular mantras. The nyasas are of various kinds.(1) Jiva-nyasa (2) follows upon bhuta-suddhi. After the purification of the old, and the formation of the celestial […]
Karma is action, its cause, and effect. There is no uncaused action, nor action without effect. The past, the present, and the future are linked together as one whole. The iccha, jnana, and kriya saktis manifest in the jivatma living on the worldly plane as desire, knowledge, and action. As the Brhadaranyaka Upanisad says: “Man […]