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Shukla Yajurveda Kanva Samhita Pdf Shukla yajurveda kanva samhita pdf Yajour Veda in Sanskrit means wisdom of sacrificial formulas. This Veda, composed a century or two later than Rig Veda, contains prose and poetic formulas that should have been uttered by priests performing the manual part of the sacrifice. It describes in prose procedural details of the performing of various rituals and yajnas using the hymns of Rig Veda (In the Vedic sacrifice god or gods refer to hymns or mantras. The priests of this Veda are called Adhwarus. Agni, the god of fire plays a central role in the victim. Over time, the victim became more complex, and the priests became highly qualified professionals. There were many different kinds of sacrifices, like the famous equestrian sacrifice, the soma sacrifice, the sacrifices performed during various ceremonies like the coronation of kings, the wedding ceremonies, etc. Yajour Veda, seen by an external vision, is the veda of the ritual. On the inner level, he sets out yogic practices to purify the mind and awaken the inner consciousness. While smaller sacrifices are won by smaller worlds, Self-sacrifice or Atmajna wins all the worlds and receives the greatest gift of immortality. Sri Chinmoy declares: Donation is self-rebuying. Self-assertion is self- fulfillment. Self-fulfillment is a manifestation of love and Truth-perfection. Thanks to our external sacrifice, we become the divine part of Mother Earth. Thanks to our inner sacrifice, we become an immortal part of Heavenly Father. We make an external sacrifice when we leave the sphere of obligatory desires and enter the sphere of liberation aspiration. We make an inner sacrifice when we try to show God in the world of ignorance after God's realization. External sacrifice requires the power of a hero. The inner sacrifice requires the strength of the army. With our external victim we see the Truth. With our inner sacrifice, we become the Truth.? There are two main branches of Yajour Veda, i.e. Krishna Yajurveda and Shukla Yajurved. Krishna Yajourveda presents the following departures: 1) Taittriya 2) Kattaka 3) Maitrayani Shukla Yajurveda is represented by the following departures: 1) Madhyamdin 2) Hymns of Kanwa of Yajour Veda As a fire, which is one, when entering the creation, corresponds to its own form in the form of each being, and One, the atmen of all creatures, takes all forms. Like the wind, which is one, when entering corresponds to its own form the form of each being, so that the One, the atman inside all beings, takes all forms, but exists from the outside. Like the sun, the eye of the world is not touched by the external spots seen by the eye, so that Odin, the atmen in all beings, will not be touched by the suffering of the world. He stays away. One, Controller, Atman inside all beings, one who makes his own form of diversity - the wiseman who perceives it set in itself to achieve - and not the other - eternal joy. - Krishna Yajour Veda The One who lives in us as our guide, who is alone, and yet appears in many forms, in which a hundred celestial lights are one in which the Vedas are united, in which the priests are united - He is a spiritual atelier within man. - Krishna Yajour Veda S.No How to purchase IGNCA publications? 1 Buyer can choose IGNCA publications (books/multimedia CDs/DVDs/dvDs, etc.) from the aforementioned series (lists) and details of pay-as-you-go publications (according to the details given in payment mode) receipt/DD can be sent to Dr. Advaitavadini Kaul at the address below. 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