religious rites.pdf - Shree Swaminarayan Temple Bhuj
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religious rites.pdf - Shree Swaminarayan Temple Bhuj
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RELIGIOUS RITES<br />
(Sachchhidram nãsikãmoolãllalãte tvãk chodyãt.)<br />
All the above spiritual texts uphold the view<br />
that the ‘Urdhva Pundra’ shall be applied using<br />
the tip region of the fingers, starting from the base<br />
of the nose passing through the forehead region<br />
of the face, and terminating at the top of the forehead,<br />
i.e, near the parting of hair.<br />
IMPORTANCE OF THILAK IN<br />
YOGA,<br />
MEDITATION AND PHYSICAL<br />
FITNESS<br />
The precise postion where the round<br />
shaped ‘Tilak’ along with ‘Urdhva Pundram’ is<br />
applied, is called the ‘CENTER OF ORDER’ or<br />
‘AGNA CHAKRA’. When the person who applies<br />
Thilak on his forehead on the Agna Chakra<br />
or Center of Order, mixed with sandalwood or<br />
any other type of prescribed sacred clay, the mind<br />
of such person attains a state of total calmness or<br />
tranquility. By cultivating this practise regularly,<br />
one finds it easier and relatively simpler to concentrate.<br />
If one were to follow the signs of<br />
anatomy, the two sacred nerves ‘IDA’ and<br />
‘PINGALA’ pass through the forehead region of
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