Lord Shree Jagannath - a Great Assimilator of Tantric Impressions ...

“Mantratmikaa” has been accepted in Indian
religious faith centuries back.
There is a synthesis between the
combination of alphabets, the sound and the
Supreme Divine Principle. The Universe and the
human personality are represented by various
“Mantras”. All the 50 letters of the Sanskrit
Language are inscribed on the six “Chakras” (as
depicted by Joga Shastras of energy centres of
human body) which are located in the body of
every individual as well as in the person of
“Mahavidya”, (being the Divine Body of the entire
Universe). The ultimate reality expresses itself into
the Universe through the vibrating pure sounds of
alphabets. An individual can get back to pure
consciousness from which he has emerged from
the womb of his mother, through intuitive
apprehension of the relationship between
“Mantras”, their pure sounds as well as actual
meanings. There is unambiguous concord among
atoms, personality and the Universe, because they
are just the individualisations and particularisations
of the identical spiritual reality expressed in the
“Mula Mantra “OMM”, which is the symbolic
name of the trans empirical reality from which all
other “Mantras” are derived. Human thought
structure and linguistic forms are nothing but
distorted forms of this pure sound or “Pranava”
as the base “Mantra” would serve all purposes.
“OMM” reveals the harmonising principle
relating to an individual, the Universe and the
Supreme Divine Principle as the trinity of Pure
Consciousness (Shiva, i.e., Parama), Pure
creative energy (Shakti) and their unity in “Bindu”
(Shiva-Sakti). Kundalini Shakti in human body
at the base Chakra “Muladhara” and “Shivaconsciousness
in “Shahasrara" in polarised forms
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can be utilised by their union for realisation of this
ultimate unity in “OMM”
The utterance and intuitive apprehension
of the meaning of the pure sound “OMM” and
the “Vija Mantras” of different “Mahavidyas” will
lead an individual from the experience of the
manifold Universe to intuitive consciousness of
the non-dual nature of the Ultimate Reality. Hence,
“Mantra” acts as the vehicle for an individual in
emancipating him from ignorance and sufferings.
This is the connecting link between an individual,
the Universe and the Ultimate Reality by realising
which he (the individual, i.e., Jiva) becomes Shiva
(i.e., Parama, i.e., Supreme Divine Principle).
This is the essence of “Matruka
Upasana” in shape of Sapta Matruka, Asta
Matruka, Dasa Mahavidyas, 64 Joginies, all
comprising as the manifestation of one and only
Supreme Divine Principle, i.e., “Mahavidya”
(Mahadevi). Upasana of Lord Shri Jagannath,
comprising Lord Shri Balabhadra, Mahamaya
Shri Shubhadra and Lord Shri Jagannath Himself
is nothing but Upasana of three principal
Mahavidyas, i.e., Tara, Tripura Sundari Shodashi
and Mahakali /Dakshina Kali and the rest of the
companion Deities representing balance seven
Mahavidyas representing some basic principles
of creative power.
Rejendra Kumar Mohanty, Ex-Administrator,
Shri Jagannath Temple, at present - Plot No. A/29,
Lingaraj Vihar, Pokhariput, Bhubaneswar-20.
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