This is the fire of aspiration which is ever burning in the heart of the worshipper and which carries (vah=to bear) on its crest his surrender to the Divine. In tantric paralance it is called vahni kona, the cone of fire. A triangle with apex turned up indicates a broad – based one – pointed aspiration rising from the depths to the heights. It points out to the one that is threefold, the yoni, the origin of all matter. The triangle represents the triple principles of creation, the lower triple worlds as well as higher. The Symbolism The circle represents the principles with no beginning and no end. And they are therefore, drawn with lines, triangles, circles and squares. In the Chakra are caught the lines of beauty, harmony and symmetry on which the eternal geometrician fashions the universe. The Chakra like the mantra leads one to direct perception of the Divine form and that is the reason why so much emphasis is given to the Chakra in tantric worship. It provides a potent Pages 289 - 291 material focus for the operation of subtler forces within and without. The mandala employed in tantra is no decorative imagery for a ritual. The Tamil word for mandala is kolam (guise), as it contains in disguise the divine power. In south India it is a practice in most of the homes to draw a mandala in front of the house every morning to bring in auspiciousness and to ward off evil. The mandala is used in the case of any deity whereas the charka is intended for a specific deity. Mandala an important aspect of a yantra which is frequently drawn or made with powders of various colours. Tantrics believe that by worshipping the charka of a deity, the worshipper realizes the same deity or in other words he merges with it. It contains rather, in itself in a controlled form, the uncontrollable power of the deity. A yantra is an instrument, a machine or a storehouse of power. These lines of light create the form-patterns of the goods which are known as yantra or charkas. The formless great radiance has to radiate rays of definite forms and channels them as the various gods thus creating out of ONE, MANY with specific and distinguishable forms ad features. The concept of Sri Chakra Though the Supreme Consciousness is formless, nameless or timeless, in manifestation it has to limit itself to a form. The tantra developed this line with an eye on practical utility and this spiritual science is acclaimed as a great sadhana sastra or practical science. These devatas help man in his uphill journey of liberation. These entities exist in various planes on the rising tier of consciousness. The Supreme Godhead controls these systems through the medium of a hierarchy of gods and goddesses (devatas). The tantra sastra similarly, teaches that apart from the material world in which we live, there exist other worlds and universe. Each god has a distinct purpose to fulfill. They also understood that the almighty consciousness gave birth in the process of creation to numerous gods and goddesses. The sages of India conceived a comprehensive picture of the reality of all forms of creation which are also manifestations of the Supreme Consciousness.
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