05/18/2026
What is yajna?
Ordinarily, people think that offering oblation in the ceremonial fire is yajna --- fire ceremony sacrifice. But yajna is the breath. Oxygen is in the atmosphere, which is breathed in and out by the imperishable soul abiding in the body temple. With each breath, oxygen travels to touch the true fire, the soul, God. The Jnana Sankalini Ta**ra ( verse 55) says, brahmagnau huyate pranam: " The oxygen touches the indwelling Self." Thus yajna is life, all the activities of life, the fire ceremony of life, in human beings, animals, insects, plants, trees, and even in grain. It is the reason that everything is alive. This ceremony is the life of God. When you experience every breath as an oblation to the fire in the fontanel for the love of God, this is the true fire ceremony. To know aum tat sat is real spirituality, the real oblation.
An extract from 'The Bhagvad Gita in the Light of Kriya Yoga'
By Shri Gurudev Paramahamsa Hariharananda Ji