Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Yantra (यन्त्र) in "Western Materialistic Tradition" (In Opposite to Eastern Spiritual Tradition)




"Yantra (यन्त्र) is the Sanskrit word for "instrument" or "machine". Much like the word "instrument" itself, it can stand for symbols, processes, automata, machinery or anything that has structure and organization, depending on context.Traditionally such symbols are used in Eastern mystical tradition to balance the mind or focus it on spiritual concepts. The act of wearing, depicting, enacting and/or concentrating on a yantra is held to have spiritual or magicall benefits in the Indian spiritual traditions."



Looking around, I picked few yantra symbols of the modern world:

Honda Civic - symbol of simplicity and durability,


Parker pen - "business style",


Spyderco knife - "you are the man".



Use Yantra,

Be Cool :)))

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