In the mantra vidya, we think of the mantra as the body of the devata. We give them bodies because we project those forms onto them. What is a devata? The pictures and images are not the devata. Through which ever deities’ japa you perform, the qualities, the attributes of that devata enters into you. It is a science of devoting the mind’s energies to a specific goal so that particular divine conscious forces may arise within us and make us their dwelling place. This is a transcript of a talk that Swami Veda Bharati made on January 14, 1997, at Himalayan Institute Hospital Trust in Dehradun, India.
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