Thursday, January 31, 2008

Yantras

Yantras are visual tools that serves either as centering devices or as a symbolic composition of the energy pattern of various deities. These Yantras has the mantra as its soul. Yantras are geometrical figures intended to represent the hidden energies. In other words Yantras are the graphic representations of Mantras. Yantras can be drawn, carved or painted on a variety of substances. The classical Eight Tantrik surfaces used for making Yantras are Gold, Silver, Copper, Crystal, Birch, Bone, Paper and Saligram.

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