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They performed fire-sacrifices, called yajña and chanted Vedic mantras but did not build temples or icons.
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They performed fire-sacrifices, called yajña and chanted Vedic mantras but did not build temples or icons.
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They performed fire-sacrifices, called yajña and chanted Vedic mantras but did not build temples or icons.
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They performed fire-sacrifices, called yajña and chanted Vedic mantras but did not build temples or icons.
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Did the movie mention that new Xtian video game where kids blow people to bits for yaj?
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Looks like the potential for another race to the bottom no offense intended to either yaj or sloan... whose comments I always enjoy--its the very subject that makes many people crazy.
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Moreover, the mere verb 'to sacrifice' (yaj), as denoting worship of the gods, intimates the presence of a deity which is to be propitiated by the action called sacrifice, and thus constitutes the main element of that action.
The Vedanta-Sutras with the Commentary by Ramanuja — Sacred Books of the East, Volume 48
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Next (in order to the performance of brahma-yaj "na) the hymn celebrating the praises of K. rish.na should be recited according to ability, and those that have not studied Sansk. rit should at least repeat his name.
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