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Agni Yoga is a synthesis of all yogas.In all the ancient Hindu scriptures the approaching Fiery Epoch has been predicted. It is said that Agni – the Fire that is found in varying degrees at the foundation of all yogas will saturate the atmosphere of our planet tremendously, and all the branches of yoga will be fused into a fiery synthesis.
The movement centers on the Neo-Theosophical religious doctrine of Agni Yoga, or the Living Ethics, transmitted by Helena Roerich and Nicholas Roerich. Agni Yoga draws ideas from Theosophy, Eastern and Western religions, Vedic and Buddhist traditions, molding them into Russian culture, too. Agni Yoga is the spiritual foundation of Roerichism.
In Panchagni vidyā, which vidyā is a specific kind of knowledge, the symbolic agni (fire) is the object of meditation and has five important aspects – the three worlds (the heaven, earth and intermediate space), man and woman; [2] which vidyā is taught in connection with the "Doctrine of Transmigration of souls" as the "Doctrine of descent ...
Further, Agni Vaishvanara is regarded as Author of the Hymns of the Rig-veda (x. 79, 80). Agning prajvalitang vande Jata-vedang Hutashanang: Suvarna-varnam amalang samiddhang sarvvatomukham. The Mahanirvana Tantra also refers to certain Vaishvanara: [O]m Vaishvanara Jataveda ihavaha ihavaha; lohitaksha, sarvva-karmani sadhaya: svaha.
Agni is in hymn 10.124 of the Rigveda, a Rishi (sage-poet-composer) and along with Indra and Sūrya makes up the Hindu trinity of gods who create, preserve, destroy. [57] Agni is considered equivalent to all the deities in the Hinduism, which formed the foundation for the various non-dualistic and monistic theologies of Hinduism. [50]
The Agnicayana (ati-rātra agni-cayana; lit. ' over-night piling up of the fire ' ) [ 1 ] or Athirathram ( Malayalam : അതിരാത്രം ) is a category of advanced Śrauta rituals. After one has established the routine of the twice-daily routine of Agnihotra offerings and biweekly darśa-purna-masa offerings (Full and New Moon rites ...
Yoga schools are as diverse as the meanings of the bracket term yoga. Within the major branches of yoga such as haṭha, lāya, rāja, jñāna, and bhakti there are many different schools and lineages, both extant and defunct. Since the late 19th century, a great number of distinct new styles of "Yoga" have been introduced by individual teachers.
The masculine construction of the word, Āgneya, has been used as a generic adjective meaning 'flammable', 'fiery', 'consecrated to Agni', 'ruled by Agni', etc. [3] It has also been used as a proper noun epithet of the Agni Purana, the Āgneya Astra, and the cardinal direction of the South East (of which Agni is the Dikpala).