{"id":40,"date":"2011-11-26T08:18:05","date_gmt":"2011-11-26T08:18:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/matsyendranatha.com\/?p=40"},"modified":"2013-01-12T14:47:03","modified_gmt":"2013-01-12T14:47:03","slug":"the-fair-ritual","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/matsyendranatha.com\/?p=40","title":{"rendered":"The fire ritual"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The fire ritual (homa) \u00a0is one of the important elements in the practice of mantra-yoga, when\u00a0one tenth of the number of the recited mantra you\u00a0repeat\u00a0during the fire ritual, then\u00a0perform\u00a0tarpana (abhisheka), marjana and brahmana-bhojana (or kanya-bhojana, if it is shakti-upasana).\u00a0A homa may include a lot of parts required for realization\u00a0of a mantra (mantra-siddhis), such as abhisheka and etc., present in the ritual. 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