In English
Yajna means acquiring the highest wisdom
What is Yajna? It is not merely offering oblations to the sacred fire, . Yajna means acquiring the highest wisdom by and (control of the senses and practice of spiritual discipline). This wisdom is not related to worldly knowledge. All the knowledge acquired through the intellect is illusory. It is based on dualism and is tantamount to ignorance. It may serve to score debating points; such debates also promote discord. The knowledge that transcends all controversies and is related to the eternal verities is the (Knowledge of the Self). It is for acquiring this supreme knowledge that the ancient performed and . Practices like reciting the cannot be considered Yajna in the true sense. Only when one embarks on the internal quest for the realisation of the Self within can he acquire (Knowledge of the Self). For this purpose there is no need to study any books. Only by direct experience and one's own spiritual can this awareness of the Self be realised. Man has to understand that he is the cause of his own happiness or misery and that all that he seeks or loves are not for their sake, but for his own sake. Hence, he has to understand his own true nature. Realising the ephemerality of all worldly objects, man should recognise that enduring happiness can be got only by developing love for God. A great sage like declared that the whole cosmos is a manifestation of the Divine. The Divine is omnipresent. This awareness of the Divine has to be experienced by everyone.