Chapter 4 - The Process of Diksha

He shall look at him and touch with mantra hand'. He shall then think of creation upto the earth as made by God and consider that to have taken place in the body of the pupil. The tattvas that are inserted in the body of the pupil shall become by this process awakened at the time of dikṣā. He shall take permission of the concerned mantra, lying in the pitcher and take the Pāśā string² and go near the fire pit altar place it there. Thousand or hundred oblations shall be made there in the fire kept in another fire altar in honour of God, the supreme cause of creation, by uttering the mūlamantra. Pūrṇāhuti shall be given at the end of the dikṣā. He shall do japa of mūlamantra and sprinkle the pupil in the chest many times with flowers uttering 'hum phat'. Consciousness shall be infused in the tattva of earth, i.e, he shall become aware of the nature of it. It shall be consigned as the place of sovergnity [aiśvarya]. One hundred offerings shall be made for each tattva with their bīja mantras. 1. Mantra hand: Hand sanctified with mantra 2. It is called pāśa as it bounds the soul with the matter. 138