As Kirpaan Khando Kharg
Tupak Taba ar Teer
Saif Sarohee Saitee
Yahai hamaarai peer
(Invocation Mantra)

Shastar
Shastar is the name given to the weapons used in Shastar Vidya. The weapons are held in the highest esteem even higher than the teacher! Weapons have a special place where they are stored and presented. They are approached with respect and bowed to as if they were a living thing. It is believed that these weapons came directly from God and they are manifestations of God’s power on earth. Thus the power of God has been put into the hands of man. This is a huge responsibility and something which is easily abused even with the best intentions in mind.

The Sword Meditation
By Gatka Baij Nanak Dev Singh Khalsa

The sword has been for centuries revered by man as a symbol of his power. It was not until the Sikh Guru Hargobind that a deeper understanding of this was revealed. He taught that the sword was a symbol of both temporal and spiritual power. Later Guru Gobind Singh defined this further by describing ” God fashioned the entire universe with his sword”. For this reason the sword is seen as the primal force of the universe.

The Akali Nihang Singhs worship the sword as a manifestation of God’s power. It is through the Sword Meditation that we are granted its blessings. And by which its immense power becomes the law which governs ours thought and actions.

The energy of the sword is called Shakti, it is a 2 1/2 cycle energy which is the regulating force on the physical plane. Mystery of the Sword Meditation is mastery of all aspects of physical reality.

At the moment of creation the Creator was in a profound state of meditation. Every particle of the universe was shaped by this meditation through the sword. By allowing the Sword Meditation the creator grants to his creatures the power of creation.

Every deed regardless of it significance or superficial value is an act of creation. Every action becomes a Kriya, ( a complete and balanced cycle ) every movement a Mudra ( a posture which expresses a particular energy), every though a meditation, creator and creation are united in action, this is Shakti Yoga.

The joy and celebration of this moment of meditation is expressed in the mantra

” Wahe Guru Wahe Guru Wahe Guru “