Antaryaga

(“internal sacrifice”) In Hindu worship,
but especially in the secret ritual tradition known as tantra, antaryaga refers
to the internalization of worship. In this
process, worship involving external
actions is replaced by worship based on
mental acts.
This is a later phase of the initiate’s
spiritual path, and is attempted only
after the initiate has mastered the external forms of worship. The process of
internalization becomes progressively
more subtle and sophisticated. This step
also demonstrates that the initiate has
achieved more highly developed religious capacities, in which external
objects are no longer needed.
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