CHAPTER IX

SOME MYSTIC TECHNIQUES
Not only the Tantras but many other Hindu religious Scriptures make use of several mystic techniques regarding the forms of worship and certain appendices appertaining to it as for instance the Mantras or the cryptic expressions used in religious worship; the Asanas, i.e. how the worshipper should seat for physical posture at the time of worship the Mudrasetc. The Hindu sages from the earliest times have laid great stress on physical processes that led to spiritual discipline. Control over physical organs and senses is absolutely necessary for mental concentration. It is needless to say that neither contemplation, nor prayer, nor any worship can be effected without proper concentration of the Mind. These Mystic techniques are meant for enhancing mental concen- tration and for helping the physical processes necessary for this purpose. We shall in this