The worship method performed by the priest/bhikkhus of Pashupatinath.
The worship method performed by the priest/bhikkhus of
Pashupatinath...
Before understanding this topic, let us know that
There are 1131
branches of the 4 "Vedas".
Atharvaveda - 9
Samaveda - 1000
Yajurveda - 101
Rigveda - 21
Total =
1131.
The
"Taittiriya" or "Krishna Yajurveda" branch of the Vedas is
responsible for the worship method that is currently being practiced or is
being practiced in Pashupatinath. Only people of this "Taittiriya"
branch worship Pashupatinath (priests); other branches do not or are not
allowed to do so. The fact that the
"Taittiriya" branch of the Vedas is not the entire text is crucial.
What is this "Taittiriya" branch?
Once, the great sage
Vaishampayan gave all the teachings and knowledge to his disciple, sage Yajnavalkya. Guru Vaishampayan asked his disciple
Yajnavalkya to return the knowledge he had given after the Guru was
dissatisfied with some aspects. Yajnavalkya returned the knowledge he had
received to Guru Vaishampayan.
Yajnavalkya took the knowledge from Surya and started a different Vedic
stream, which was called "Shukla Yajurveda". On the other hand, Guru Vaishampayan's other
disciples drank the knowledge of the returned Vedas by becoming "Titra
Chara". The "Taittiriya"
branch of the Vedas emerged from that. It is considered the highest Veda. This "Taittiriya" branch worships
at Pashupatinath; therefore, there is no worship in Pashupatinath that
represents the four Vedas.
Yajurveda has Krishna
(Taittiriya) and Shukla (Madhyamandiniya).
Some Indians claim that Shukla Yajurveda is purely ritualistic and does
not contain Tantra, whereas other scholars disagree and claim that Krishna
Yajurveda is related to Tantra. Tantra is a broad field; its origin is Mahadev, and the audience is Parvati.
Brahmins who study
the Shukla Yajurveda branch of Krishna Yajurveda are also Tantric and worship
the Shree Yantra, but only Trilinga Dravidian Brahmins are considered worthy.

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