What is Homa Farming?

 Homa farming comes from the Vedas, which is also why it is sometimes called “organic agriculture from the Maharishi religious text.” Since it was written about in the “Atharvaveda,” rishis and maharishis used it successfully. “You heal the atmosphere, and the atmosphere will heal you,” says the first principle of homa farming. “Revealed science” is what people call it. The most critical part of homa farming is chanting Sanskrit mantras before a holy fire at certain times of the day called Agnihotra puja. Time is the most important thing. 

Homa farming doesn’t involve a specific farming technique, but the farm and home where you perform it to get energised and awakened. You can use the ash from the puja to give energy to compost, plants, animals, and other things. Homa Farming is a whole-person approach to farming that you can use with any smart organic farming system. It’s cheap and easy to do, but you must have discipline and do it often. Read the full article to understand more about this Vedic farming.

Agnihotra in Homa Farming

• Agnihotra is the basic homa fire technique. In Sanskrit, Agni means fire, and hotra means healing. Its basis is the sunrise and sunset biorhythm, and you can find its roots in the ancient sciences of the Vedas. Agnihotra has been made more accessible and more suitable for modern times so that anyone can do it.
• During Agnihotra, you will need to burn dried cow dung, ghee (clarified butter), and brown rice in a copper vessel in the shape of an upside-down pyramid along with singing a special mantra.

Currently, mainly organic farmers in South America and India perform homa farming. But it is also becoming more popular in North America and Europe. In recent years, Sri. Vasant P. Paranjpe and Deshpande have helped spread the word about Homa farming. It is a way to improve the climate and crop production with little cost.

Materials Needed in Homa Farming

1. Pyramid: A copper pyramid that can hold all the energy, including electricity energies
2. Rice: Use unbroken whole rice grains. It is better to use brown rice during Agnihotra in homa farming.
3. Cow Ghee: This is an extraordinary medicine. When you burn cow ghee with rice, it cleans the air and makes it rain simultaneously.

Preparation of Miracle Powder in Homa Framing

Spread ghee on a few cow dung chips. Arrange them in the Agnihotra pot in such a way to permit free passage of air. 

Say the agnihotra mantras as you start the fire a few minutes before sunrise or sunset. After the word swaha, add a few grains of rice grains coated with ghee to the fire. Agnihotra completes in 10 minutes, and until the fire goes out, it is best to sit quietly or meditate.

Don’t blow through your mouth or use mineral oil to start a fire. 

Every day, use a cloth to gather the ash left over after the completion of Agnihotra. Finely sieved ash is called “the miracle powder” and is used in homa farming to help plants grow and kill pests.

Agnihotra Mantras in Homa Farming

(1) Morning Agnihotra: Sooryaya swáahá, Sooryáya idam na mama (add first pinch of rice) Prajápataye swáahá, Prajápataye idam na mama (add second pinch of rice).

Meaning: Unto the sun, I am offering this offering. This is not mine; this is Thine.

(2) Evening Agnihotra: Agnaye swaáhá, Agnaye idam na mama (add the first portion of rice) Prajápataye swaáhá,

Prajápataye idam na mama (add second pinch).

Meaning: Unto the fire, I am offering all. This offering is not mine; it is Thine.

Working of Homa Farming

• The sun gives or takes away energy, which means that all conditions contribute to a better environmental change. It makes the world quiet. The generator is the fire, and the turbine is the turbine. Just by doing Agnihotra in the morning, all the electricity, energy, and ethers are drawn to the shape of the pyramid. 
• When the sun goes down, these energies radiate outward similarly. This flow of sunrise energies has strong cleansing effects on all levels of the Earth wherever it goes. Agnihotra strengthens these cleansing effects by doing the following: There is music in this flood like a flow of subtle energies. 
• The sound of that flood is the sound of the morning Agnihotra Mantra. If you then make a fire in the copper pyramid, say these mantras, and offer the rice mixed with ghee to the fire, a channel is made in the air, and PRANA, the energy of life, is cleansed.
• During Agnihotra time, a lot of energy gathers around the copper pyramid of Agnihotra. 

• The pyramid in homa farming is made up of a generator, fire, and a turbine. The formation of a magnetic field cancels out negative energies and makes positive energies stronger. When you burn Agnihotra fire, it gives off more than just heat. 
• The rhythms and Mantras make hidden energies that are sent into the air by the fire. Think about the quality of the things burned and the result of this healing HOMA as a whole. The Agnihotra pyramid has a lot of healing energy coming from it.
• In Agnihotra, there is a field of energy that forms around plants. So, plants get more robust and are less likely to get sick. When the flame goes out, the energy gets trapped in the ash. 
• Many ancient healers used this ash from homa farming to make several traditional medicines. So, doing Agnihotra every morning and evening creates a positive energy pattern on all levels.

Uses of Agnihotra Ash in Homa Farming

(i) Soil preparation 

(a) Spread 5 kg of agnihotra ash per acre on irrigated areas before sowing.

(b) For fields without pre-sowing irrigation, mix the ash with water and sprinkle the solution on the fields 2-3 days before sowing. 

(ii) Seed treatment

(a) Use mixture of 20 g ash + 1 kg shade dried seed + 20 g ash + 1 kg cow urine 

(iii) Irrigation

Prepare a knot of ash in a cotton fabric suspended over the irrigation channel So that the rushing water dissolves the ash and transports it into the field during each irrigation. 

(iv) Crop protection

100 L water + 5 L cow urine + 2 kg ash stirred 2-3 times a day with stick ash settles at the bottom on the third day without shaking, and disturbing sediment pours off all liquid with a cloth spread on the crop.

(v) Crop storage

You can mix grains and pulses with ash from homa farming before storing them.

Benefits of Homa Farming

1. Homa atmosphere improves soil quality by increasing water retention, nutrient availability, and soil texture. 
2. Homa farming helps to maintain a healthy ecology. Farmers also use it to combat insect and disease attacks.
3.  Homa farming studies have shown that the plants have more nutrition and essence content and higher production and productivity. Agnihotra ash increases the nutritional value of soil, resulting in increased nutritive value, yield, productivity, and crop quality. 
4. Homa generates a good environment that influences human behaviour. There is the reverberation of massive energy, coupled with creating a magnetic field that activates positive energies, reducing stress, improving mental clarity, and improving health. 
5. The homa atmosphere accelerates plant metabolism by increasing chlorophyll synthesis and vascular permeability. 
6. When administered to an afflicted region of the skin, Agnihotra ash with cow ghee cures faster than other medications. 
7. You can use Agnihotra ash to purify water by repairing the chemical and biological qualities of non-drinkable water and converting it to potable water. Treatment with Agnihotra ash results in considerable changes in basic water parameters such as pH, colour, and door.

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Conclusion

Homa farming or Agnihotra is an age-old Vedic remedy to modern-day problems. The ability of homa farming and, in particular, agnihotra ash to increase P solubility and thus soil P supply is abundantly apparent. The higher the number of people practising Agnihotra in a given location, the greater and faster the impact will be. Prof. Hernandez believes that Agnihotra reduces toxins and changes the environment, affecting both physical and mental health. As a result, homa therapy functions as a kind of silent psychotherapy.

The deterioration of the environment, soil, and human health urges the adoption of Homa therapy due to its good impacts on the entire ecosystem. As an old tradition, Homa organic farming could be a viable answer to the current difficulties produced by the reckless use of chemicals. It is an environmentally-friendly activity that helps to keep the balance between living beings and nature. It is necessary to transition from chemical-intensive farming to organic farming to restore the soil and environment’s health.