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Tantra Yoga
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Contents
1-Yoga Nidra
(B.Intermediate-Yoga Nidra)
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2.Upnishad Renderings
01.Shandilyopnishad 118
02.Kaushteek Brahmanopnishad 120
03. 135
04.Trishikh Brahmano Upnishad 136
05.Akshmalikopnishad 141
06.Vajrasuchika 143
07.Chandogya Upnishad 151
08.Advait Tarak Upnishad 153
09.Hansopnishad 155
10.Panchbrahmanopnishat 157
11.Subalopnishat 165
12.Kshurikopnishad 167
13.Akshyopnishat 170
14.Pranavopnishad 171
15.Amritnadopnishad 173
16.Garbhopnishad 175
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1. Yoga Nidra
The modern human being is subjected to so many stresses today at any time that it is
extremely difficult to relax properly for a moment even. Be it professional life or
family life. Actually, in the name of growth and ambition people are burning
themselves up so quickly that by the time they realize it, it is too late. Right from the
childhood one is told to study hard to get good grades, study harder to crack different
competitive examinations and then go for best professional colleges. Once out of
there, one seeks to join good companies. After serving 2-3 years, they take admission
into management courses with astronomical fee structures. To pay those kinds of fees,
one takes loans from the banks which have to be repaid. Whatever iota of peace is left
in life is taken up by specialization and super specialization in respective fields, which
has become a hallmark of modern study pattern. The race is towards knowledge but
not wisdom.
So right from the childhood to entering into the professional life, one is subjected to
so much stress for desired achievements and feared failures that a person is
continuously undergoing mental tensions that it becomes his natural behavior to be
continuously in that state. With such continued state of mind, our bodies react by
activating undesired secretions that in the long run has very bad effect on our overall
health, both physically and mentally. So, unless or until we bring about some
semblance of peace in our lives, we will be heading towards all kinds of hospitals,
which are thriving these days on the medical insurance covers being bought by the
modern generation personally or through their employers. Instead of setting the life
patterns into right rhythm, we are rather going in the opposite direction of treating the
symptoms instead of the cause. The western world realized it and is coming around to
realize their wrong materialisticlife style these days while our society is aping the
western values, in this pursuit, they have almost lost their culture, knowledge and
peace of mind. Thus, in this never-ending race, a child lost childhood, a young person
lost youth, a married person the balance of married life and their children lost the care
of their parents. It seems, we have developed Technology at the cost of Humanity. It
is really high time that we focus our attention on the deteriorating values in society,
premature diseases, alienating ourselves from our moral codes which are making the
society directionless, embracing ignorance while our forefathers enjoyed a well-
balanced thinking with loftiest of the ideals.
With people working in closed spaces and artificial ambient conditions and long
erratic working styles and hours, the normal pattern of life has changed. When one
should be awake, one is sleeping and while one should have been asleep, one is fully
awake. Thus, affecting the circadian* rhythms in our bodies. {Circadian rhythms are
endogenous (self-sustained) and are entrained (adjusted) to ambient environment by
different aspects such as light, temperature and hormonal secretions in our bodies.
The hormonal secretions may affect our metabolic system and may cause life style
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diseases like Diabetes and Obesity. For example, Pilots who cross many different time
zones in a single day may develop fatigue. During exposure to blue light, Melatonin is
suppressed five times more as compared to yellow light of sodium bulbs.} Thus, after
sleeping even, many people do not feel fresh. This dearth of freshness everyday keeps
accumulating and ultimately results into different kinds of stresses of mind and
diseases of our physical body. It is here that one would like to stress the need of
ancient knowledge of our seers & Rishis to provide relaxation to the mind and health
to our bodies. Thus, the need for Asanas, Pranayams to keep the body fit and different
meditative practices to keep our mind stable. For relaxation and mental peace, one
very powerful practice, which is being discussed here, is of Yoga-Nidra.
During the process of natural sleep, one goes through a process of 6-8 hours to relax
the body, mind and to create rejuvenation. Melatonin, a secretion produced by our
pineal gland is responsible for sleep-wake up cycles, maintains the gastrointestinal
lining and regulates immune system. As per researchers, a sleeper passes through 5
different phases during his/her sleep with each stage lasting 5-15 minutes. As per
many, complete sleep cycle takes about 90 to 110 minutes. The first sleep cycle has
short REM-cycles and long deep-sleep cycles but later in the night REM cycle span
increases and deep sleep period decreases.
It is a Non REM sleep stage.We go to sleep, but it is very light and we can be easily
awakened. The muscle activity slows down, and our eye movement is very slow.
Brain waves are faster, like Beta & Alpha ranging from 7-21 Hz. Alpha is reduced by
50%. It lasts only a few minutes and eye balls roll slowly. N-REM sleep is said to be
„an idling brain in a movable body‟.
Slightly deeper sleep with spindles and K-complexes as most important feature of
stage-II sleep pattern. Sleep spindles are waves with frequency 12-15 lasting 0-3
seconds every 3-10 seconds. Eye movement stops, brain waves become slower with
only occasional burst of energy wave. Heart rate starts slowing down and body
temperature starts falling too. Alpha (7-11 Hz)& Theta (4-7 Hz) waves may be
predominant during this phase.During this stage, memory consolidation and synaptic
pruning takes place.(It‟s a process in which extra neurons and synaptic connections
are eliminated in order to increase the efficiency of neuronal transmissions.) Spindles
and K complexes are generated.Spindles are progressively increasing and gradually
decreasing close to delta waves while K complexes are high amplitude sharp waves
occurring occasionally. It can be understood pictorially as below.
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Stage 3: (Deep Sleep)
Extremely slow Theta (4-8 Hz) and Delta (0.5-4 Hz) waves are generated in the brain.
Sound sleep is described by the pattern of Theta waves. „Parasomnias‟ can occur
during this phase like; sleep walking, bed wetting, reacting to bad dreams etc. These
occur in during transition from sound sleep to deep sleep time. This transition may be
called between REM sleep and Non-REM sleep pattern.Most of the dreaming takes
place during REM sleep phase. Muscles are paralyzed during this sleep to prevent
from injury by acting to the dream pattern. Some dreams are remembered, some are
just forgotten.This phase is the stage, which decides the quality and effect of our
sleep.This stage is identified if 20 to 50 % of times Delta waves prevail. REM is said
to be „an active, hallucinating brain in a paralyzed body‟.
It is said that people in the age group of 20‟s spend 20%, in the age group of 40-50
years 10% and in the age group of above 70 years spend 5% of their sleep time in
stage 3.Stage 3 and 4 are large amplitude delta activity.
During this phase, delta(0.5-4 Hz) waves are predominantly produced by our brain
and hence one is quite away from the worldly reality. Thus, if someone is woken up
from this state suddenly, one may feel disoriented.This stage is identified if 50% of
the time Delta occurs.The slow and large amplitude oscillations indicate that neurons
of the cortex fire high synchrony. Most sensory inputs cannot reach the cortex. As
heart rate, respiration rate and kidney process slow down, digestive process
increases.We can compare the wave pattern in different sleep phases as below
In waking stage, we may be in 15-50 Hz frequency thus ranging from Beta to Gama
range. In pre-sleep phase we may be in the 8-12 range of Alpha while the deep sleep
stage of 1-4 Hz, may pass through4-8 Hz, 4-15Hz, 2-4 Hz to 0.5-2 Hz respectively.
This cycle gets repeated again and again. REM occurs between 07-30, covering both
Alpha and Beta wave values. Infants spend 50% of their sleep time in REM sleep.
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During delta wave (0-4 Hz) generation one goes into the deep sleep where our body
builds up by releasing growth hormones1, relaxes all the muscles to be ready for new
day movements2 and the brain also moves to no thinking time3 to relax from the daily
full of continuous thought process.
Thus, we can say that that the main aim on the subtle level for sleep is to bring the
mind into no thought state by generating Delta waves in our brain. Now to generate
delta waves in our brain area we need to devise such a process. A trained practitioner
may enter into such a state more easily than a beginner would. An adept may be able
to remain calm, focused and observant with frantic activity of higher gamma (100-
200) Hz even all around in the brain. It has been proved with modern gadgets on
many such subjects. It is just like a soldier sitting quietly, meditating in the battle
ground. This needs great focus, courage, practice and control on the self, such state is
exhibited by high yogis.
Now coming back to the subject of Yoga-nidra(Yogic sleep), we can say that in this
process one neutralizes the gross body and enters into the one’s own subtle body. One
leaves the area of motor cortex, sensory cortex and move to the area of mind. In the
grosser sense of the anatomy of our brain we can say that one goes from the frontal
part of the brain into the rear part of the brain or rather mid brain area which
comprises of the all-importantendocrine glands like Pineal, Pituitary, Thalamus,
Hypothalamus, Amygdala and Hippocampus is also nearby which carries long-term
memory.
In natural course, this process of sleep takes time. But in the case of the yoga-nidra,
this state is reached in a quicker manner. A trained yogi may be able to attain the
same relaxation, which may be elusive to even eight-hour sleep of an ordinary person.
During it the subject is guided through a process of quick relaxation by moving from
a space of gamma, beta and Alpha realm to Theta and Delta range. But the difference
here is that while in the sleep state, the outer senses are not responding but in the case
of Yoga-nidra the state of the senses is fully heightened while the body is totally at
rest. Thus, in the state of inert physicality our mind can be taught anything. It can be
used to teach children anything. A beginner will fall into lower frequency of Theta
and Delta while an adept may move at will into the realm of Gamma waves with
totally relaxed body.
This practice can be done both in sitting as well as lying position. In case of
beginners‟ due to their tendency to fall into sleep, it is advised that they should do in
sitting position while an adept can do in lying position also as he has much greater
control over his body and senses.
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2. Neutralizing the Gross body:
Lay yourself in the most comfortable position. Inhale, all the relaxation and freshness
through the nose, deep and long; exhale all the tiredness and staleness out through the
mouth three times. On '1' inhale and on '2' exhale.
1………….inhale; 2…………..exhale.
1………….inhale; 2…………..exhale.
1………….inhale; 2…………..exhale.
Joins legs together, arms straight besides the body, hands open with palms touching
the thighs, stretching boththe toes; tighten the whole body from head to toe. Hold this
position for 10-15 seconds; ………. suddenly let go of the muscles and relax whole of
the body.
Now bring your attention to your breath. Watch your breath going in and coming out
through the nose. Bring your consciousness to the tip of the nose. With each
inhalation go inside the body moving from nose, to throat, to wind pipe Trachea and
then into the lungs watching everything from inside. Do it five times.
Along with your breath move inside your body. See the nasal passage, throat and
wind pipe from inside. Enter your lungs; see all the air sacs inside where oxygen and
carbon dioxide exchange is happening. Blood is being purified. Experience.
Now once again adjust your body in the most comfortable position and after that
please do not move at all.
Now we will relax whole of the body part by part. As soon as any name is taken, try
to relax that particular place immediately as much as possible.
Visualize yourself and all the things around you. Walls, doors, windows, ceiling,
floor, people, your mat, sounds outside, sounds inside, sound of your breathing.
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Slowly the breath in both the nasal passages is balancing, become aware of the
breathing pattern in your nasal passages.
Now we will be relaxing our body part by part. Focus on particular part and try to
send waves of relaxation sweep through that particular space. Put all your emotions,
your bhav behind it to achieve the maximum benefit.
Relax left foot, right foot, left ankle, right ankle, left calf, right calf, left shin, right
shin. Left knee, right knee, left thigh, right thigh, left hip, right hip, anus, organs of
urination and procreation, lower abdomen, waist, navel, lower back, middle back,
upper back, diaphragm, left side of the chest, right side of the chest, complete rib
cage, left clavicle, right clavicle, left shoulder, right shoulder, left upper arm, right
upper arm, left elbow, right elbow, left wrist, right wrist, left palm, right palm, left
thumb, right thumb, left forefinger, right forefinger, left middle, right middle, left
ring, right ring, left small finger, right small, back of the left hand, back of the right
hand, complete left hand complete right hand.
Relax left wrist, right wrist, left forearm, right forearm, left elbow, right elbow, left
upper arm, right upper arm, left shoulder, right shoulder, left collar, right collar and
neck.
Relax back of the head, top of the head, complete forehead, left temple, right temple,
left ear, right ear, left side of the lower jaw, right side of the lower jaw, chin, lower
lip, upper lip, tongue, pallet and throat. Relax left nasal passage, right nasal passage,
partition between the two and complete nose.
Relax left cheek, right cheek, Relax lower eyelids, upper eyelids and eye balls. Relax
the space between the eyebrows. Relax complete forehead. Relax whole of the scalp
and every nook and corner of the body.
Now our whole gross body is totally inert and still we are feeling something
expanding and contracting inside the gross frame irrespective of the breath…(Pause).
Experience……………………………..(Pause).
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That which is expanding and contracting, experience, it is our subtle body.
One must experience it to the full to perform any serious higher dhyanpractice.Breath
moves in the gross body while our Pran or life force moves in the subtle body.
Experience it first by holding the inhaled breath and later without holding it.
So now inhale slowly, completely fill up your lungs to the brim and hold your breath.
Concentrate on the expanding and contracting feeling in the body irrespective of the
movement of the physical body……………………………..(Pause).
This is our subtle body in which all our ten pranic energies flow.
The proportion in which one experiences the ten pranas in the subtle body by that
much percentage one is said to experience respective subtle body.
Observe your breath, both the nasal passages are flowing equally which means we are
breathing through Sushumana or Madhya nadi or Shunya Nadi. The whole body is
totally neutralized, one can hardly feel anything. It is totally relaxed.Experience this
state. The body is totally at rest while all the senses are totally heightened.
Now we are going out of this state. Keep your eyes closed till told to open.
Slowly……flex your toes……………….(Pause),
Flex…….your fingers……………………(Pause),
Move your neck from side to side……….(Pause),
Tighten and loosen your hips…………….(Pause),
Tighten and loosen your stomach…………(Pause),
Turn to your left side, drawing up your right knee, get up with its support in to sitting
position. Sit in Sukhasan or Padmasan or Radha Padmasan (half lotus pose) or
Vajrasan whichever is easy to maintain.
Now chant Om! Three times through the space of your eye brow centre, place of third
eye or Chidakaash. Experience the vibrations inside your own body as well as in the
space of practice. Be thankful for the practice, for the time, for company and for the
environment and experience of the relaxation………..Peace………and …….bliss.
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3. Sushumana Dhyan:
Lay yourself in the most comfortable position. Inhale, all the relaxation and freshness
through the nose, deep and long; exhale all the tiredness and staleness out through the
mouth three times. On '1' inhale and on '2' exhale.
1………….inhale; 2…………..exhale.
1………….inhale; 2…………..exhale.
1………….inhale; 2…………..exhale.
Joins legs together, arms straight besides the body, hands open with palms touching
the thighs, stretching boththe toes; tighten the whole body from head to toe. Hold this
position for 10-15 seconds; ………. suddenly let go of the muscles and relax whole of
the body.
Now bring your attention to your breath. Watch your breath going in and coming out
through the nose. Bring your consciousness to the tip of the nose. With each
inhalation go inside the body moving from nose, to throat, to wind pipe Trachea and
then into the lungs watching everything from inside. Do it five times.
Along with your breath, move inside your body. See the nasal passage, throat and
wind pipe from inside. Enter your lungs; see all the air sacs inside where oxygen and
carbon dioxide exchange is happening. Blood is being purified. Experience.
Now once again adjust your body in the most comfortable position and after that
please do not move at all.
Now we will relax whole of the body part by part. As soon as any name is taken, try
to relax that particular place immediately as much as possible.
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Visualize yourself and all the things around you. Walls, doors, windows, ceiling,
floor, people, your mat, sounds outside, sounds inside, sound of your breathing.
Slowly the breath in both the nasal passages is balancing, become aware of the
breathing pattern in your nasal passages.
Now we will be relaxing our body part by part. Focus on particular part and try to
send waves of relaxation sweep through that particular space. Put all your emotions,
your bhav behind it to achieve the maximum benefit.
Relax left foot, right foot, left ankle, right ankle, left calf, right calf, left shin, right
shin. Left knee, right knee, left thigh, right thigh, left hip, right hip, anus, organs of
urination and procreation, lower abdomen, waist, navel, lower back, middle back,
upper back, diaphragm, left side of the chest, right side of the chest, complete rib
cage, left clavicle, right clavicle, left shoulder, right shoulder, left upper arm, right
upper arm, left elbow, right elbow, left wrist, right wrist, left palm, right palm, left
thumb, right thumb, left forefinger, right forefinger, left middle, right middle, left
ring, right ring, left small finger, right small, back of the left hand, back of the right
hand, complete left hand complete right hand.
Relax left wrist, right wrist, left forearm, right forearm, left elbow, right elbow, left
upper arm, right upper arm, left shoulder, right shoulder, left collar, right collar and
neck.
Relax back of the head, top of the head, complete forehead, left temple, right temple,
left ear, right ear, left side of the lower jaw, right side of the lower jaw, chin, lower
lip, upper lip, tongue, pallet and throat. Relax left nasal passage, right nasal passage,
partition between the two and complete nose.
Relax left cheek, right cheek, Relax lower eyelids, upper eyelids and eye balls. Relax
the space between the eyebrows. Relax complete forehead. Relax whole of the scalp
and every nook and corner of the body.
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Now our whole gross body is totally inert and still we are feeling something
expanding and contracting inside the gross frame irrespective of the breath…(Pause).
Experience……………………………..(Pause).
Now our whole gross body is totally inert. Watch your breath moving in and out of
your nose. Observe it closely, neither left nor right passage will be flowing
predominantly. When it becomes difficult for us to ascertain as to which passage is
flowing mainly, it means at that time both the passages are equally flowing. When
both the passages are flowing equally then we say Madhya-nadi is flowing or Shunya-
nadi is flowing or Sushumana is flowing.
Concentrate on the vertebral column. 33 vertebras delicately joined together with each
other.Each one separated from other by the cushion of the disc. 7 vertebras in
cervical, 12 in thoracic region, 5 in Lumber region, 5 are fused in Sacrum and 4 are
fused together in Coccyx. Become aware of the cylindrical passage inside the whole
column. Inside it is our spine. The Spine is filled inside by the CSF i.e. Cerebro-
Spinal -fluid. Our body secretes it every day and it keep moving continuously up and
down the length up to the brain. The volume of ventricles is about 25 mlwhile CSF is
produced @ of 0.2-0.7 ml per minute, resulting into 6-700 ml per day. The brain is
also floating inside this CSF and inside the brain also there are pockets holding the
CSF, known as ventricles. All these are interconnected with each other.
Bring your concentration to a space below the tail bone in the perennial region. In
men it is the space between anus and testes while in the women it can be the mouth of
Uterus. Feel this place, breath in and out through it. It will not be possible till our
breath is extremely subtle. This is the seat of Mooladhar Chakra.
Become aware of a space leading from this point to the crown of our head, thought
the spine. Inhale and exhale. When we inhale our breath travels from nose towards
our navel while another energy moves in the opposite direction. This is called Pran or
Life force or Chi. Raise this opposite flowing energy inside the Sushumana located in
our spine. With each inhalation raise it up inside the spine, which is like a capillary
tube and while exhaling visualize it as overflowing this capillary and coming down
from outside. Continue doing this 11times, experiencing this passage, which is called
Sushumana. When we go into dhyan, one feels the heat wave rising upwards in the
spine. Thus when we feel heat or Ushma rising inside the spine, actually we are
experiencing Sa-Ushma or Sushumana.
When dhyan in the Sushumana becomes stronger, move more and more in to it. There
is another tubular coaxial structure inside the Sushumana. Bring your consciousness
inside this space. As we move our pran and consciousness inside this area, the heat
waves starts turning in to a bolt like feeling. As our whole-body shudders when we
experience a great lightning bolt in the sky similar way our body starts feeling jerks as
if pranic energy is jumping in side our spine. Yogi sitting on his asan starts feeling of
jumping like a frog. That is why this space is called Vajra i.e. like a lightning bolt.
Experience this state. As we move more and more inside, we are freed more and more
from our Vrittis‟ or attachments of the outside world. One starts developing more and
more vairagya or detachment from the world. Experience this strong centering of the
self.
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Keep moving the pranic energy inside this channel though it will become more and
more subtle. Now move more inwards in to this Vajra by visualizing another tubular
pipe inside the Vajra, which is coaxial to it. As we move more and more into it the
feeling of jerks subside, and one starts seeing the form, that is why this nadi is called
Chitra, which means a scene. A yogi in this state experiences darshan of different
forms though it depends upon ones samkalp or purpose which one carried strong in
one‟s mind before the start of sadhana.
Now move to the central axis of the Chitra, also known as Brahm Nadi. It is the
moment when our consciousness is extremely centered. One becomes oblivious of the
surroundings or to the outside sensory impulses. Our sense organs are totally inwards,
the motor reactions of the gross body are gone. This is the axis on which different
Chakras are experienced. Experience the different levels of consciousness at different
chakras by raising the pranic energy and staying there for a few seconds. First raise it
to the level of Uro-genital area - a seat of Swadhishthan chakra and stay for a few
seconds. With Ujjai breath, raise the pranic energy to the digestive area around navel -
a seat of Manipur chakra and wait for a few seconds. Raise the pranic energy higher
to the level of the heart – a seat of Anahat Chakra and stay for a few seconds. Further
raise the energy to the level of throat – a seat of Vishudhi Chakra and stay for a few
seconds. Again, raise the prana to the level of pineal gland or space between the eyes
– a seat of Ajna chakra; experience this space for a few seconds. Closing the anus
tightly, raise the pranic energy to the level of Sahasrar Chakra, the crown of the head
and stay for a few seconds.
Staying at this place one feels highly elated. An indication of this is that a smile
comes without an effort on the face of the sadhak. Now slowly descend the pranic
enrgy and consciousness back to the level of Ajna, then to the level of Vishudhi, then
to the level of Anahat, then to the level of Manipur, then to the level of Swadhishthan
and then to the starting level of Mooladhar. Thus, we have completed the Sushumana
dhyan practice.
Slowly try to move your toes and flex your fingers. Move your neck slowly from side
to side. Tighten and loses your hips and stomach. Interlock your fingers atop your
navel. Inhaling stretch your arms above your head, stretch your toes down wards,
tighten whole of your body relaxing bring back your arms to the starting position and
slowly come up into sitting position without opening your eyes.
Chant „OM‟ three times and be thankful for the time and practice.
Rub both of your palms together to generate some heat. Cup each eye with respective
palm and soak in the heat into our eyelids. Slowly remove the hands and start opening
the eyes. This completes the practice of Sushumana Dhyan.
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B. Intermediate - Yoga Nidra
1. Body Recreation:
Lay yourself in the most comfortable position. Inhale, all the relaxation and freshness
through the nose, deep and long; exhale all the tiredness and staleness out through the
mouth three times. On '1' inhale and on '2' exhale.
1………….inhale; 2…………..exhale.
1………….inhale; 2…………..exhale.
1………….inhale; 2…………..exhale.
Joins legs together, arms straight besides the body, hands open with palms touching
the thighs, stretching boththe toes; tighten the whole body from head to toe. Hold this
position for 10-15 seconds; ………. suddenly let go of the muscles and relax whole of
the body.
Now bring your attention to your breath. Watch your breath going in and coming out
through the nose. Bring your consciousness to the tip of the nose. With each
inhalation go inside the body moving from nose, to throat, to wind pipe Trachea and
then into the lungs watching everything from inside. Do it five times.
Along with your breath move inside your body. See the nasal passage, throat and
wind pipe from inside. Enter your lungs; see all the air sacs inside where oxygen and
carbon dioxide exchange is happening. Blood is being purified. Experience.
Now once again adjust your body in the most comfortable position and after that
please do not move at all.
Now we will relax whole of the body part by part. As soon as any name is taken, try
to relax that particular place immediately as much as possible.
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Visualize yourself and all the things around you. Walls, doors, windows, ceiling,
floor, people, your mat, sounds outside, sounds inside, sound of your breathing.
Slowly the breath in both the nasal passages is balancing, become aware of the
breathing pattern in your nasal passages.
Now we will be relaxing our body part by part. Focus on particular part and try to
send waves of relaxation sweep through that particular space. Put all your emotions,
your bhav behind it to achieve the maximum benefit.
Relax left foot, right foot, left ankle, right ankle, left calf, right calf, left shin, right
shin. Left knee, right knee, left thigh, right thigh, left hip, right hip, anus, organs of
urination and procreation, lower abdomen, waist, navel, lower back, middle back,
upper back, diaphragm, left side of the chest, right side of the chest, complete rib
cage, left clavicle, right clavicle, left shoulder, right shoulder, left upper arm, right
upper arm, left elbow, right elbow, left wrist, right wrist, left palm, right palm, left
thumb, right thumb, left forefinger, right forefinger, left middle, right middle, left
ring, right ring, left small finger, right small, back of the left hand, back of the right
hand, complete left hand complete right hand.
Relax left wrist, right wrist, left forearm, right forearm, left elbow, right elbow, left
upper arm, right upper arm, left shoulder, right shoulder, left collar, right collar and
neck.
Relax back of the head, top of the head, complete forehead, left temple, right temple,
left ear, right ear, left side of the lower jaw, right side of the lower jaw, chin, lower
lip, upper lip, tongue, pallet and throat. Relax left nasal passage, right nasal passage,
partition between the two and complete nose.
Relax left cheek, right cheek, Relax lower eyelids, upper eyelids and eye balls. Relax
the space between the eyebrows. Relax complete forehead. Relax whole of the scalp
and every nook and corner of the body.
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Now melt whole of your skin into the floor……………………….(Pause),
Now melt all the fat into the floor…………………………………(Pause),
Now melt all the muscles and ligaments into the floor……………(Pause),
Now melt all the organs into the floor……………………………..(Pause),
Now melt all the arteries, veins and nerves into the floor…………(Pause).
Now we are left behind only without skeletal system only. Observe your skeletal
system from head to toe lying prone. Open the ankle joints and separate the feet from
the legs and release all the bound-up energy…………………………(Pause)
Now open your knee joints and separate lower legs from the thighs…(Pause)
Now open the hip joints and separate thighs from torso or pelvic…….(Pause)
Now open your elbow joints separating the upper and lower arms……(Pause)
Now open the shoulder and separate arms from the torso……………..(Pause)
Now open the skull into two parts, left and right half………………….(Pause)
Your whole body is disjointed. All the bound-up energy in the joints has been
released. Now you cannot move anything in it as there are no linkages and no muscles
to move them. One is totally at rest, still, no movement whatsoever.
Observe your body from top to bottom. Now brings your attention to your toes. See
your toes breaking, transforming into small-small atoms and disappearing into the
cosmic space. Whole of the foot is gone.
See your lower legs breaking into atoms and evaporating into the space.
Upper leg bones are breaking into atoms and evaporating into the air.
Whole torso is breaking and turning into atoms.
Whole of the vertebral column is converting into atoms and moving into the space.
Whole of the rib cage is breaking into atoms and moving into space.
The skull is breaking into atoms and diffusing into the cosmos.
Whole body has broken into atoms and disappeared into the cosmic space.
Now all the skeletal system has been converted into atoms and moved into cosmic
space. All the irregularities of the old frame have gone with the atoms. Now we are
going to reframe the body attracting fresh atoms back from the cosmos and recreate a
new body without any problems of the earlier one.
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Re-attract the atoms and start building your feet from the toes upwards……..(Pause)
Attract all the atoms of the lower legs and re-build upto knees………………..(Pause)
Attract all the atoms of the torso to recreate it………………………………….(Pause)
Recreate the vertebra……………………………………………………………(Pause)
Recreate your rib cage. (Pause)
Recreate your hands. (Pause)
Recreate forearms. (Pause)
Recreate Upper arms. (Pause)
Recreate shoulders and clavicles. (Pause)
Recreate your skull. (Pause)
All the bones have been recreated. Now join your feet to lower legs….lower legs to
upper legs….upper legs to your torso……torso to the vertebral column…..vertebral
column to rib cage…..clavicles to the vertebra and rib cage…skull to the vertebral
column. Whole skeletal system thus has been recreated and joined together a fresh.
Heart beat has started, blood is being circulated to all parts of the body….(Pause)
Thus we have created a perfectly new, disease free body for ourselves. Repeat this
Procedure again and again with full faith in heart and focus to enable the body heal
itself.
Slowly try to move your toes and flex your fingers. Move your neck slowly from side
to side. Tighten and looses your hips and stomach. Interlock your fingers atop your
navel. Inhaling stretch your arms above your head, stretch your toes down wards,
tighten whole of your body relaxing bring back your arms to the starting position and
slowly come up into sitting position without opening your eyes.
Chant „OM‟ three times and be thankful for the time & practice.
Rub both of your palms together to generate some heat. Cup each eye with respective
palm and soak in the heat into our eyelids. Slowly remove the hands and start opening
the eyes. This completes this practice of Body Recreation.
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2. Colour Visualization:
During this practice we will train ourselves to visualize various colours in our body.
Enhanced visualization capacity is essential for experiencing the forms during higher
spiritual practices.
Lay yourself in the most comfortable position. Inhale, all the relaxation and freshness
through the nose, deep and long; exhale all the tiredness and staleness out through the
mouth three times. On '1' inhale and on '2' exhale.
1………….inhale; 2…………..exhale.
1………….inhale; 2…………..exhale.
1………….inhale; 2…………..exhale.
Joins legs together, arms straight besides the body, hands open with palms touching
the thighs, stretching boththe toes; tighten the whole body from head to toe. Hold this
position for 10-15 seconds; ………. suddenly let go of the muscles and relax whole of
the body.
Now bring your attention to your breath. Watch your breath going in and coming out
through the nose. Bring your consciousness to the tip of the nose. With each
inhalation go inside the body moving from nose, to throat, to wind pipe Trachea and
then into the lungs watching everything from inside. Do it five times.
1……..inhale slowly.
Along with your breath move inside your body. See the nasal passage, throat and
wind pipe from inside. Enter your lungs; see all the air sacs inside where oxygen and
carbon dioxide exchange is happening. Blood is being purified. Experience.
Now once again adjust your body in the most comfortable position and after that
please do not move at all.
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Now we will relax whole of the body part by part. As soon as any name is taken, try
to relax that particular place immediately as much as possible.
Visualize yourself and all the things around you. Walls, doors, windows, ceiling,
floor, people, your mat, sounds outside, sounds inside, sound of your breathing.
Slowly the breath in both the nasal passages is balancing, become aware of the
breathing pattern in your nasal passages.
Now we will be relaxing our body part by part. Focus on particular part and try to
send waves of relaxation sweep through that particular space. Put all your emotions,
your bhav behind it to achieve the maximum benefit.
Relax left foot, right foot, left ankle, right ankle, left calf, right calf, left shin, right
shin. Left knee, right knee, left thigh, right thigh, left hip, right hip, anus, organs of
urination and procreation, lower abdomen, waist, navel, lower back, middle back,
upper back, diaphragm, left side of the chest, right side of the chest, complete rib
cage, left clavicle, right clavicle, left shoulder, right shoulder, left upper arm, right
upper arm, left elbow, right elbow, left wrist, right wrist, left palm, right palm, left
thumb, right thumb, left forefinger, right forefinger, left middle, right middle, left
ring, right ring, left small finger, right small, back of the left hand, back of the right
hand, complete left hand complete right hand.
Relax left wrist, right wrist, left forearm, right forearm, left elbow, right elbow, left
upper arm, right upper arm, left shoulder, right shoulder, left collar, right collar and
neck.
Relax back of the head, top of the head, complete forehead, left temple, right temple,
left ear, right ear, left side of the lower jaw, right side of the lower jaw, chin, lower
lip, upper lip, tongue, pallet and throat. Relax left nasal passage, right nasal passage,
partition between the two and complete nose.
Relax left cheek, right cheek, Relax lower eyelids, upper eyelids and eye balls. Relax
the space between the eyebrows. Relax complete forehead. Relax whole of the scalp
and every nook and corner of the body.
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Now our whole gross body is totally inert.
Concentrate on your navel. Visualize a red light point in the middle of the body at the
level of the navel. Expand and increase its size to the size of a golf ball. From the
navel descend this light point to the left hip joint in the pelvic area and from there
descend it in to the left leg. As it descends into the leg its light starts filing up the leg
with red light. It is descending towards the feet and spreading red colour into the
thighs, into the knees, into the shins and into the feet. Whole leg has turned red. Red
light is pouring out of the pores of the whole leg skin.
Now see that light point again arising up towards the torso and to move into the right
leg. As it descends into the right leg its colour also starts changing into red. As the
whole right leg too fills up with red light, it oozes out of every pour of the skin. Both
the legs are filled with red light. The ball of light is coming up through the leg
towards the pelvic. As it enters the pelvic, it too gets filled up with red light. Now
both legs along with pelvic are filled with red light.
Bring the ball up towards the necks and see your waist, your diaphragm, your chest
being filled up with red light. The ball moves to the left shoulder and into the left arm
again filling every space up to the tips of the fingers with red hue.
The red ball comes up towards the right shoulder and moves across the clavicle joints
towards the right shoulder and into the right arm filling all with red light. As it
descends into the right, from shoulder towards elbow, down into the wrists, hands,
finger tips, everything gets filled up with red light.
Same ball rise up through the right arm into the right shoulder, into the neck, up into
the skull. Both neck and skull has turned red. The red ball dissolves into the light
itself.
Now whole of our body is shining red, every pour of the skin is exuding red light.
Expand thus red glow in the space all around you. Fill the whole room with your red
light.
Watch your body from the top and in one go contract the whole red light into a ball at
the level of your navel.
Now change the colour of the ball into orange and again expand that light into every
part of the body and see it oozing out of every pore of the skin, filling the spaces
around with its hue. Watch your body shinning yellow from top.
Again, contract this yellow colour quickly into the navel. Now turn the ball into blue.
Explode the blue ball to fill the whole body with blue hue. Expand it in to your whole
body as earlier. Let it ooze out of every pore of the skin. Expand it all around filling
the whole room with it.
Again, contract the whole blue light into the navel. Now turn the ball into golden
colour. Now explode this golden ball turning the whole body golden. Golden light
oozes out of every pour of the skin. Expand it to fill the whole room with it.
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Contract the light back into your navel and experience a ball of white light there now.
Explode this white ball filling the whole body instantly with white light. Whole room
is filled up with this light of peace and joy.
Slowly start contracting this white light towards your body. See it compressed to up to
the middle of the room, further contracted to space up to one foot around your body.
Let every neuron of the body soak into this light and feel yourself, breathing this light
of Peace………………………... (Pause),
Harmony……………………….. (Pause),
Joy……………………………… (Pause),
Love……………………………. (Pause),
Abundance……………………... (Pause),
Health…………………………... (Pause),
Wellbeing of the whole cosmos... (Pause).
Stay in that feeling, enjoy this state of mind, soak in all these attributes and be
thankful for this moment, for this life, for this body and for the beautiful world.
Slowly see that ball dissolving into our pranic energy and disappearing.
Slowly try to move your toes and flex your fingers. Move your neck slowly from side
to side. Tighten and loses your hips and stomach. Interlock your fingers atop your
navel. Inhaling stretch your arms above your head, stretch your toes down wards,
tighten whole of your body relaxing bring back your arms to the starting position and
slowly come up into sitting position without opening your eyes.
Chant „OM‟ three times and be thankful for the time and practice.
Rub both of your palms together to generate some heat. Cup each eye with respective
palm and soak in the heat into our eyelids. This ends the practice of Colour
Visualization.
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3. Elemental Cleansing:
This practice can be performed both sitting and lying as per the wish or convenience
of the practitioner. During this practice we will train ourselves to visualize various
colours in our body. Enhanced visualization capacity is essential for experiencing the
forms during higher spiritual practices.
Lay yourself in the most comfortable position. Inhale, all the relaxation and freshness
through the nose, deep and long; exhale all the tiredness and staleness out through the
mouth three times. On '1' inhale and on '2' exhale.
1………….inhale; 2…………..exhale.
1………….inhale; 2…………..exhale.
1………….inhale; 2…………..exhale.
Joins legs together, arms straight besides the body, hands open with palms touching
the thighs, stretching boththe toes; tighten the whole body from head to toe. Hold this
position for 10-15 seconds;………. suddenly let go of the muscles and relax whole of
the body.
Now bring your attention to your breath. Watch your breath going in and coming out
through the nose. Bring your consciousness to the tip of the nose. With each
inhalation go inside the body moving from nose, to throat, to wind pipe Trachea and
then into the lungs watching everything from inside. Do it five times.
1……..inhale slowly.
Along with your breath move inside your body. See the nasal passage, throat and
wind pipe from inside. Enter your lungs; see all the air sacs inside where oxygen and
carbon dioxide exchange is happening. Blood is being purified. Experience.
Now once again adjust your body in the most comfortable position and after that
please do not move at all.
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Now we will relax whole of the body part by part. As soon as any name is taken, try
to relax that particular place immediately as much as possible.
Visualize yourself and all the things around you. Walls, doors, windows, ceiling,
floor, people, your mat, sounds outside, sounds inside, sound of your breathing.
Slowly the breath in both the nasal passages is balancing, become aware of the
breathing pattern in your nasal passages.
Now we will be relaxing our body part by part. Focus on particular part and try to
send waves of relaxation sweep through that particular space. Put all your emotions,
your bhav behind it to achieve the maximum benefit.
Relax left foot, right foot, left ankle, right ankle, left calf, right calf, left shin, right
shin. Left knee, right knee, left thigh, right thigh, left hip, right hip, anus, organs of
urination and procreation, lower abdomen, waist, navel, lower back, middle back,
upper back, diaphragm, left side of the chest, right side of the chest, complete rib
cage, left clavicle, right clavicle, left shoulder, right shoulder, left upper arm, right
upper arm, left elbow, right elbow, left wrist, right wrist, left palm, right palm, left
thumb, right thumb, left forefinger, right forefinger, left middle, right middle, left
ring, right ring, left small finger, right small, back of the left hand, back of the right
hand, complete left hand complete right hand.
Relax left wrist, right wrist, left forearm, right forearm, left elbow, right elbow, left
upper arm, right upper arm, left shoulder, right shoulder, left collar, right collar and
neck.
Relax back of the head, top of the head, complete forehead, left temple, right temple,
left ear, right ear, left side of the lower jaw, right side of the lower jaw, chin, lower
lip, upper lip, tongue, pallet and throat. Relax left nasal passage, right nasal passage,
partition between the two and complete nose.
Relax left cheek, right cheek, Relax lower eyelids, upper eyelids and eye balls. Relax
the space between the eyebrows. Relax complete forehead. Relax whole of the scalp
and every nook and corner of the body.
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Now our whole gross body is totally inert.
Our body, like all the objects in the world, comprises of five elements, namely Earth,
Water, Fire, Air and Space. Many practices abound in cleansing these body elements
as per Yoga, as per Tantra and as per Sankhya philosophy.Yogic Procedure can
through practice of breath, Tantra Procedure can be through the use of Kundlini and
Samkhya one can be practiced through discrimination. The first five chakras represent
five elements.
Bring your attention to the space of Mooladhar chakra. Visualize the four-petal
chakra there and focus on its centre. Start breathing through it. It brings the sensation
of the pranic energy and breath movement there; one should take slow low and very
subtle inhalation and slow exhalation.
Breathe in through the center and breathe out through the center. As you inhale, feel
this space expanding and as you exhale feel it contracting.
Observe whole of the gross body which comprises of skin, fat, bones, flesh, hair and
nails etc……………………………………………………………….…..…(Pause)
Mooladhar is the seat of grossest element Earth which provides form and weight to
us………………………………………………………………………….…(Pause)
On the subtle level it provides us the basic comforts of life, which are essential like
food, clothing and living place………………………………………………(Pause),
A space of our survival instincts……………………………………….....… (Pause),
A divinity in the form of the Mother earth, who nourishes……………....… (Pause),
An element through which whole creation takes birth and sustenance......… (Pause).
As we continue with this breathing a cool feeling will start forming in the area of
Mooladhar. A feeling of lightness in that space too will be felt. Visualize that the
element of earth comprising the whole body is getting cleansed.
On completion of the 11 breathings through the center point of the chakra, hold your
consciousness in the middle of the chakra chanting the seed syllable „LAM‟ 03 times
which spreads yellow colour all around.
Now raise your pranic energy into the second chakra in urogenital area,
Swadhishthan with the help of Ujjai breath. When you reach into this chakra, hold
your pranic energy there only.
Swadhishthan,
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Come to its center and try to feel this point by slowly inhaling and exhaling it 11
times.
As you inhale and exhale through it feel that all the procreative secretions are getting
purified, all the creativity in the mind is getting sharpened. A quality to produce
something new is being enhanced. Feel…..that you can. Experience…..the space
being getting cooler and lighter by each breath.
After completing the 11 breaths through the chakra and keeping your consciousness in
the middle of it, chant the seed syllable „Vam‟, 03 times. Feel yourself bathed in the
mercurial blue of the „Vam‟ nectar.
Feel yourself being engulfed by the pure blue water which has turned into an ocean of
nectar.
Start raising your pranic energy slowly with Ujjai into the third lotus of Manipur, an
area around diaphragm space.
Experience the space of this lotus or chakra by breathing in and out through this
centre. One would observe that as we move upwards from the Mooladhar, the element
becomes subtler and subtler, while the corresponding breath to experience the
respective space becomes grosser and grosser. Breathe in and out, the fire of this
chakra. As you breathe in, see the flames rising from this center and as you breathe
out feel the flames going down. Observe the flickering tongues of the flames ready to
eat up anything offered into it, ready to burn all the past karmas and samskaras of its
devoted practitioner. Keep breathing in and out through it for 11 times.
Bring your consciousness in the middle of this space and chant vermillion coloured
„Ram‟ beej three times and feel it spreading its grace throughout our body, cleansing
everything.
Now raise your pranic energy with the help of Ujjai breath in to the level of the heart
on your centre line, into the chakra of Anahat. A space where sound is generated
without any striking. Inhale and exhale through this centre,
Mentally bow down to such a powerful. Air and Fire are the two best cleaners of the
Cosmos.
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Inhale and Exhale…….feel the whole area getting cleansed. Feel the divinity of air in
all its strength favorably disposed there and ready to bless the sadhak (or practitioner).
Breathing and out through this space 11 times.
Bring your consciousness to the middle of this element of Air, chant the seed syllable
of this element „Yam‟, 03 times and feel its power, freshness, bliss and peace
spreading throughout.
From the centre of the Anahat with the help of the Ujjai breath raise your pranic
energy and consciousness into the middle of your throat, a space of Vishudhi chakra.
As the name suggest, it‟s a space of purity, encompassing all the elements and hence
representing the element of Space. Start inhaling and exhaling through its centre. The
element is much subtler than the earth, but the breath has to be quite gross to
experience this space.
Take long deep inhale and exhale, feeling the lotus of Vishudhi. Visualize the half
crescent moon in it with „Ham‟ seed syllable in the middle.
Stand in the white nectarial light of the half crescent moon, soak in through every
pore of the skin, imbue the whole consciousness with it and bow down to the all-
pervading element of space and experiencing the seed syllable of „Ham‟ in the centre
of it space chant it 03 times.
Now from the seat of Vishudhi chakra descend your consciousness in to the fourth
chakra of Anahat, a seat of element of Air.
Descend further down to the middle of third Manipur chakra, a seat of Fire element.
Descend further your consciousness in to the second chakra of Swadhishthan, a seat
of water element.
Descend further your pranic energy and consciousness into the first chakra of
Mooladhar a seat of earth element.
Now start contracting the space of Mooladhar and merging our pranic energy into it.
Flex your toes and fingers, take a deep inhale and stretch your complete body. Move
your neck slowly from side to side. Come into sitting position if lying. Rub both
palms together, generate heat and cup each eye with one palm. Spread the warmth
through the eyeballs. Chant „Om‟ three times come out of the dhyan practice.
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C. Advanced
Lay yourself in the most comfortable position. Inhale, all the relaxation and freshness
through the nose, deep and long; exhale all the tiredness and staleness out through the
mouth three times. On „1‟ inhale and on „2‟ exhale.
1………….inhale; 2…………..exhale.
1………….inhale; 2…………..exhale.
1………….inhale; 2…………..exhale.
Joins legs together, arms straight besides the body, hands open with palms touching
the thighs, stretching boththe toes; tighten the whole body from head to toe. Hold this
position for 10-15 seconds;………. suddenly let go of the muscles and relax whole of
the body.
Now bring your attention to your breath. Watch your breath going in and coming out
through the nose. Bring your consciousness to the tip of the nose. With each
inhalation go inside the body moving from nose, to throat, to wind pipe Trachea and
then into the lungs watching everything from inside. Do it five times.
1……..inhale slowly.
Along with your breath move inside your body. See the nasal passage, throat and
wind pipe from inside. Enter your lungs; see all the air sacs inside where oxygen and
carbon dioxide exchange is happening. Blood is being purified. Experience.
Now once again adjust your body in the most comfortable position and after that
please do not move at all.
Now we will relax whole of the body part by part. As soon as any name is taken, try
to relax that particular place immediately as much as possible.
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Visualize yourself and all the things around you. Walls, doors, windows, ceiling,
floor, people, your mat, sounds outside, sounds inside, sound of your breathing.
Slowly the breath in both the nasal passages is balancing, become aware of the
breathing pattern in your nasal passages.
Now we will be relaxing our body part by part. Focus on particular part and try to
send waves of relaxation sweep through that particular space. Put all your emotions,
your bhav behind it to achieve the maximum benefit.
Relax left foot, right foot, left ankle, right ankle, left calf, right calf, left shin, right
shin. Left knee, right knee, left thigh, right thigh, left hip, right hip, anus, organs of
urination and procreation, lower abdomen, waist, navel, lower back, middle back,
upper back, diaphragm, left side of the chest, right side of the chest, complete rib
cage, left clavicle, right clavicle, left shoulder, right shoulder, left upper arm, right
upper arm, left elbow, right elbow, left wrist, right wrist, left palm, right palm, left
thumb, right thumb, left forefinger, right forefinger, left middle, right middle, left
ring, right ring, left small finger, right small, back of the left hand, back of the right
hand, complete left hand complete right hand.
Relax left wrist, right wrist, left forearm, right forearm, left elbow, right elbow, left
upper arm, right upper arm, left shoulder, right shoulder, left collar, right collar and
neck.
Relax back of the head, top of the head, complete forehead, left temple, right temple,
left ear, right ear, left side of the lower jaw, right side of the lower jaw, chin, lower
lip, upper lip, tongue, pallet and throat. Relax left nasal passage, right nasal passage,
partition between the two and complete nose.
Relax left cheek, right cheek, Relax lower eyelids, upper eyelids and eye balls. Relax
the space between the eyebrows. Relax complete forehead. Relax whole of the scalp
and every nook and corner of the body.
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Whole Cosmos abounds with energy whether in animate or inanimate objects.
Our gross body comprises of five elements. Breath moves through this anatomical
structure.
Our body is also working continuously whether at rest or on the move. The power,
which is used for it is called „Energy‟ by the scientists and „Pran‟ by our ancient
yogis. This pranic energy in human body works differently at different places. Due to
its different functioning at various places it has been given ten specific names. Today,
through this practice let us experience these different pranic energies operating in our
bodies towards which most of the populace is quite ignorant though we live in it for
decades together.
Focus your whole attention on the space between your navel and your throat.
As the breath from the throat moves down towards the navel, simultaneously another
energy rise up in opposite direction from the navel towards the throat….Experience
(Pause).
As we exhale the breath returns from the navel towards the throat while this other
energy falls back from the throat back into the navel…..Experience (Pause).
Keep your attention focused in this area only. Experience the simultaneous
movements of these two opposite moving energies. As we breathe in, our breath flows
from the throat area down towards the navel while the energy rising from the navel
moves towards the throat………..Experience(Pause).
As we breathe out our breath from the navel moves back towards the throat while the
other force moves back towards the navel simultaneously…….Experience (Pause).
Thus energy which flows from the navel and travels between navel and throat and
always flowing in the direction opposite to breath is called Pran….(Pause).
In the absence of this Pranic energy, we will not be able to eat or drink or do anything.
The opposite movements represent LIFE while their similar direction movement
represents DEATH. The day they start flowing in the same direction, a Yogi realizes
that his time to leave the body is drawing near, death is imminent and he must prepare
himself well for his next journey. (Pause).
Now bring your attention to the area between your navel and anus. The breath during
inhalation flows from throat towards the navelwhile another energy flows from the
navel towards the anus………Experience… (Pause).
As our exhaled breath moves from the navel towards the throat, the other energy
travels from the anus towards the navel in the same direction……Experience (Pause).
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Both these currents flow in the same direction. If this second energy gets imbalance,
our system of excretion will get upset.
This energy which flows in the area of navel to anus is called Apan…..Experience
(Pause).
Now bring your attention to the area of waist around the navel. Slowly inhale and
hold your breath.
Focus on the waist, where an energy is continuously moving from left to right and
right to left quickly…….Experience (Pause). Exhale. Continue breath, holding and
exhaling for 2-3 times.
This energy is moving very quickly irrespective of the breath movement but
perpendicular to navel-throat-anus axis. This energy which moving right and left in
the waist is called Samaan. It is the digestive fire. If this pranic energy is weak,
digestion will suffer.
Now bring your attention to the space between your chest and neck.
As you inhale, you feel an energy spreading upwards in the chest area towards the
neck……..Experience (Pause). Continue breathing 3 times and experiencing it.
This energy which moves upwards in the chest area is called Udan. It controls our
speech and expression.
Another Vayu which emanates from our heart and lungs; travels throughout the body
and travels outwards towards the extremities…..Experience (Pause). It helps all other
pranic functions, where ever there is any dearth of pran it provides the balance.
Concentrate on your hip joints to the toes on both legs. Feel…….an energy is flowing
spirally all around the legs towards the toes, downwards…..Experience (Pause).
Now concentrate on the space between the shoulders and the finer tips on both sides.
Similarly feel the flow of another spirally outward moving energy……Experience
(Pause).
Similarly concentrate on your neck and head and feel another energy moving spirally
outwards from neck towards the top of the head…Experience(Pause).
Concentrate on your eyes. When you get up from sleep or from concentrated dhyan, it
becomes a little difficult to open our eyes. The eyelids feel heavy. This happens
because the pranic energy called Koorm has moved inside and hence the eye lids are
little locked. After any meditative practice with closed eyes, we rub over palms
together and generate some heat. Then each eye is cupped with respective palm and
the heat is transferred into the eye lids. Thus, eyelids are sort of activated in the
absence of the Koorm pranic energy which ofcourse is regained in a few seconds.So,
alertness in the eyes is the function of this pranic energy.
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Now concentrate on your nasal area. Remember the time when you sneezed last. Just
before the onset of sneeze, one felt an itchy, bubbly sensation in the nasal track. This
feeling of bubbles or itch in the nasal track is caused by Krikal.
Concentrate on your thorax cavity. Whenever body is feeling sleepy, we yawn. This is
a natural reaction of the body to seek extra energy through fresh oxygen. This extra
energy to boost up the body system is called Nag.
Concentrate on the space around your solar plexus. Whenever we feel improper
digestion in our stomach and gases are formed, then we feel a heavy knotty kind of
sensation in the solar plexus area. The gases move upwards resulting in the release of
them through our esophagus and mouth in the form of belching. The energy which
causes this belching to drive out the unwanted gases out of the system is called
Devdatt.
Concentrate on the whole body. Visualize the time of final leaving of the body. When
the Atma, the soul leaves on the next journey, the gross body is left behind. Without
the energy of the atma, all the sense become non-operative. Gross systems stop
functioning, brain the controller of the bodily systems dies and along with it the
whole-body system. Now the body has to degenerate. To help it degenerate faster, a
pranic energy bloats the body after death. This energy which bloats the body is called
Dhananjaya.
Pran, Apan, Saman, Udaan, Vayaan are called pran and Koorm, Krikal, Naag,
Devdutt and Dhanajaya are called Up-pranas. These five main pranas and five up-
prans represent 10 energies in our body and they flow in the subtle body. The
percentage, by which we experience them in our body, is the percentage by which we
experience our subtle body.
Flex your toes and fingers, take a deep inhale and stretch your complete body. Move
your neck slowly from side to side. Come into sitting position if lying.
Chant „Om‟ three times,
Thank the lord for providing this beautiful time (Pause),
Peaceful and joy filled atmosphere (Pause),
Inspirational company of all present (Pause).
Rub both palms together, generate heat and cup each eye with one palm. Spread the
warmth through the eyeballs.
Come out of the meditation, open your eyes slowly.Bow down to the supreme, receive
the grace and blessings. Be thankful for everything. This ends our practice of ten
pranas.
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2.Subtle body play:
Lay yourself in the most comfortable position. Inhale, all the relaxation and freshness
through the nose, deep and long; exhale all the tiredness and staleness out through the
mouth three times. On „1‟ inhale and on „2‟ exhale.
1………….inhale; 2…………..exhale.
1………….inhale; 2…………..exhale.
1………….inhale; 2…………..exhale.
Joins legs together, arms straight besides the body, hands open with palms touching
the thighs, stretching boththe toes; tighten the whole body from head to toe. Hold this
position for 10-15 seconds;………. suddenly let go of the muscles and relax whole of
the body.
Now bring your attention to your breath. Watch your breath going in and coming out
through the nose. Bring your consciousness to the tip of the nose. With each
inhalation go inside the body moving from nose, to throat, to wind pipe Trachea and
then into the lungs watching everything from inside. Do it five times.
1……..inhale slowly.
Along with your breath move inside your body. See the nasal passage, throat and
wind pipe from inside. Enter your lungs; see all the air sacs inside where oxygen and
carbon dioxide exchange is happening. Blood is being purified. Experience.
Now once again adjust your body in the most comfortable position and after that
please do not move at all.
Now we will relax whole of the body part by part. As soon as any name is taken, try
to relax that particular place immediately as much as possible.
Visualize yourself and all the things around you. Walls, doors, windows, ceiling,
floor, people, your mat, sounds outside, sounds inside, sound of your breathing.
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Slowly the breath in both the nasal passages is balancing, become aware of the
breathing pattern in your nasal passages.
Now we will be relaxing our body part by part. Focus on particular part and try to
send waves of relaxation sweep through that particular space. Put all your emotions,
your bhav behind it to achieve the maximum benefit.
Relax left foot, right foot, left ankle, right ankle, left calf, right calf, left shin, right
shin. Left knee, right knee, left thigh, right thigh, left hip, right hip, anus, organs of
urination and procreation, lower abdomen, waist, navel, lower back, middle back,
upper back, diaphragm, left side of the chest, right side of the chest, complete rib
cage, left clavicle, right clavicle, left shoulder, right shoulder, left upper arm, right
upper arm, left elbow, right elbow, left wrist, right wrist, left palm, right palm, left
thumb, right thumb, left forefinger, right forefinger, left middle, right middle, left
ring, right ring, left small finger, right small, back of the left hand, back of the right
hand, complete left hand complete right hand.
Relax left wrist, right wrist, left forearm, right forearm, left elbow, right elbow, left
upper arm, right upper arm, left shoulder, right shoulder, left collar, right collar and
neck.
Relax back of the head, top of the head, complete forehead, left temple, right temple,
left ear, right ear, left side of the lower jaw, right side of the lower jaw, chin, lower
lip, upper lip, tongue, pallet and throat. Relax left nasal passage, right nasal passage,
partition between the two and complete nose.
Relax left cheek, right cheek, Relax lower eyelids, upper eyelids and eye balls. Relax
the space between the eyebrows. Relax complete forehead. Relax whole of the scalp
and every nook and corner of the body.
Inside the gross, is our subtle body. It is like a transparent bubble like form which is
continuously expanding and contracting……....Experience (Pause).
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This is the body in which all our ten pranic energies are moving.
It is exactly of the same shape as your physical frame.
Mentally fold and unfold left leg of this subtle body without moving the gross leg.
First do it slow, then fold and unfold quickly…..Experience (Pause).
Repeat same on the right leg……………………Experience (Pause).
Now move both legs simultaneously …………....Experience (Pause).
Now keeping your subtle left upper arm still fold and unfold the lower arm from the
elbow, so that it is moving in plane vertical to the floor. First do it slow and then
move it quickly…………………………………. …..Experience (Pause).
Repeat same on the right lower arm and ………...Experience (Pause).
Now extend both of your subtle legs to touch the other wall. Now extend through the
wall. Retrace back to the normal.
Extend your arms to touch the gate of your house where ever it is. Return.
Roll your subtle body first towards left and then towards right three times.
Move the subtle neck and head first to the left and then to the right.
Now bring your upper subtle body into sitting position and lay it down back again.
Repeat three times.
Now slowly try to raise the subtle body out of the gross vertically. Take it one foot
above….Take it two feet above…three feet above….four feet above….five feet
above. Thus, feel the lightness of the subtle body.
Let it move up through the ceiling. A subtle body cannot be bound by the gross world,
it can move through all the gross objects. …..Experience (Pause).
From the top, look at all the spaces around you. Now slowly descend downwards into
the gross frame.
Now descend your subtle body into the floor. Let it go 3 feet below and look upwards
from below.
Come back into your physical frame. Now with your subtle body sit on your own
pelvic. Do 108 jap of your guru mantra, your Isht devta and offer at the feet of the
divine. Slowly move back into the gross body.
Now slowly bring the consciousness back to your physical frame partially and come
into sitting position. Now from the sitting position project your subtle body 3 feet in
front and try to hold it still there.
Now bring it back and project it backwards and hold it 3 feet away……..(Pause)
Now bring it back in to the gross and project it 3 feet away to the left hand
side………………………………………………………………………… (Pause)
Now bring it back in to the gross and project it 3 feet away towards right... (Pause)
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Now bring it back into your gross body…………………………………… (Pause)
As one gets more and more experience of the subtle and more and more control over
it, we can increase our projection of it through greater and greater distance.
Now concentrate on your gross body, take 03 deep breaths, move your neck side to
side and flex your fingers and toes.
Chant „Om‟ 03 times.
Rub both palms together and generate some heat. Cup each eye with respective palm
and transfer some heat into the eyelids. Open your eyes slowly.
Bow down to the supreme for this time and, practice and experience.
This ends our practice of subtle body.
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3. Shakti Chalan:
Lay yourself in the most comfortable position. Inhale, all the relaxation and freshness
through the nose, deep and long; exhale all the tiredness and staleness out through the
mouth three times. On „1‟ inhale and on „2‟ exhale.
1………….inhale; 2…………..exhale.
1………….inhale; 2…………..exhale.
1………….inhale; 2…………..exhale.
Joins legs together, arms straight besides the body, hands open with palms touching
the thighs, stretching boththe toes; tighten the whole body from head to toe. Hold this
position for 10-15 seconds; ………. suddenly let go of the muscles and relax whole of
the body.
Now bring your attention to your breath. Watch your breath going in and coming out
through the nose. Bring your consciousness to the tip of the nose. With each
inhalation go inside the body moving from nose, to throat, to wind pipe Trachea and
then into the lungs watching everything from inside. Do it five times.
1……..inhale slowly.
Along with your breath move inside your body. See the nasal passage, throat and
wind pipe from inside. Enter your lungs; see all the air sacs inside where oxygen and
carbon dioxide exchange is happening. Blood is being purified. Experience.
Now once again adjust your body in the most comfortable position and after that
please do not move at all.
Now we will relax whole of the body part by part. As soon as any name is taken, try
to relax that particular place immediately as much as possible.
Visualize yourself and all the things around you. Walls, doors, windows, ceiling,
floor, people, your mat, sounds outside, sounds inside, sound of your breathing.
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Slowly the breath in both the nasal passages is balancing, become aware of the
breathing pattern in your nasal passages.
Now we will be relaxing our body part by part. Focus on particular part and try to
send waves of relaxation sweep through that particular space. Put all your emotions,
your bhav behind it to achieve the maximum benefit.
Relax left foot, right foot, left ankle, right ankle, left calf, right calf, left shin, right
shin. Left knee, right knee, left thigh, right thigh, left hip, right hip, anus, organs of
urination and procreation, lower abdomen, waist, navel, lower back, middle back,
upper back, diaphragm, left side of the chest, right side of the chest, complete rib
cage, left clavicle, right clavicle, left shoulder, right shoulder, left upper arm, right
upper arm, left elbow, right elbow, left wrist, right wrist, left palm, right palm, left
thumb, right thumb, left forefinger, right forefinger, left middle, right middle, left
ring, right ring, left small finger, right small, back of the left hand, back of the right
hand, complete left hand complete right hand.
Relax left wrist, right wrist, left forearm, right forearm, left elbow, right elbow, left
upper arm, right upper arm, left shoulder, right shoulder, left collar, right collar and
neck.
Relax back of the head, top of the head, complete forehead, left temple, right temple,
left ear, right ear, left side of the lower jaw, right side of the lower jaw, chin, lower
lip, upper lip, tongue, pallet and throat. Relax left nasal passage, right nasal passage,
partition between the two and complete nose.
Relax left cheek, right cheek, Relax lower eyelids, upper eyelids and eye balls. Relax
the space between the eyebrows. Relax complete forehead. Relax whole of the scalp
and every nook and corner of the body.
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or in total rest position. Thus, some energy is continuously being consumed by our
body to maintain it. This minimum requirement of the body to sustain itself is called
Basal metabolic rate of the body. Hence the body, which is alive, is filled up energy
everywhere. This energy is called Shakti and movement of the Shakti is called Chalan
and hence Shakti chalan is the practice of moving the energy in our body or outside at
will. Yogis practice it in such a way that when they want to leave the body, they carry
this energy out through the desired point in the present body to enter into a new one.
This has been described in the sloka of Geeta „Vasansi Jirnani yatha vihaye…….’
Bring your attention to your navel. Visualize a ball of energy there. From this energy
centre move it to both the shoulders in the form of alphabet „V‟. So, this energy
moves from navel to the two shoulders simultaneously and returns to the navel from
the two shoulders together. Run the energy along this channel as quickly as possible.
Now from the navel move this energy through the legs to the big toes on both sides
together and return to the navel. Repeat it 7 times. Experience.
Take this energy ball to the anus and run it up to the crown of the head through the
spinal column and brain. Bring it back to the anus. Repeat this movement quickly.
Experience.
Take this energy ball to the throat area. Run it between the shoulders as quick as
possible. Experience.
Now take this ball of energy into the left and moving it through the left arm, left
shoulder, right shoulder, right arm to the right hand. Retrace this path back to the left
hand. Now run this energy as quickly as possible in this pathway, energizing the
whole channel. Experience.
Now bring this ball of energy in the centre of the brain. Let it expand to fill up the
whole skull and then contract to a tine point at the middle of the brain. Perform it as
quick as possible. Feel the waves of energy flowing through all the layers of the brain.
Experience.
Slowly come up into sitting position, keeping eyes closed and without any jerk to
body. Sit in Sukhasan, Sidhasan or Padmasan whichever is easy.
Concentrate on the space inside the skull. Make a ring of energy of this ball turning
clockwise, horizontally in the middle of the skull. Turn as quickly as possible.
Now rotate this turning circle in such a manner so that it tilts into vertical direction.
Rotate quickly.
Now tilt it 45 degrees to the left inside the skull and continue rotating, now turn it 45
degrees to the right and continue rotating. Experience.
Now concentrate in the middle of brain and from there moving through the eyebrow
centre bring it outside the body. Travelling downwards, enter it through the space of
mooladhar chakra up into the spine and travelling through it from backside reach the
brain centre again. Thus, make this forward roll of the energy. Start moving this
circulatory path continuously and slowly increasing the speed of the roll. Make it as
quick as possible till the body starts jumping like a frog. Experience this Shakti
chalan. Repeat the same circulatory path but in opposite direction and run quick.
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Now bring it to the centre of the mooladhar, open and close the four-petal lotus there
as fast as possible. Do 11 times.
Quickly raise this energy to the second chakra and open and close the six petal lotus
there 11 times, raise it to the third Manipur chakra of ten petals and open and close it
quickly…….Now raise it to fourth Anahat chakra of 12 petals and open and close it as
quick as possible….now raise it to the 05thchakra of Vishudhi and open and close this
chakra quickly…….now raise it the 02 petal Ajna chakra and open and close it
quickly…..now raise it to the 07th chakra of Sahasrar and open and close it quickly.
Suddenly let this energy fall into the centre of the Mooladhar again.
There see this ball of energy break into energy waves and spread through whole of
our body. Now relax and feel the whole body super charged with pranic energy. Every
pore of the skin is oozing out this energy. The whole space where this practice has
been carried out is also super charged.
Now chant „Om” three times and bow down to the lord for this bliss filled practice.
Rub both pals together and generate some heat. Cup each eye with respective palm
and transfer some heat into the eyelids. Open your eyes slowly.
Bow down to the supreme for this time and, practice and experience.
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4. Bhoot Shuddhi: ंॊ
Waterpot and asan establishment: Sit on asan draw a downward pointing triangle on
one‟s left hand side in front with red chandan. Take some rice mixed with
kumkum/roli saying following release them on the four points as below,
2 3
1 4
Draw similar triangle under asan by rolling front portion of asan while sitting over it
and same poojan be performed on point 1, 2 and 3 as above. On point 4 one should
instead say ऊॉकभरासनामनभ्(Om! Kamalasanaye Namah) and re-spread the asan
over the yantra.
Pavitrikaran: Take water in your left palm and close it with right hand. Energise the
water by chanting beej mantra Ham (हॊ ), Yam (मॊ), Ram (यॊ ), Lam (रॊ), Vam (वॊ). Chant
following mantra over it,
Sprinkle this water with left hand fingers leaving aside forefinger over one‟s body and
other also if present. Such water can be used to cleanse any inanimate objects also
which is to be used in poojan.
Water Sipping/आचभन: with copper spoon take water from the pot and put it on right
hand palm joining its thumb with forefinger.
ऊॉअभत ृ ोऩसतयणभससस्वाहा। Drink first sip of water from base of the right hand palm
with strong faith that it is cleansing my speech.
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ऊॉअभतृ ावऩधानभससस्वाहा। Drink this second sip with strong faith that it is cleansing my
mind.
ऊॉसत्मॊमश्श्रीभायम्श्रमताॊस्वाहा। Drink this third sip with strong faith that it is cleansing
my Antahkaran/अन्त्कयण.
Shikha Vandan: (place where pundits keep a tuft of hair to knot). Shikha is like a flag
which is established at top of fort represented by our head. Take some water in the left
hand palm and dip all the five fingers of right hand in it and touch it to the place on
skull where shikha generally is, with following mantra
चचदरूवऩणीभहाभामेददव्मतेजासभन्न्वते,
(Chid rupini mahamaye divayateja samanvite)
यतष्ठदे वीसशखाभध्मेतेजोवविम्क
ृ ु रुष्वभे।
(Tishtha devi shikhamadhya tejo vridhim kurushwame)
Thus knot the shikha if one has, else just mentally feel to have done it.
Pranayam: Perform nadi-shodhan. With each inhalation increase power of body, mind
and soul and with each exhalation see all the negativity going out.Chanting the
following mantra, rotate the consciousness on the seven chakras in our body.
ऊँभ्1ऊँभुळ्2ऊँस्ळ्3ऊँमष्4ऊँजन्5ऊँतप्6ऊँशत्यम,् 7ऊँतत्तशवळतु्ळरे ण्यम्भगोदे ळस्यधिमहष
धियोयोन्प्रचोदयात ्।आपो्ज्योततरशोअमृतम ्ऊँभ्भुळ्स्ळ्ऊँ
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Tap:-This is the realm of Kutasth chaitanya.
Satyam:- Abandoning the vain idea of his separate existence, achieves oneness with
spirit.)
Nyas:
Purpose of nyas is to establish divine forces at various places in our body and banish
all negative forces from entering there.On the other hand we can also say, its purpose
is to awaken all the shaktis/ divine forces which are lying dormant in our body. It has
been observed that nyas is always performed at sandhi sthalas (locations) in our body.
As to enter a house, one can come in through either a door or a window only. Hence
nyas are also done to guard those points in our body which can be affected by outside
forces. They are two in number namely Kar-nyas and
Ang-nyas.
1. Kar-Nyas:
Touch both thumbs together and say ह्ाांअग
ां ुष्ठाभ्याम्नम् (Hram Angushthabhyam
Namah); join both forefingers together and say ह्रांतजजनीभ्याम्स्ळाषा (Hreem
Tarjanibhyam swaha); join both middle fingers together and say ह्ां मध्यमाभ्याम्ळष्ट
(Hroom Madhyamabhyam Vakhat); join both ring finger tips and say
ह्ैं अनाममकाभ्याम्षुां (Hraim Anamikabhyam Hum); join both little finger tips together
saying ह्ौंकतनष्ठाभ्याम्ळौष्ट (Hraum Kanishthabhyam Vaukhat) and then first joining
both palms together and then back of the hands together and then strike forefinger and
middle finger of right hand on to left palm and generate the sound of phat, thus saying
ह््करतऱकरपष्ृ ठाभ्याम्फट् (Hrah Kartal-kar-prishthabhyam-Phat).
2. Ang-Nyas:
Take water in the left hand pam from the copper pot and dip all the fingers of right
hand in to it. Touch heart1, Head2, Shikha3, cross both arms across the chest4, with
forefinger-ring finger touch both eyes, with middle finger touch eyebrow centre5; snap
fingers in all the eight direction around head in clockwise direction6.
ह्ाांहृदयायनम्1 (Hram Hridyaya Namah); ह्रांमऴरशीस्ळाषा2 (Hreem Shirse Swaha);
ह्ां मऴखायेळष्ट3 (Hroom Shikhaye Vakhat); ह्ैं कळचायषुां4 (Hraim Kavchaye Hum);
ह्ौंनेत्रयायेळौष्ट5 (Hraum Netrayaye Vaukhat); ह््अस्त्रायफट्6 (Hrah Astraye Phat).
3.सॊकल्ऩ/Samkalp(resolve):
Its purpose is to make strong resolve to take ones sadhana to logical end without any
distraction and obstruction.
To bring mind under control, gaze at nose tip for a few minutes and watching one‟s
breath moving in and out. Raise the consciousness through Sushumana above, Ajna,
above Bindu, Above Ardhchandra and in to यनयोचधका/ Nirodhka (a triangular space in
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the middle of which Guru paduka or his feet are located), the name itself means
unqualified are not allowed. Keeping the body still, perform poojan of guru in guru-
chakra seeking his blessings for successful completion of the spiritual practice being
started.
Do dhyan of Mooladhar chakra and with Ujjai raise the Kundlini through spine up to
Sahasrar located in the crown of our head. While moving up one should stop at
different chakras. Perform this movement a few times. Then with each breath raise the
Kundlini up and down in the Sushamana.
4.Yantra Dhyan:
Visualize a human form and generate five yantras of five elements located at various
places as per the figure below:
Up to knees from feet generate a square form having yellow colour and रॊ (LAM)
written in it. Experience the qualities of earth element.
Generate white shinning half-moon on thighs and torso. Write वॊ beej in its middle.
Experience the qualities of water element.
Generate a downward pointing triangle red in colour in the area between navel and
solar plexus with red colour यॊ beej written in its middle. Experience the qualities of
fire element.
Generate a hexagonal figure in the space around chest area in grey colour. Write मॊ
(Yam) beej in it. Experience the attributes of air element.
Generate a circle in the area of neck and write हॊ (Ham) beej there. Experience the
attributes of space element in it.
Keep on watching all the five yantras and their details from 1st Lam to 5th Ham yantra
a number of times.
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Now moving from top to downwards, start dissolving the yantras one by one. Thus all
the varnas, earlier generated while going up along with yantras are annihilated.
In left side of stomach visualize a thumb sized form of an ugly ऩाऩ/sin ऩरू ु ष/man. See
its form with red eyes, disheveled hair, black colour, teeth protruding out of the
mouth, thick lips, potbellied, having an axe (right) and a shield (left) in his two hands.
See it moving there. With the help of breath and power of mantra we will change it as
detailed below.
ऩाऩ-ऩुरुष/Sin-man
Close right nasal passage, inhale through left nasal chanting मॊ (Yam) beej four times
and see the paap purush turning whitewith the effect of air element.
Close both nasal passages and raise the flames of fire element यॊ (Ram) beej burning
the paap purush. After its complete burning we will be left behind with white ashes in
its place.
Exhale the white ash through right nasal passage with Yam beej and mix it with
nectar of moon and water of the वॊ (Vam) beej. Knead the ashes with water and nectar
and create a new ball or pind.
Chant रॊ (Lam) beej and see it turning golden in colour like the inherent colour of
earth element.
Chanting ether element beej हॊ , increase its size. Slowly see its size becoming bigger
and bigger till our whole body encapsulated by it with strong feeling that we have
taken a new birth.
Again re-form the tattvas in opposite sequence. We will try to follow the process of
creation or Brahmdhara, i.e. creation taking place from Hrinyagarbha, the golden egg.
(cosmic nature)
Golden eggParamatmaPrakritiMahatattvaAhamkaar (ego)Ether
(divine intelligence) (Cosmic Ego) (Space)
AirFireWaterEarth. Thus all the five elements are recreated.
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As we move from Ether to Earth re-establish these yantras i.e., Cirle, Hexagon,
Traingle, Half crescent moon, Square at respective places as seen earlier at the start of
this practice.
Chanting SOHAM mantra in breath, raise the Kundlini power from Mooladhar to
Sahasrar through the Sushumana channel in the spine. The separate the Jeevatama
from Parmatama.
Visualize a wavy red ocean with red coloured sky above. On the waves of this red
ocean, see a red lotus floating. On this lotus see the form of red skinned devi adorned
with red ornaments having three eyes and six arms holding a trident1, Goad2, Arrows3,
Bow4, Noose5 and a human skull6 dripping with blood. Seek her blessings, may the
Mother provide joy and happiness. Red is the colour of dynamism.
Bhasm Application: Sitting on asan, taking deep breath put thumb, middle finger and
ring finger in ash prepared for the purpose of application on forehead. Chanting
mantra , „ऊॉह्रौंनभ्सशवाम‟, with middle and ring finger apply two lower lines of the
tripund moving from left side to right side of the forehead. With the help of thumb
apply third top line of the tripund moving from right to left of the forehead.
Thus we complete the Procedure of Bhoot Shuddhi and are ready for further sadhana
of Kundlini.
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5. Yogi Darshan:
Lay yourself in the most comfortable position. Inhale, all the relaxation and freshness
through the nose, deep and long; exhale all the tiredness and staleness out through the
mouth three times. On „1‟ inhale and on „2‟ exhale.
1………….inhale; 2…………..exhale.
1………….inhale; 2…………..exhale.
1………….inhale; 2…………..exhale.
Joins legs together, arms straight besides the body, hands open with palms touching
the thighs, stretching boththe toes; tighten the whole body from head to toe. Hold this
position for 10-15 seconds………. suddenly let go of the muscles and relax whole of
the body.
Now bring your attention to your breath. Watch your breath going in and coming out
through the nose. Bring your consciousness to the tip of the nose. With each
inhalation go inside the body moving from nose, to throat, to wind pipe Trachea and
then into the lungs watching everything from inside. Do it five times.
1……..inhale slowly.
Along with your breath move inside your body. See the nasal passage, throat and
wind pipe from inside. Enter your lungs; see all the air sacs inside where oxygen and
carbon dioxide exchange is happening. Blood is being purified. Experience.
Now once again adjust your body in the most comfortable position and after that
please do not move at all.
Now we will relax whole of the body part by part. As soon as any name is taken, try
to relax that particular place immediately as much as possible.
Visualize yourself and all the things around you. Walls, doors, windows, ceiling,
floor, people, your mat, sounds outside, sounds inside, sound of your breathing.
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Slowly the breath in both the nasal passages is balancing, become aware of the
breathing pattern in your nasal passages.
Now we will be relaxing our body part by part. Focus on particular part and try to
send waves of relaxation sweep through that particular space. Put all your emotions,
your bhav behind it to achieve the maximum benefit.
Relax left foot, right foot, left ankle, right ankle, left calf, right calf, left shin, right
shin. Left knee, right knee, left thigh, right thigh, left hip, right hip, anus, organs of
urination and procreation, lower abdomen, waist, navel, lower back, middle back,
upper back, diaphragm, left side of the chest, right side of the chest, complete rib
cage, left clavicle, right clavicle, left shoulder, right shoulder, left upper arm, right
upper arm, left elbow, right elbow, left wrist, right wrist, left palm, right palm, left
thumb, right thumb, left forefinger, right forefinger, left middle, right middle, left
ring, right ring, left small finger, right small, back of the left hand, back of the right
hand, complete left hand complete right hand.
Relax left wrist, right wrist, left forearm, right forearm, left elbow, right elbow, left
upper arm, right upper arm, left shoulder, right shoulder, left collar, right collar and
neck.
Relax back of the head, top of the head, complete forehead, left temple, right temple,
left ear, right ear, left side of the lower jaw, right side of the lower jaw, chin, lower
lip, upper lip, tongue, pallet and throat. Relax left nasal passage, right nasal passage,
partition between the two and complete nose.
Relax left cheek, right cheek, Relax lower eyelids, upper eyelids and eye balls. Relax
the space between the eyebrows. Relax complete forehead. Relax whole of the scalp
and every nook and corner of the body.
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Chidakash, a space which is generally seen dark while closing the eyes in ordinary
people. This darkness represents ignorance, maya which snares the whole creation.
Since most of the creation lives in illusion, hence this space is seen as dark inside us.
As one progresses on the internal path, light starts appearing in this space of darkness.
By the percentage this space is illumined by that very amount the ignorance gets
removed.
Raise your consciousness a little upwards, feel the coolness of it. Now through this
space keep on inhaling and exhaling. Accentuate the feeling of this very point on your
forehead.
Visualize this point in the form of a gate to enter your internal world. Open this gate
and step over into the other side.
Everyone in the universe is seeking joy and happiness. But alas their direction of
seeking it is not correct. One is seeking them outside while the source of it lies inside
everyone. Change this direction, seek it and it shall be provided. Each one is a
traveler in this world of illusion, seeking that light of truth, which is eternal and
source of ultimate bliss.
The door opens into a garden. It is night time. Moon is up in the sky, shinning full.
Whole of the garden is bathed in its cool brightness. The beautiful garden with lush
green grass, undulating landscape provides a feeling of peace and joy. All around one
can see flower beds with full bloom roses. Whole garden is filled up with the
fragrance of these roses. Red, pink, yellow, black etc. All different kinds of colours
are there. In the background one can hear a soft flute being played in accompaniment
of Sitar (seven stringed musical instrument). One follows the sound and a couple
playing this heart lifting music. One side is a pond of crystal-clear water, which is
filled with blooming pink lotuses. The subtle fragrance of the lotuses enters your nose
and seem to fathom the depths of the very soul. A time stands still. A moment spent
here is much bigger in the outside world.
The traveler passes them on further towards the east direction. Moon is moving
towards west, its dark spots smiling and guiding and coaxing the traveler further on
the journey. The traveler continues the journey in this garden of peace and joy.
A row of blooming trees swaying in the gentle breeze of the night comes up. The
rustle of their leaves is like music to the ear. It seems, all the yakshinis‟ and yoginis
on those trees are singing happily in unison. The traveler bows down to all of them in
the mind and seeking their blessing moves on. Reaching the end of garden, traveler
starts following a small path which is leading up towards the mountain in front. Grass,
bushes, sound of the crickets. As one moves slowly thorough the moonlit night, the
traveler becomes aware of the animal kingdom lurking in the back ground. Unafraid
of those entities, with perfect peace in mind, journey is continued up the mountain
path. Mid way, one stops for the moment to see the garden left behind, the path
trekked up and moon going farther westward, smiling, blowing kisses of love and
invigorating the whole creation.
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End of night is approaching fast. One is nearing the mountain top. On the eastern
horizon one can see the sky getting lighted. Slowly it turns reddish. Arun is called the
charioteer of the chariot of the Sun. Since a charioteer is seen first after that the
occupant is seen, that‟s why red hue in the eastern sky is seen first and the Sun
follows it. One has reached the top and entered the precincts of an ashram. The red
light is falling on the door of a mud hut/kutiya in that ashram. The door is wide open.
The red hue of the sky starts changing to yellow and getting brighter. One reaches the
door of the hut and looks inside. One can see a yogi sitting in Sidhasan on his seat of
lion skin. A yogi is like a lion controlling all his senses. The Sun has risen up in the
background. The tripund (three lines made from ashes and sandal) on the fore head of
the yogi are shining and he sits there with eyes closed and serene smile on his face
from the anand of the inner being. A small Deepak of ghee is lighted in front of him
on an atlar. The first rays of the Sun enter over the shoulder of the traveler on to the
face of the Yogis third eye. Traveler enters the hut bows down in front of the yogi in
silence. The yogi opens his eyes to invite the outer Sun‟s light into the inner Sun.
Finding the traveler prostrated in front of him raises his right hand to bless. With love,
joy, compassion oozing out of his eyes, blesses the traveler.
Seeking the blessings of the yogi, one experiences an ocean of joy, peace and bliss,
the traveler seeks pardon from the yogi for disturbing him in his dhyan sadhana and
comes out of the mud hut. He starts his return journey down the mountain path.
Morning air is cool and fresh, one can see the birds getting ready in their own day‟s
work. Collecting food, chirping and attending to their small ones.
Slowly traveler descends down the mountain into the garden which he traversed at
night. Passing by the trees, lotus pond, flower beds reaches the gate through which he
entered into this inner journey.
The traveler steps in and shuts the doors behind. Once again, he has reached his point
of third eye. Become aware of the whole space around, co practitioners there, the mat
on which one were lying and the whole physical frame. Now slowly flex tows and
fingers, move neck from side to side, take 2-3 deep breaths, interlock fingers over the
stomach, inhaling stretch them over the head, stretching toes and legs too. Hold this
stretched position for a few seconds and then relax suddenly bringing the arms back to
the sides of our thighs. Keeping the eyes closed; slowly sit up in Sukhasan, or
Sidhasan or Padmasan or any asan which is comfortable.
Now chant „Om” three times and bow down to the lord for this bliss filled practice.
Rub both pals together and generate some heat. Cup each eye with respective palm
and transfer some heat into the eyelids. Open your eyes slowly. Bow down to the
supreme for this time and, practice and experience.
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6. Ice and Fire:
Lay yourself in the most comfortable position. Inhale, all the relaxation and freshness
through the nose, deep and long; exhale all the tiredness and staleness out through the
mouth three times. On „1‟ inhale and on „2‟ exhale.
1………….inhale; 2…………..exhale.
1………….inhale; 2…………..exhale.
1………….inhale; 2…………..exhale.
Joins legs together, arms straight besides the body, hands open with palms touching
the thighs, stretching boththe toes; tighten the whole body from head to toe. Hold this
position for 10-15 seconds;………. suddenly let go of the muscles and relax whole of
the body.
Now bring your attention to your breath. Watch your breath going in and coming out
through the nose. Bring your consciousness to the tip of the nose. With each
inhalation go inside the body moving from nose, to throat, to wind pipe Trachea and
then into the lungs watching everything from inside. Do it five times.
1……..inhale slowly.
Along with your breath move inside your body. See the nasal passage, throat and
wind pipe from inside. Enter your lungs; see all the air sacs inside where oxygen and
carbon dioxide exchange is happening. Blood is being purified. Experience.
Now once again adjust your body in the most comfortable position and after that
please do not move at all.
Now we will relax whole of the body part by part. As soon as any name is taken, try
to relax that particular place immediately as much as possible.
Visualize yourself and all the things around you. Walls, doors, windows, ceiling,
floor, people, your mat, sounds outside, sounds inside, sound of your breathing.
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Slowly the breath in both the nasal passages is balancing, become aware of the
breathing pattern in your nasal passages.
Now we will be relaxing our body part by part. Focus on particular part and try to
send waves of relaxation sweep through that particular space. Put all your emotions,
your bhav behind it to achieve the maximum benefit.
Relax left foot, right foot, left ankle, right ankle, left calf, right calf, left shin, right
shin. Left knee, right knee, left thigh, right thigh, left hip, right hip, anus, organs of
urination and procreation, lower abdomen, waist, navel, lower back, middle back,
upper back, diaphragm, left side of the chest, right side of the chest, complete rib
cage, left clavicle, right clavicle, left shoulder, right shoulder, left upper arm, right
upper arm, left elbow, right elbow, left wrist, right wrist, left palm, right palm, left
thumb, right thumb, left forefinger, right forefinger, left middle, right middle, left
ring, right ring, left small finger, right small, back of the left hand, back of the right
hand, complete left hand complete right hand.
Relax left wrist, right wrist, left forearm, right forearm, left elbow, right elbow, left
upper arm, right upper arm, left shoulder, right shoulder, left collar, right collar and
neck.
Relax back of the head, top of the head, complete forehead, left temple, right temple,
left ear, right ear, left side of the lower jaw, right side of the lower jaw, chin, lower
lip, upper lip, tongue, pallet and throat. Relax left nasal passage, right nasal passage,
partition between the two and complete nose.
Relax left cheek, right cheek, Relax lower eyelids, upper eyelids and eye balls. Relax
the space between the eyebrows. Relax complete forehead. Relax whole of the scalp
and every nook and corner of the body.
Concentrate on your physical frame, which ever position you are in. Visualize your
body filled up with an ocean of water. Big waves rising and falling. All around
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nothing but only water, wherever you can see, only water is seen. This ocean is
flowing in our head, our neck, our chest, our stomach, our pelvic, our legs and our
feet. Concentrate on the water inside your toes, especially bog toes. Now feel that the
temperature in falling and waters are becoming cooler and cooler. Just at the end of
the big toe, water is solidifying. A small molecule of ice is formed. Watch its
structure. See this crystallization moving from the tips of the toes towards the base of
the toes and into the feet. Whole feet have turned into a block of ice; feel the cold ice
formed feet. This crystallization is going from the heel into the legs. Everything is
turning white and cold. Knees and thighs are solidifying into ice. Whole pelvic has
transformed into a block of ice, everything inside is frozen. You cannot move any
lower joint as everything has become a mass of ice. Now see this solidification
travelling upwards.
The stomach area has solidified………………………….(Pause),
Chest has turned into a block of ice……………………...(Pause),
now Neck………………………………………………...(Pause),
Shoulders………………………………………………...(Pause),
Arms………………………………….…………………..(Pause),
Hands……………………………………………………..(Pause),
Fingers…………………………………………………....(Pause),
Head has also converted into a block of ice………………(Pause).
Whole body is of ice. One can feel the coolness of the ice throughout.
One can feel the crystallized white body. Whole gross form is frozen, nothing can
move, even no hair on the whole body can move. Everything has turned into ice.
Concentrate on this form. Visualize the centre line of your gross body. At the level of
the heart on this centre visualize a small point of light, red in colour.
Bring your attention to this lighted red point very closely. As you concentrate on this
point you find that it is not a light point, but frames are rising out of it. Now mentally
start expanding these flames…………………………….(Pause)
They have become size of a golf ball in the chest………(Pause)
One can feel heat spreading in the chest. As the heat starts spreading, the molecules of
ice start collapsing and turning back into water. As these flames start expanding more
and more throughout the chest and neck region, all the shoulder, neck and head ice
converts to water.
Arms and hands also convert back to water……………..(Pause).
Stomach and pelvic ice also melt………………….........(Pause),
Thighs are melting………………………………….……(Pause),
Lower legs are melting……………………………….….(Pause),
Heels, feet and toes also melt down……………………...(Pause).
All the ice is gone, fire has risen to the level of the head and down towards the legs
and feet……………………………………………………(Pause)
Heat wave is expanding and spreading throughout this body…(Pause)
Water is heating up, starts boiling, starts evaporating……(Pause),
Body is getting more and more heated up…………….….(Pause),
Feel the heat from top to bottom………………………….(Pause),
Coolness of the ice is completely replaced by the heat of the steam and fire.
Feel the flames expanding, coming out of your body……...(Pause),
Flames are rising above our head…………………………..(Pause),
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Our whole body is engulfed in it. All the gross body is a ball of fire, red in colour.
Feel the heat of your fire body spreading all around. Whole of the area in which one is
sitting is getting heated up…………………….Experience. (Pause).
See all other sitting in the practice also converted to balls of flames. Whole room is
filled up with such balls of fire, shining red fire balls. Fire, an element which converts
everything into its own form which it embraces. It is present everywhere, in the
waters of the ocean, in the ice bergs of the poles, in the woods of the trees of the
forest, in the stones, inside every living being in the form of digestive fire. Now
slowly reduce the size of fire to our body only. Bring it down from head into the neck
From the feet into the ankles,
From the neck into upper chest,
From the feet through the legs into the pelvic,
From the upper chest to the level of the heart, from the pelvic to the diaphragm to the
area of solar plexus and in to the level of the heart.
Now visualize the whole fire in to the size of a golf ball at the level of the heart, on
your center line. Reduce it into smaller and smaller size till it disappears.
Now the whole fire has disappeared, heat is gone and temperature is back to normal.
Now discontinue this visualization. Recreate the whole body, the skeletal system, the
digestive, excretory, circulatory, respiratory, muscular and skeletal.
Now chant „Om” three times and bow down to the lord for this bliss filled practice.
Rub both pals together and generate some heat. Cup each eye with respective palm
and transfer some heat into the eyelids. Open your eyes slowly.
Bow down to the supreme for this time and, practice and experience.
This ends our practice of Ice and fire.
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7. Internal Homa
Sit in a comfortable asan. Keep the back straight but not tight.Chant „Om‟ three times
to focus.
Focus on your breath. Watch tip of your nose. Through inhalation go inside your own
body and see whole of the respiratory tract from inside. Go inside your lungs and be
an observer to the process of exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide between the
breath and the blood.
Come back to the tip of the nose and relax.Let the breath move slowly in and out
through the nose be a sakshi or observer to it.
Observe your whole body from head to toe sitting in an asan. Now bring your
attention to your central axis.
In the central part of the body is your vertebral column. Inside it is your spine. The
spine filled up with Cerebro-Spinal fluid.
Inside it, visualize subtle yogic nadi Sushumana. Inside it, visualize another co-axial
nadi Vajra. Inside it, visualize another coaxial nadi Chitrani. Inside it, visualize the
central axis for all the three (i.e. Sushumana, Vajra, Chitra) Brahm nadi. The brahm
nadi is the one on which all the chakras are located.
Focus all your attention on this hair like thin Brahm nadi. Moving from the perennial
floor, base of the body, to the top crown of the head.
Visualize the 07 chakras strung on it in the bud form. When pranic energy enters into
them and they start opening and pointing upwards.
Concentrate on the mooladhar chakra with seed mantra „LAM‟ and having four petals
Vam, Sham, Sham and Sam.In the center of this four petal lotus is a smoky Shiv
lingam around which is coiled Kundlini Shakti in the form of a baby snake.
Chant „Hum‟ three times and let it raise its head upwards. With the attrition of pran
and apan, light up the Kundlini fire coming out of the mouth of the serpent.
This is the space of the Ann-maya kosha which is supported by all the food we eat. As
the food is eaten, it is digested inside and whatever is not desired is moved out in form
of urine and stool.The digested food is turned into various usable forms and in the last
it is converted into the seed of a human, Virya or sperm. Raise this virya up and offer
it into the raging fire of the kundlini. Whatever is offered to fire becomes one with it.
As one offers an ahuti or offering in the yajna, one gets something in return. The
veerya gets purified and out of this fire comes Oj.
Raise the fire to the second realm of Pran-mayakosha, now spark the fire in this
kunda (space in which fire is lit and offering are put) with fanning of pranic energies
and now offer the Oj received from the first yajna into this raging fire.
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Remember, the idea of doing a yajna is to continually offer whatever is received in to
the divine fire again and again. Here the Ojas gets purified and out comes the
Kalpana, imagination a faculty of the mind.
Now with ujjai raise the fire into the Manomaya kosha, realm of mind. Fan the fire
with pranic energy and rage it. When it is ready to take the offering with its flickering
tongues, with all humility offer the Kalpana or imagination faculty of the mind into it.
Itconsumes it, purifies it and converts it into Samkalp and Vikalp or strong will power
to achieve different kinds of karmas. Now sadhak has developed the wavering
movement of imaginations of his mind into a focused strong will power of the mind.
But this also is not to be kept but offered for higher purposes.
Now raise the fire into the realm of Vigyan maya kosha raise the fire further in it. As
the fire rises into the higher and higher realms, its flickering starts reducing. Offer the
Vikalp into it so that only good purified Vishudh-samkalp is left behind. The samkalp
may yield things which may favour or oppose. Offer everything into it fire which
leads to Anand.
Now raise the fire in the realm of Anandmaya kosha and offer the ahuti of Anand into
this offering. Without keeping anything for oneself, one offers everything to the
divine fire. As anand is also offered, the fire loses it attribute of heat, burning and
flickering. It turns into a jyoti, which is still, cool like millions of moons‟ put together.
One enters the ocean of peace where there is no movement, no attrition, no thought of
the world, no me or mine but a perfect stillness which devours everything into and yet
never changes. It is like and ocean which takes so many rivers into it and yet remains
calm.
Now slowly descend from the jyoti into the Anandmaya kosha recollecting the
offering of Anand.
Descend from Anand maya kosha to Vigyan kosha, recollecting the offering of
Vishudh Samkalp.
Now descend further from Vigyanmaya kosha to Mamomaya kosha collecting the
offering of Samkalp-Vikalp.
Now descend further towards Pranmaya kosha collecting the offering of Oj.
Descend into the Annmaya kosha and out of the fire take the offering Virya.
There are many kinds of such havan which can help a practitioner on his journey of
evolution.
Slowly become aware of your body and surroundings. Flex your toes and fingers.
Take a deep breath, stretch your arms and move your neck from side to side.
Rub your palms together, generate some heat and cup each eye with respective palm.
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Transfer some heat into it and open them slowly.
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8. Bhoot-lipi and Mantra Sadhana:
During mantra jap, when one starts a new mantra, as per scriptures many sanskaars of
it are to be done in the similar way as we do during the birth of a new born child. The
mantra is received from the guru and hence is called as guru-putra (child of the guru)
whose flowering is the responsibility of the disciple. After doing the above mentioned
sanskaar, before starting the actual jap a special Procedure of Bhootlipi should be
followed so that the mantra get thoroughly embedded in the sadhak and never
separates from him/her.
Dhyan:
Viniyog:
Nyas:
A.
B.
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Pancham ca, cha, ja, jha, na Throat/Neck
Pk N t Ök ´
Chaturth ka, kha, ga, gha, ca Bindu
d £ x Ä ³
Tritya ya, ra, la, va, ha Naad
; j y o g
Dwitya e, æ:, Ô, au Shiv
, ,s v® v©
Pratham a, i, u, ri, lri Shakti (feminine power)
v b m _ y`
C.
Make a pen of a twig of an apple tree and make an ink of kumkum, chandan etc. Draw
a bhoot lipi Yantra with itas shown above, starting from a bindu in the center, around
which an 8 petal lotus is drawn and followed by, 16 petal lotus, 32 petal lotus, 63
petal lotus and finally four doors of bhoopur as shown in the sketch below. Collect
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following things for minor poojan of the yantra, namely Dhoop/incense stick,
Deep/Deepak/light, flowers, Arghya & Padya, fruits and some sweets.
Perform the poojan of direction devtas along with their armaments as follows:
N-E:
Om! Ishanaye Namah, Om! Arghyam, Padyam, Dhoopan, Deepam, Pushpam,
Ritu Phalam aivam Naivedyam Samarpayami Namah.
East:
Om! Indraye Namah, Om! Arghyam, Padyam, Dhoopan, Deepam, Pushpam,
Ritu Phalam aivam Naivedyam Samarpayami Namah.
S-E:
Om! Agnaye Namah, Om! Arghyam, Padyam, Dhoopan, Deepam, Pushpam,
Ritu Phalam aivam Naivedyam Samarpayami Namah.
South:
Om! Yamaye Namah, Om! Arghyam, Padyam, Dhoopan, Deepam, Pushpam,
Ritu Phalam aivam Naivedyam Samarpayami Namah.
S-W:
Om! Nairritaye Namah, Om! Arghyam, Padyam, Dhoopan, Deepam,
Pushpam, Ritu Phalam aivam Naivedyam Samarpayami Namah.
West:
Om! Varunaye Namah, Om! Arghyam, Padyam, Dhoopan, Deepam, Pushpam,
Ritu Phalam aivam Naivedyam Samarpayami Namah.
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N-W:
Om! Vayave Namah, Om! Arghyam, Padyam, Dhoopan, Deepam, Pushpam,
Ritu Phalam aivam Naivedyam Samarpayami Namah.
North:
Om! Kuberaye Namah, Om! Arghyam, Padyam, Dhoopan, Deepam, Pushpam,
Ritu Phalam aivam Naivedyam Samarpayami Namah.
N-NE(Up):
Om! Brahmne Namah, Om! Arghyam, Padyam, Dhoopan, Deepam, Pushpam,
Ritu Phalam aivam Naivedyam Samarpayami Namah.
S-SW(Down):
Om! Vishnave Namah, Om! Arghyam, Padyam, Dhoopan, Deepam, Pushpam,
Ritu Phalam aivam Naivedyam Samarpayami Namah.
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9. Om! Vasundharayai Namah9, Om! Arghyam, Padyam, Dhoopan, Deepam,
Pushpam, Ritu Phalam aivam Naivedyam Samarpayami Namah.
10.Om! Sangyayai Namah10, Om! Arghyam, Padyam, Dhoopan, Deepam, Pushpam,
Ritu Phalam aivam Naivedyam Samarpayami Namah.
11.Om! Trailok-dhatriyai Namah11,Om! Arghyam, Padyam, Dhoopan, Deepam,
Pushpam, Ritu Phalam aivam Naivedyam Samarpayami Namah.
12.Om! Savitriyai Namah12, Om! Arghyam, Padyam, Dhoopan, Deepam, Pushpam,
Ritu Phalam aivam Naivedyam Samarpayami Namah.
13.Om! Gayatriyai Namah13, Om! Arghyam, Padyam, Dhoopan, Deepam, Pushpam,
Ritu Phalam aivam Naivedyam Samarpayami Namah.
14.Om! Tri Dasheshvaryai Namah14, Om! Arghyam, Padyam, Dhoopan, Deepam,
Pushpam, Ritu Phalam aivam Naivedyam Samarpayami Namah.
15.Om! Surupayai Namah15, Om! Arghyam, Padyam, Dhoopan, Deepam, Pushpam,
Ritu Phalam aivam Naivedyam Samarpayami Namah.
16.Om! Bahurupayai Namah16, Om! Arghyam, Padyam, Dhoopan, Deepam,
Pushpam, Ritu Phalam aivam Naivedyam Samarpayami Namah.
17.Om! Skand Matayai Namah17, Om! Arghyam, Padyam, Dhoopan, Deepam,
Pushpam, Ritu Phalam aivam Naivedyam Samarpayami Namah.
18.Om! Anuchyut Priyayai Namah18, Om! Arghyam, Padyam, Dhoopan, Deepam,
Pushpam, Ritu Phalam aivam Naivedyam Samarpayami Namah.
19.Om! Vimlayai Namah19, Om! Arghyam, Padyam, Dhoopan, Deepam, Pushpam,
Ritu Phalam aivam Naivedyam Samarpayami Namah.
20.Om! Amlayai Namah20, Om! Arghyam, Padyam, Dhoopan, Deepam, Pushpam,
Ritu Phalam aivam Naivedyam Samarpayami Namah.
21.Om! Aruniyai Namah21, Om! Arghyam, Padyam, Dhoopan, Deepam, Pushpam,
Ritu Phalam aivam Naivedyam Samarpayami Namah.
22.Om! Arunayai Namah22, Om! Arghyam, Padyam, Dhoopan, Deepam, Pushpam,
Ritu Phalam aivam Naivedyam Samarpayami Namah.
23.Om! Prakrityai Namah23, Om! Arghyam, Padyam, Dhoopan, Deepam, Pushpam,
Ritu Phalam aivam Naivedyam Samarpayami Namah.
24.Om! Vikrityai Namah24, Om! Arghyam, Padyam, Dhoopan, Deepam, Pushpam,
Ritu Phalam aivam Naivedyam Samarpayami Namah.
25.Om! Srishtitayi Namah25, Om! Arghyam, Padyam, Dhoopan, Deepam, Pushpam,
Ritu Phalam aivam Naivedyam Samarpayami Namah.
26.Om! Sthitiyai Namah26, Om! Arghyam, Padyam, Dhoopan, Deepam, Pushpam,
Ritu Phalam aivam Naivedyam Samarpayami Namah.
27.Om!Samrityai Namah27, Om! Arghyam, Padyam, Dhoopan, Deepam, Pushpam,
Ritu Phalam aivam Naivedyam Samarpayami Namah.
28.Om! Sandhyayai Namah28, Om! Arghyam, Padyam, Dhoopan, Deepam, Pushpam,
Ritu Phalam aivam Naivedyam Samarpayami Namah.
29.Om! Matyai Namah29, Om! Arghyam, Padyam, Dhoopan, Deepam, Pushpam, Ritu
Phalam aivam Naivedyam Samarpayami Namah.
30.Om! Satyai Namah30, Om! Arghyam, Padyam, Dhoopan, Deepam, Pushpam, Ritu
Phalam aivam Naivedyam Samarpayami Namah.
31.Om! Hamsinyai Namah31, Om! Arghyam, Padyam, Dhoopan, Deepam, Pushpam,
Ritu Phalam aivam Naivedyam Samarpayami Namah.
32.Om! Mardikayai Namah32, Om! Arghyam, Padyam, Dhoopan, Deepam, Pushpam,
Ritu Phalam aivam Naivedyam Samarpayami Namah.
33.Om! Kubjikayai Namah33, Om! Arghyam, Padyam, Dhoopan, Deepam, Pushpam,
Ritu Phalam aivam Naivedyam Samarpayami Namah.
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34.Om! Aprayai Namah34, Om! Arghyam, Padyam, Dhoopan, Deepam, Pushpam,
Ritu Phalam aivam Naivedyam Samarpayami Namah.
35.Om! Dev Matayai Namah35, Om! Arghyam, Padyam, Dhoopan, Deepam,
Pushpam, Ritu Phalam aivam Naivedyam Samarpayami Namah.
36.Om! Bhagwatyai Namah36, Om! Arghyam, Padyam, Dhoopan, Deepam, Pushpam,
Ritu Phalam aivam Naivedyam Samarpayami Namah.
37.Om! Devkiyai Namah37, Om! Arghyam, Padyam, Dhoopan, Deepam, Pushpam,
Ritu Phalam aivam Naivedyam Samarpayami Namah.
38.Om! Kamal Asanayai Namah38, Om! Arghyam, Padyam, Dhoopan, Deepam,
Pushpam, Ritu Phalam aivam Naivedyam Samarpayami Namah.
39.Om! Tri-Mukhayai Namah39, Om! Arghyam, Padyam, Dhoopan, Deepam,
Pushpam, Ritu Phalam aivam Naivedyam Samarpayami Namah.
40.Om! Sapt-Mukhayai Namah40, Om! Arghyam, Padyam, Dhoopan, Deepam,
Pushpam, Ritu Phalam aivam Naivedyam Samarpayami Namah.
41.Om! Anyayai Namah41, Om! Arghyam, Padyam, Dhoopan, Deepam, Pushpam,
Ritu Phalam aivam Naivedyam Samarpayami Namah.
42.Om! Surasur Mardinayai Namah42, Om! Arghyam, Padyam, Dhoopan, Deepam,
Pushpam, Ritu Phalam aivam Naivedyam Samarpayami Namah.
43.Om! Lamboshthayai Namah43, Om! Arghyam, Padyam, Dhoopan, Deepam,
Pushpam, Ritu Phalam aivam Naivedyam Samarpayami Namah.
44.Om! Urdahv Keshinayai Namah44, Om! Arghyam, Padyam, Dhoopan, Deepam,
Pushpam, Ritu Phalam aivam Naivedyam Samarpayami Namah.
45.Om! Bahu-Shirshayai Namah45, Om! Arghyam, Padyam, Dhoopan, Deepam,
Pushpam, Ritu Phalam aivam Naivedyam Samarpayami Namah.
46.Om! Vrikodarayai Namah46, , Om! Arghyam, Padyam, Dhoopan, Deepam,
Pushpam, Ritu Phalam aivam Naivedyam Samarpayami Namah.
47.Om! Rathrekhayai Namah47, Om! Arghyam, Padyam, Dhoopan, Deepam,
Pushpam, Ritu Phalam aivam Naivedyam Samarpayami Namah.
48.Om! Shasirekhayai Namah48, Om! Arghyam, Padyam, Dhoopan, Deepam,
Pushpam, Ritu Phalam aivam Naivedyam Samarpayami Namah.
49.Om! Aparyayai Namah49, Om! Arghyam, Padyam, Dhoopan, Deepam, Pushpam,
Ritu Phalam aivam Naivedyam Samarpayami Namah.
50.Om! Gagan Vegayai Namah50, Om! Arghyam, Padyam, Dhoopan, Deepam,
Pushpam, Ritu Phalam aivam Naivedyam Samarpayami Namah.
51.Om! Pawan Vegayai Namah51, Om! Arghyam, Padyam, Dhoopan, Deepam,
Pushpam, Ritu Phalam aivam Naivedyam Samarpayami Namah.
52.Om! Bhuvan Malayai Namah52, Om! Arghyam, Padyam, Dhoopan, Deepam,
Pushpam, Ritu Phalam aivam Naivedyam Samarpayami Namah.
53.Om! Madanaturayai Namah53, Om! Arghyam, Padyam, Dhoopan, Deepam,
Pushpam, Ritu Phalam aivam Naivedyam Samarpayami Namah.
54.Om! Anang Madnayai Namah54, Om! Arghyam, Padyam, Dhoopan, Deepam,
Pushpam, Ritu Phalam aivam Naivedyam Samarpayami Namah.
55.Om! Anang Mekhlayai Namah55, Om! Arghyam, Padyam, Dhoopan, Deepam,
Pushpam, Ritu Phalam aivam Naivedyam Samarpayami Namah.
56.Om! Anang Kusumayai Namah56, Om! Arghyam, Padyam, Dhoopan, Deepam,
Pushpam, Ritu Phalam aivam Naivedyam Samarpayami Namah.
57.Om! Vishwa Rupayai Namah57, Om! Arghyam, Padyam, Dhoopan, Deepam,
Pushpam, Ritu Phalam aivam Naivedyam Samarpayami Namah.
58.Om! Asur Bhayankarayai Namah58, Om! Arghyam, Padyam, Dhoopan, Deepam,
Pushpam, Ritu Phalam aivam Naivedyam Samarpayami Namah.
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59.Om! Akshobhyai Namah59, Om! Arghyam, Padyam, Dhoopan, Deepam, Pushpam,
Ritu Phalam aivam Naivedyam Samarpayami Namah.
60.Om! Satyavadiniyia Namah60, Om! Arghyam, Padyam, Dhoopan, Deepam,
Pushpam, Ritu Phalam aivam Naivedyam Samarpayami Namah.
61.Om! Vajrarupayai Namah61, Om! Arghyam, Padyam, Dhoopan, Deepam,
Pushpam, Ritu Phalam aivam Naivedyam Samarpayami Namah.
62.Om! Shuchi Vratayai Namah62, Om! Arghyam, Padyam, Dhoopan, Deepam,
Pushpam, Ritu Phalam aivam Naivedyam Samarpayami Namah.
63.Om! Vardayai Namah63, , Om! Arghyam, Padyam, Dhoopan, Deepam, Pushpam,
Ritu Phalam aivam Naivedyam Samarpayami Namah.
64.Om! Vagishayai Namah64,
1.Om! Vidyayai Namah1, Om! Arghyam, Padyam, Dhoopan, Deepam, Pushpam, Ritu
Phalam aivam Naivedyam Samarpayami Namah.
2.Om! Hrimyai Namah2, Om! Arghyam, Padyam, Dhoopan, Deepam, Pushpam, Ritu
Phalam aivam Naivedyam Samarpayami Namah.
3.Om! Pushtiyai Namah3, Om! Arghyam, Padyam, Dhoopan, Deepam, Pushpam, Ritu
Phalam aivam Naivedyam Samarpayami Namah.
4.Om! Pragyayai Namah4, Om! Arghyam, Padyam, Dhoopan, Deepam, Pushpam,
Ritu Phalam aivam Naivedyam Samarpayami Namah.
5.Om! Sinivalyai Namah5, Om! Arghyam, Padyam, Dhoopan, Deepam, Pushpam,
Ritu Phalam aivam Naivedyam Samarpayami Namah.
6.Om! Kuhuyai Namah6, Om! Arghyam, Padyam, Dhoopan, Deepam, Pushpam, Ritu
Phalam aivam Naivedyam Samarpayami Namah.
7.Om! Rudraveerya Prabhayai Namah7, Om! Arghyam, Padyam, Dhoopan, Deepam,
Pushpam, Ritu Phalam aivam Naivedyam Samarpayami Namah.
8.Om! Nandayai Namah8, Om! Arghyam, Padyam, Dhoopan, Deepam, Pushpam, Ritu
Phalam aivam Naivedyam Samarpayami Namah.
9.Om! Ghoshayai Namah9, Om! Arghyam, Padyam, Dhoopan, Deepam, Pushpam,
Ritu Phalam aivam Naivedyam Samarpayami Namah.
10.Om! Ridhidayai Namah10, Om! Arghyam, Padyam, Dhoopan, Deepam, Pushpam,
Ritu Phalam aivam Naivedyam Samarpayami Namah.
11.Om! Shubhayai Namah11, Om! Arghyam, Padyam, Dhoopan, Deepam, Pushpam,
Ritu Phalam aivam Naivedyam Samarpayami Namah.
12.Om! Kaal Ratriyai Namah12, Om! Arghyam, Padyam, Dhoopan, Deepam,
Pushpam, Ritu Phalam aivam Naivedyam Samarpayami Namah.
13.Om! Maha Ratriyai Namah13, Om! Arghyam, Padyam, Dhoopan, Deepam,
Pushpam, Ritu Phalam aivam Naivedyam Samarpayami Namah.
14.Om! Bhadra Kalyai Namah14, Om! Arghyam, Padyam, Dhoopan, Deepam,
Pushpam, Ritu Phalam aivam Naivedyam Samarpayami Namah.
15.Om! Kapardinyai Namah15, Om! Arghyam, Padyam, Dhoopan, Deepam, Pushpam,
Ritu Phalam aivam Naivedyam Samarpayami Namah.
16.Om! Vikrityai Namah16, Om! Arghyam, Padyam, Dhoopan, Deepam, Pushpam,
Ritu Phalam aivam Naivedyam Samarpayami Namah.
17.Om! Dandyai Namah17, Om! Arghyam, Padyam, Dhoopan, Deepam, Pushpam,
Ritu Phalam aivam Naivedyam Samarpayami Namah.
18.Om! Mundinyai Namah18, Om! Arghyam, Padyam, Dhoopan, Deepam, Pushpam,
Ritu Phalam aivam Naivedyam Samarpayami Namah.
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19.Om! Indu-Khandayai Namah19, Om! Arghyam, Padyam, Dhoopan, Deepam,
Pushpam, Ritu Phalam aivam Naivedyam Samarpayami Namah.
20.Om! Shikhandinyai Namah20, Om! Arghyam, Padyam, Dhoopan, Deepam,
Pushpam, Ritu Phalam aivam Naivedyam Samarpayami Namah.
21.Om! Nishumbh Shumbhinyai Namah21, Om! Arghyam, Padyam, Dhoopan,
Deepam, Pushpam, Ritu Phalam aivam Naivedyam Samarpayami Namah.
22.Om! Mathanyai Namah22, Om! Arghyam, Padyam, Dhoopan, Deepam, Pushpam,
Ritu Phalam aivam Naivedyam Samarpayami Namah.
23.Om! Mahishasur Mardinayai Namah23, Om! Arghyam, Padyam, Dhoopan,
Deepam, Pushpam, Ritu Phalam aivam Naivedyam Samarpayami Namah.
24.Om! Indraniyai Namah24, Om! Arghyam, Padyam, Dhoopan, Deepam, Pushpam,
Ritu Phalam aivam Naivedyam Samarpayami Namah.
25.Om! Rudraniyai Namah25, Om! Arghyam, Padyam, Dhoopan, Deepam, Pushpam,
Ritu Phalam aivam Naivedyam Samarpayami Namah.
26.Om! Shankarardh Sharirinyai Namah26, Om! Arghyam, Padyam, Dhoopan,
Deepam, Pushpam, Ritu Phalam aivam Naivedyam Samarpayami Namah. Om!
Arghyam, Padyam, Dhoopan, Deepam, Pushpam, Ritu Phalam aivam Naivedyan
Samarpayami Namah.
27.Om! Nariyai Namah27, Om! Arghyam, Padyam, Dhoopan, Deepam, Pushpam, Ritu
Phalam aivam Naivedyam Samarpayami Namah.
28.Om! Narayinyai Namah28, Om! Arghyam, Padyam, Dhoopan, Deepam, Pushpam,
Ritu Phalam aivam Naivedyam Samarpayami Namah.
29.Om! Trishoolinyai Namah29, Om! Arghyam, Padyam, Dhoopan, Deepam,
Pushpam, Ritu Phalam aivam Naivedyam Samarpayami Namah.
30.Om! Palinyai Namah30, Om! Arghyam, Padyam, Dhoopan, Deepam, Pushpam,
Ritu Phalam aivam Naivedyam Samarpayami Namah.
31.Om! Ambikayai Namah31, Om! Arghyam, Padyam, Dhoopan, Deepam, Pushpam,
Ritu Phalam aivam Naivedyam Samarpayami Namah.
32.Om! Ahladinyai Namah32, Om! Arghyam, Padyam, Dhoopan, Deepam, Pushpam,
Ritu Phalam aivam Naivedyam Samarpayami Namah.
1.Om! Kalyai Namah01, Om! Arghyam, Padyam, Dhoopan, Deepam, Pushpam, Ritu
Phalam aivam Naivedyam Samarpayami Namah.
2.Om! Vikralyai Namah02, Om! Arghyam, Padyam, Dhoopan, Deepam, Pushpam,
Ritu Phalam aivam Naivedyam Samarpayami Namah.
3.Om! Umayai Namah03, Om! Arghyam, Padyam, Dhoopan, Deepam, Pushpam, Ritu
Phalam aivam Naivedyam Samarpayami Namah.
4.Om! Saraswatyai Namah04, Om! Arghyam, Padyam, Dhoopan, Deepam, Pushpam,
Ritu Phalam aivam Naivedyam Samarpayami Namah.
5.Om! Shriyai Namah05, Om! Arghyam, Padyam, Dhoopan, Deepam, Pushpam, Ritu
Phalam aivam Naivedyam Samarpayami Namah.
6.Om! Durgayai Namah06, Om! Arghyam, Padyam, Dhoopan, Deepam, Pushpam,
Ritu Phalam aivam Naivedyam Samarpayami Namah.
7.Om! Ushayai Namah07, Om! Arghyam, Padyam, Dhoopan, Deepam, Pushpam, Ritu
Phalam aivam Naivedyam Samarpayami Namah.
8.Om! Luxmiyai Namah08, Om! Arghyam, Padyam, Dhoopan, Deepam, Pushpam,
Ritu Phalam aivam Naivedyam Samarpayami Namah.
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9.Om! Shrutyai Namah09, Om! Arghyam, Padyam, Dhoopan, Deepam, Pushpam, Ritu
Phalam aivam Naivedyam Samarpayami Namah.
10.Om! Smrityai Namah10, Om! Arghyam, Padyam, Dhoopan, Deepam, Pushpam,
Ritu Phalam aivam Naivedyam Samarpayami Namah.
11.Om! Dhrityai Namah11, Om! Arghyam, Padyam, Dhoopan, Deepam, Pushpam,
Ritu Phalam aivam Naivedyam Samarpayami Namah.
12.Om! Shradhayai Namah12, Om! Arghyam, Padyam, Dhoopan, Deepam, Pushpam,
Ritu Phalam aivam Naivedyan Samarpayami Namah.
13.Om! Medhayai Namah13, Om! Arghyam, Padyam, Dhoopan, Deepam, Pushpam,
Ritu Phalam aivam Naivedyam Samarpayami Namah.
14.Om! Matyai Namah14, Om! Arghyam, Padyam, Dhoopan, Deepam, Pushpam, Ritu
Phalam aivam Naivedyam Samarpayami Namah.
15.Om Kantiyai Namah15, Om! Arghyam, Padyam, Dhoopan, Deepam, Pushpam,
Ritu Phalam aivam Naivedyam Samarpayami Namah.
16.Om! Sinivalyai Namah16, Om! Arghyam, Padyam, Dhoopan, Deepam, Pushpam,
Ritu Phalam aivam Naivedyam Samarpayami Namah.
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for the first time, a jumbled composition of ashtvarg it is put in front of the mantra
and similar composition in reverse order at the back of the mantra. This set of
(Jumbled ashtvarg) - (mantra) - (reverse jumbled ashtvarg) is repeated for 108 times
or one mala. By the end of this, the mantra gets thoroughly embedded in every part of
the brain. After this one is advised to start his actual jap sadhana if the mantra.
Ū Ī rī a Lri Ô au ai e 09
ÅbZ_§vy` v® v©,s ,
ra, ya, va, ha, la 05
j;ogy
kha ka gha ga ca 05
£ dÄ x³
cha ca jha ja ńa 05
N Pk Ök t ´
ţha ţa dha da ņa 05
B V M < .k
tha, ta, dha, da, na 05
Fk r ?k n u
pha, pa, bha, ba, ma 05
Q i Ò c e
sa, şa, śa 03
l "k 'k -------
Total: 42
Repeat the alphabets along with the mantra by putting them once in front and then in
reverse order at the back of the mantra as shown below.
{(ÅabZa_§aya` v®a v©a,as ,a̶ ja;aoagaya̶ £a daÄa xa³ ̶ NaPkaÖakta ´a̶ VaBaMa<a.ka̶ Fkara ?ak naua̶ iaQaca Òaea̶ la
"ka'ka)
(भॊत्र / Mantra)
( 'ka"kala̶ ea Òa ca Qaia̶ ua na ?ka raFka̶ ´a ta Öka Pak Na̶ ³a xa Äa da £a̶ ya ga oa ;aja̶ ,a ,sa v©v® y` va _§a baZ
Åa)} x 108 times or One mala.
After doing the jap of one mala, perform havan with the above mantra using the
requisite material for respective desired outcome. For the happiness of the different
devtas (it can be male or female) one may use specific materials for ahuti.
After performing havan do tarpan, Marjan and perform Kumari poojan to seek devtas
blessings and finish the anushthan.
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9. Mala Making:
While doing any Vaidik or Tantric practice, mantra jap is a very essential component.
This requires 02 things:
When entering into the field of mantra jap, a sadhak has to do millions of jap for his
spiritual advancement. Thus, a lot of time& effort goes in to it. Thus, for any sadhak
or serious spiritual practitioner, thejap mala is a very important tool in the sadhana.
Apart from what material it is made of, another factor which is of utmost importance
is „how to make it‟. Normally very few people know it or do it. Generally, they buy
from the market itself. But One is of the view that since it is a very important and
serious thing for the sadhak, then he must make sure that it is made with utmost detail
and authenticity of the scriptures before committing his precious time and effort to the
sadhana of mantra jap.This procedure has been dealt with at length in our standard
tantric text. We are pleased to share here, with all the serious sadhaks, the method in
detail in step by step instructional mode for the practitioners to do-it-themselves way.
Hope sadhaks will be able to copy it. Since the varnas are 50, they are used twice
along with first alphabets of the ashtakvarg to make the total 50 x 2 + 8 = 108. Ksha
being the meru which comes at the top and is not be ever crossed during jap on mala
and the system may be followed as below:
Now perform the ahvaan/invite of all the devtas of the rosary offering different things
like, Arghya & Padya, Dhoop & Deep, flowers and flower garland, Naivedya,
Ashtgandh, Clothes and ornaments to each and every Shakti/divine power.
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Orī -kaar(_§), You who casts spell over others(sammohan) and are effulgent, please
enter in to this bead of my rosary.
O lri-kaar(y`), You who are the knower of everything, secretive, creator of ill-will,
please enter in to this bead of my rosary.
Olrī-kaar(), You who are the cause of attachment, please enter in to this bead of my
rosary.
O e-kaar(,), You who can control all, please enter in to this bead of my rosary.
O ai-kaar(,s), You who are pure and satvic, please enter in to this bead of my rosary.
O Ô -kaar(v®), You who represent the whole group of alphabets out which this
creation came and are eternal and pure, please establish in this bead of mine rosary.
O au-kaar(v©), You who live in the heart of all the alphabets and are serene, please
enter in to this bead of my rosary.
O an-kaar(va), You who can control even elephants and can enamor all, please enter in
to this bead of my rosary.
O ah-kaar(v%), You who are destroyer of death and very horrifying to look at, please
establish in to this bead of my rosary.
O Ka-kaar(d), You who neutralizes all kinds of poisons and are favorable disposed,
please enter in to this rosary.
O Kha-kaar(£), You who creates agitation in every heart, please establish in this
rosary.
O Ga-kaar(x), You who neutralizes all obstructions and are greater of the greats,
[please establish in this rosary of mine.
O Gha-kaar(Ä), You who provides good fortune and power to immobilize anything,
please enter in to this rosary.
O ṇa-kaar(³), You who annihilate everything and are extremely aggressive, please
come in to this rosary.
O Cha-kaar(N), You who are cruel and annihilates all the evil spirits, please establish
in this rosary.
O Ja-kaar(t), You who kill all Kritiyas, Dakinis etc and are cruel & horrifying to look
at, please establish in this rosary.
O Jha-kaar(Ök), You who annihilates all spirits, please enter this rosary.
O ńn-kaar(´), You who are negator of Death, please enter in to this rosary.
O ţa-kaar(V), You who are polite & soft and remove all kinds of diseases, please enter
in to this rosary.
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O da-kaar(M), you who are beautiful to look at and removes all the poisons, please
establish in this rosary of mine.
O dha-kaar(<), you who polite and can remove all kinds of wealth, please establish in
this rosary of mine.
O ņa-kaar(.k), you who are attractive and provide all kinds of boons to the sadhaks,
please enter in to this rosary of mine.
O ta-kaar(r), you who are always happy, provides all kinds of wealth and grain,
please enter in to this rosary of mine.
O tha-kaar(Fk), you who sustain and multiply everything and are beautiful, please enter
in to this rosary of mine.
O da-kaar(n), you who are pure and help achieve Dharma, please enter in to this
rosary of mine.
O dha-kaar(?k), you who are grand, removes all poisons & fevers, please establish in
this rosary.
O na-kaar(u), You who peaceful, provides material comforts and final emancipation
too, please enter in to this rosary.
O Pa-kaar(i), you who remove all kinds of poisons and obstructions, please enter in to
this rosary of mine.
O Pha-kaar(Q), you who represent light and shower all kinds of boons and sidhis,
please come in to this rosary.
O Ba-kaar(c), you who remove all doshas and are beautiful to look at, please enter in
tot his rosary.
O Bha-kaar(Ò), you who pacify the ill effects of all spirits and are horrifying to look
at, please enter in to this rosary of mine.
O Ma-kaar(e), you neutralize all those who generate enmity, please enter in to this
rosary.
O Ya-kaar(;), you who are omnipresent and are pure, please establish in to this rosary
of mine.
O Ra-kaar(j), you who creates wealth and are distorted, please establish here.
O La-kaar(y), you are bright and sustain the whole world, prostrations to you, please
enter in to this rosary of mine.
O Va-kaar(o), you sustain everyone and are pure, please enter in to this rosary of
mine.
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O śa-kaar('k), you who provides all kinds of fruits and are sacred, please enter in to
this rosary of mine.
O sa-kaam(l), you who are the cause of everything, related to one and all; please
enter in to this rosary of mine.
O Ha-kaar(g), You who are pure and represent whole of the literature, please establish
in this rosary of mine.
O Ksha-kaar({k), You who expounds both phenomenal and transcendental world and
are light form, kindly establish in this Sumeru of my rosary.
Make 50 more (except Ksha last bead) as above and 8 extra with A1, Ka2, Cha3, Ta4,
Ta5, Pa6, Ya7, Sha8. Now take a cotton string made by the hands of a young girl,
kumari. One by one string all the 100 beads first repeating the ishta or Guru mantra
and applying brahm granthi between the beads. Thus string all the 108 and at the top
in the sumeru put Ksha bead and finally knot the mala from the top. Now place this
mala on the flower bed, do its tarpan with water, ganges water, panch gavya, water,
asht gandh, water, itra etc.
Mala Poojan:
All divinities who roam this earth, I bow to you, please enter in to this mala.
All divinities living in space, ether, please enter in this knowledge filled rosary of
mine, my prostrations to you all.
All the divinities residing in heavens, I bow before you, please enter into the rosary of
mine.
All the powers representing vidya of 70 million mantras, 64 kalas, please accept my
prostrations and establish in this rosary of mine.
I prostrate to the powers of Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva, all of you, please enter in to
this rosary of mine, I bow to you all.
I bow to 96 tattvas of Samkhya philosophy, You who provides boons to all those who
do jap, who removes all the obstructions of the sadhak during tapasya or austerities,
for them you provide everything like Kaamdhenu even, please establish in it.
All Shaivites,Vaishnavites and Shakti devotees, whose count may be in hundreds and
thousands and who live in Brahman, I pray to them, please enter in to this rosary of
mine.
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I bow to all those power which annihilate death. Please be elated and happy by my
mere remembrance, enter here to provide pleasure to sadhaks.
You provide life to all, are creatrix of the whole cosmos, protector of it, you move in
the whole creation in the form of oceans and rivers, reside in each and every heart and
are present everywhere, I bow to you.
You who are present in the four kinds of speech, in all the elements, Vidya/
knowledge, cause of all Shaktis, prayed to by Rishi Vashishtha, served by
Vishwamitra, please accept my repeated prostrations.
Thus appease all divine shaktis in set of two sets of 50 matrika crystal beads. After
this add 08 more for first alphabets of all the groups v (a) d (ka) Pk (ca) V (ţa) r (ta)
Ik (pa) ; (ya) 'k (śa) and {k (ksha), this completes all the 108+1 beads of our rosary.
Now take a cotton thread woven by the hands of a Kumari. This thread should be used
to string all the beads on to it. Chanting the guru mantra or Isht mantra one should
apply each knot in between the beads and on the 109th bead of Sumeru.
Place this mala on a flower bed. Offer dhoop/incense, deep/light, flowers, seasonal
fruits, sweets to the rosary thus made. Take three circumambulations of the mala in
clockwise direction with all faith and love. Say,
O Bhagwati Mantra Matrike, O rosary who brings all under control, I bow to you.
O Mantra Matrike, you freeze everyone‟s movement, you create storm in their
hearts/minds, I bow to you.
O you who are death for everyone and are vanquisher of death, I bow to you. You
awaken everyone, I bow to you.
Bow in front of the flower bed on which the mala is placed. With all respect and
reverence pick the mala up, touch it your forehead, put it inside the mala bag. Now
this mala is ready for any kind of jap.
A story goes like this, that there lived a Kauthoom Brahmin in Mithila, Bihar who
studied scriptures&Vidyas for a period of 3100 years and became adept in all of them.
A son was born to him and he tried to teach his son whatever he has learnt till then.
But the little child refused to learn anything from him, except the Hindi alphabets. He
was really fed up.
He would ask his son, implore him to study time and again but all his requests fell on
deaf ears. One day when he was pestering his son for going in for studies, the son
replied that there is no need to study as he knows everything. Father laughed and said
what you know. He said I know whatever is there to know. He told his father; look
there I no need to study anything if one knows the alphabets alone. According to him,
a-au is 14 manvantars
ka-Tha is 12 Adityas,
Da-Ba is 11 rudras,
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Bha – PA is 8 Vasu,
Sa-H are 2 Ashwani Kumars,
(Û) Bindu is called Jarayuj
(:) Visargh, is called Andaj
All jhiva muleeya alphabets are called Swedaj,
All Updhamniyam alphabets are called Udbhij.
So O father, one who knows all this is the real yogi, a siddha or a serious practitioner
of matrika varnas. One who performs his/her anushthan with support from all the
devtas mentioned above, he alone gets established in the ardh matra of lord Shiva.
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10. Ida, Pingla and Sushumana Practice:
A.
Sit in a comfortable asan. Concentrate on your breath. Take slow and deep inhalation
thinking that peace and relaxation is moving inside through the breath. Hold for a
second and let the feeling spread throughout the body. Slowly exhale all the tension of
the body and agitation of the mind with exhalation. Do it five times……..(Pause).
Our physical body is a great marvel of nature. So many systems are working together
without any hiccups. Body is breathing and co-coordinating action with it. Mind is
thinking and also directing other senses to work simultaneously. Food provides
energy to the body, through a complex reaction of chemicals with each other‟s,
energy in the form of heat, electrical impulses and electromagnetic radiations. We eat
food, and the feeling of satiation is provided by brain to the physical body to stop
eating.The most amazing being of the auditory system which converts sound energy
in to electrical energy which gets transmitted through a network of nerve cells in to
our brain. A trained meditative brain can relax any part of the body by sending feeling
of relaxation there. A trained breath practitioner can change the breath from one nasal
passage to another by thinking. He can change the flow of any of the five elements
flowing at any time in our breath; he can change the sequence of their flow even just
by a command from his mind. These are just a few examples of amazing things being
done by our body.
All these signals are sent through brain to different parts of the body. In yoga, it is
said that there are 72,000 nerves in our body. Out of these, 13 nerves are considered
to be very important and out of them too, three are considered to be most important in
our body. These three are called, Ida, Pingla and Sushumana. Todays practice would
be to experience them and along the way we will learn many more interesting things
about which you may not have thought earlier.
Watch your breath keenly. Check which one of your nasal passage is flowing
prominently now. Our nose is a system to keep the body temperature in check. Like
ina car, when the temperature of the engine rises, thermostat valve opens and lets the
coolant from the radiator flow in to the engine casing and bring its temperature down.
When the temperature goes down, the thermostat valve closes and stops the flow of
1the coolant in to the engine. In the same way one of the nasal passages is heating
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while other is cooling and both flow equally in a healthy person. Each flows for a
period of ONE hour before it changes to the other side.
Now inhale and slowly raise this line again to the top of the head space. Repeat this
process three times and accentuate the feeling of energized central axis of the body
throughoutvertebral column.
Now bring your focus to your vertebral column. A flexible vertebra, consisting of 33
vertebras, hooked together, separated by cushioning discs, having a hole inside each
one. 07 lightly built vertebras in the neck area, known as Cervical spine, 12 in
thoracic region forming Dorsal spine pairing with the 12 ribs, 5 heavily built in the
lower back region called Lumber spine, 5 fused together in the Sacral area and 04
fused together in the coccygeal region forming our tail bone. It provides all kinds of
twist and turns to our body and helps maintain posture. In the absence of it whole
body will just flop down. Cervical is convex posteriorly while both Thoracic and
Lumber concave anteriorly. Lumber helps to provide us with straight posture.
Observe your spine…….(Pause)
Inside each vertebra a hole is there, all the holes in Cervical, Dorsal and lumber
aligning with each other to provide a continuous length of space for spinal column to
travel in. Spinal column is hollow from inside and filled up with CSF, a colorless
liquid Cerebro Spinal Fluid. It continuously travels up and down the spine and
connects with the ventricles of brain……(Pause).
On the back locate the point of your mooladhar chakra center. Inhale and exhale
through it, three times. Accentuate its feeling…….. (Pause).
Now concentrate on your throat. Breathe in and out through a point below Adam‟s
apple for three times……….intensify the feeling of this point……(Pause).
Now at the back visualize a parabolic line joining your Mooladhar point with the
point in the neck going from the left side of the central axis of the spine. This is our
Ida, thecooling Moon channel or Parvati swar path……… (Pause).
Now visualize a similar parabolic path going up from Mooladhar point tothe neck
point form the other side i.e. right side of the spine. This is called Pingla, the heating
Sun channel or Shiva swar path……….(Pause).
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Travelling in between these two, Ida and Pingla, in vertically straight direction from
Mooladhar to throat area is the most important Sushumana. This is the channel in
which pran is raised during practices and sensation of heat or ushma is felt.
Sushumana channel is extremely important from the spiritual point of view. Once
inside it, only then one will be weaned away from the illusory world
outside………..(Pause).
Now mentally we are clear of the preliminary location of the three most important
nadis in the back side. Now concentrate on the store of pran in the Mooladhar chakra.
Inhale with Ujjai and raise the pran slowly along the left parabolic path of Ida to
throat area point. Hold the pran there and then descend it down through central
vertical axis of Sushumana………..Experience.
Inhale raise through Ida up to throat, exhale and descend down to Mooladhar through
Sushmana. Repeat it 5 times and charge this channel.
Now concentrate on the right hand channel of Pingla. Raise the pran in pingla and
take up to throat point. Hold for a few moments and then descend with exhalation
slowly through Sushumana…….Experience.
Inhale and raise through Pingla once again up to throat, exhale and descend through
Sushumana down to Mooladhar. Repeat 05 times.
Now raise the pran through both Ida and Pingla simultaneously and descend through
Sushumana. Repeat 05 times….Experience.
Thus we completed the preliminary practice of movement of pran through Ida, Pingla
and Sushumana. Once this is experienced then we can go in to more complex actual
path of Ida and Pingla channels in our body.
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10. Ida, Pingla and Sushmana Practice:
B.
Sit in a comfortable asan. Concentrate on your breath. Take slow and deep inhalation
thinking that peace and relaxation is moving inside through the breath. Hold for a
second and let the feeling spread throughout the body. Slowly exhale all the tension of
the body and agitation of the mind with exhalation. Do it five times……..(Pause).
With Ujjai, move your breath up and down through Sushumana three times…..
…………….(Pause).
Breathe through the point of Mooladhar……three times…….. (Pause).
Breath through the center of Swadhishthan…….three times…… (Pause).
Breath through the point of Manipur…………three times….. (Pause).
Breath through the point of Anahat at the heart level…….three times…. (Pause).
Breath through the point of Vishudhi in the neck area….three times… (Pause).
Breath through the point of Ajna, in the eye brow center…….three times… (Pause).
Now bring your attention once again to your back side. Now draw a parabolic path of
the Ida on the left side of the Sushumana starting from Mooladhar up to Swadhishthan
and then cross over to the right hand side of the Sushumana.
Continue the upward ascent in parabolic manner and pierce the point of Manipur at
the level of Navel and cross over to the right side of Sushumana.
Same way, following the parabolic path, rise up on the level of Anahat, at the level of
the heart, and cross over to the left side of Sushumana.
Rise further, following the parabolic path, to the level of Vishudhi in the throat area.
Pierce it and cross over to the right side of the Sushumana.
Rise still higher and following the parabolic path, meet the point of eye brow center
through left side of the Sushumana.
Thus the path of Ida is clearly defined. Now with Ujjai, inhale and raise the pran up
through
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Swadhishthan to Manipur, from right side,
Move from Vishudhi to Ajna in the eye brow center from left hand parabolic path.
Hold the pranic energy at the eye brow center for a few moments and then descend
through Sushumana all the way to Mooladhar.
Repeat this pranic movement process through the psychic path way 05 times.
Now bring your attention to Pingla channel. Draw a parabolic path of the Pingla on
the right side of the Sushumana starting from Mooladhar up to Swadhishthan and then
cross over to the left hand side of the Sushumana.
Continue the upward ascent in parabolic manner and pierce the point of Manipur at
the level of Navel and cross over to the left side of Sushumana.
Same way, following the parabolic path, rise up on the level of Anahat, at the level of
the heart, and cross over to the right side of Sushumana.
Rise further, following the parabolic path, to the level of Vishudhi in the throat area.
Pierce it and cross over to the left side of the Sushumana.
Rise still higher and following the parabolic path, meet the point of eye brow center
through right side of the Sushumana.
Thus the path of Pingla is clearly defined. Now with Ujjai, inhale and raise the pran
up through
Move from Vishudhi to Ajna in the eye brow center from right hand parabolic path.
Hold the pranic energy at the eye brow center for a few moments and then descend
through Sushumana all the way to Mooladhar.
Repeat this pranic movement process through the psychic path way 05 times.
Now activate both the psychic path ways together. Raise the pranic energy through
both Ida and Pingla together simultaneously along the opposite parabolic paths, to
meet at the eye brow center. And then descend them down through Sushumana all the
way back to Mooladhar……. (Pause).
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Repeat this process 05 times and get an accentuated feeling of the channels of Ida,
Pingla and Sushumana, the most important channels of our subtle body.
Now slowly flex your toes and fingers. Tighten and loosen your hips and anus a few
times. Interlock your fingers of both hands, inhaling, stretch them up above the head
and bring them down in relaxed manner.
Rub both palms together, generate some heat and cup each eye with respective palm
to transfer some heat in to the eyes. Remove both the palms and slowly open the eyes.
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11. Experiencing the elements in our breath:
On the path of spiritual evolution, in certain systems, to know the flow of elements in
the body is very helpful. Here we will share a system as to how to control and know
which element is predominantly flowing in our body at any time. Though there is a
complete separate system under the “Swar Vigyan”, in which various combination of
Ida, Pingla, and Sushumana with different elements is given with the practical
application for worldly use or spiritual use. Here we will limit ourselves only with the
practice of knowing the elements and ways to change them.
Sit in any comfortable asan like Sukhasan, Sidhasan and Padmasan whichever is
suitable and can be maintained for longer duration of time without getting
uncomfortable.
Watch your breath going in and out through the nose. With each inhalation,
experience relaxation spreading in the body and with each exhalation feel the
tiredness being guided out. Each inhalation should bring in the feelings of love, peace
and joy while each exhalation should be guiding hatred, aggression and sadness out of
our system.
Relax all the muscles and fibers in the body. Relax all the joints. Relax respiratory
system, digestive system, excretory system, circulatory system, muscular system,
skeletal system and nervous system. Everything in the body, all the systems totally
relaxed.
Become aware of all the surroundings. Hear the farthest of the noises. Bring your
attention to the area in which you are sitting, the floor, the ceiling, the doors and
windows, people sitting along with you.
Now bring your attention to your breathing through your nose. Every healthy human
being breathes 10,800 times during the day and 10,800 times during the night. Thus
one breathes 21,600 times in 24 hours period.
Closely observe the nasal passage which is predominantly flowing right now. Our
breath can be flowing through left or Right nasal passage or at transition time it may
flow through both the nasal passages equally…Experience.
Breath flows through a normal healthy human being each nasal passage for a period
one hour before it changes to the other. This changing of breath flow from one nasal
passage to the other one is called changing of nadi.
The left nasal passage is called Ida, Chandra nadi, Moon or Parvati while right
passage is called Pingla, Surya nadi, Sun or Shiva swar. Here swar does not mean
sound but breath.Concentrating on the two nasal passages, check which side is
flowing.
After completing the flow in one nadi the breath automatically starts shifting from one
side to the other nasal passage. Before it completely shifts to the other side a time
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comes when breath flows equally in both the nasal passages then Shunya nadi,
Madhya nadi or Sushumana is said to be active.
The left nasal passage is cooling, and right nasal passage is heating as per the qualities
of the Moon and the Sun respectively. The Moon and the Sun both are present in us in
the form of our breath ……experience them… (Pause).
The Sun, riding on a chariot of with seven horses is the creator of the whole world,
our world will freeze to death if the Sun were to extinguish at any moment. It is the
cause of all creations on this Earth. Moon is responsible for filling all the vegetation
with its nectar or sap…..cool……shining….though with the light of the Sun only.
Be thankful to the Sun and the Moon in the outside world as well as inside us in the
form of breath………. (Pause).
Make a fist of your left hand and put it in the right arm pit and press right arm over it.
Now keep observing your breath in the nasal passage. Within 30-40 seconds it will
start moving towards left nasal passage or Ida will get activated. If one is already
breathing through left, it will continue in the left, but one was breathing through right
at start, it will change to left.
Experience the change.
Now lay yourself down on the left side. Observe the breath, it will change to the right
side or Pingla will get activated…. Experience. Thus, we can see that we can alter the
nasal passage by two methods i.e. by keeping fist under the arm pit and pressing it
down by the arm or by lying on one side. In the both the cases, we see that whichever
armpit is pressed breath goes to the other side nasal passage. When we put left fist in
the right armpit and pressed the right arm over it, the right arm pit got pressed;
similarly, when we sleep on the right side again right arm pit is pressed. In both cases,
left nasal passage is activated.
Again, come into sitting position. Observe which nasal is flowing. The breath can also
be commanded by the mind. A higher practitioner can do that very easily. Command
it to change form left to right or right to left at will.
Once the nasal passage has been located then we must observe it in a subtler manner.
Inside our nasal passage it can flow through five different point or places as shown
below:
1. It can flow at the top or ceiling of the nasal passage.
2. It can flow from the bottom or floor of the nasal passage.
3. It can flow from the sides of the nasal passage.
4. It can flow from the center of the nasal passage which is difficult to perceive.
5. It can flow along the inner circumference of the nasal passage.
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Nasal Passage
We can easily manipulate the flow with the help of hand forms or hast mudras to start
with and once our mind has focused and become strong then we can carry out these
changes just by the force of the mind i.e. mere thinking.
Sitting in the meditative state with eyes open or close, make fists of both the hands,
place over your knees and extend thumbs upwards. Hold this form for some time. In
20-30 seconds on keen observation, one would find that the breath has moved to the
ceiling of the nasal passage. At this moment FIRE element has been increased in our
body, our thumb represents fire and fire always climbs upwards and it is represented
in our nasal passage also at the top.
Our hands have five fingers. All these fingers represent different elements. Thumb
represents fire, little finger represents Water, fore finger represents Air, ring finger
represents Earth and middle finger represents Space or Ether.Whatever touches earth
or thumb gets increases and whatever is pressed by thumb gets decreased. For
example, thetip of fore finger touches the tip of the thumb, then element residing in
the forefinger i.e. Air starts increasing, if it is pressed by thumb, the Air element starts
decreasing. In our body air element is responsible for all the thought process. Similar
way it happens with other elements and respective fingers too.
Nowtouch the tip of the little finger with the tip of the thumb on both hands and
closely start observing the breath in particular nasal passage. Slowly, it will start
descending in the nasal passage till it starts flowing on the floor of the nasal passage.
The hand form in this case represented Water element and water always flow on the
bottom. At this moment all the water elements or secretions in the body will be
increasing.
Now touch the fore finger with the tip of the thumb. Hold the hand form and observe
the flow of the breath through the nasal passage. In few seconds only, the flow will
start moving towards the sides. Generally, it makes sound while moving in the breath.
The air flow is always crooked and hence it is always sideways and not straight.
Currently all the air element things in the body are increasing.Experience it.
Now touch the middle finger tip to the tip of the thumb and start observing the shift in
the breath inside the nasal passage. Now the breath will start flowing in a ring like
manner spirally touching the inner circumference of the nasal passage. This is element
Ether. As space is all over, hence it pervades all the corners of the nasal too and all the
elements lie in it too. At this moment, the spaces in the body are increasing.
Experience it.
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Touch the tip of the ring finger with the tip of the thumb, thus activating the Earth
element in our body. One will observe that the breath will start contracting and a time
will come when it will become very difficult to feel where it is flowing. At that time,
it will be flowing in the middle of the nasal passage and difficult to perceive. At this
moment all the gross material in the body will be increasing. Experience it. The
grossness of the body is of the earth element. Thus, this hand form can help us
decrease our gross matter production and hence weight.
Thus, we have experienced the changing of Ida, Pingla and Sushumana along with the
five elements in our breath.In certain spiritual practices when we want to utilize
specific elements of the body then we can use this method.Best control will be with
the mind and not with the hands. Thus, hand forms can be used by initiates but mind
changing can be done by adepts.
Once the above-mentioned practice has been experienced, next step comes to
experience the timings of the flow of the elements in our breath and their sequence of
occurring in the breath. This can be experienced only if we sit for a specific time
cycle. As per the timings mentioned in the standard spiritual text the five elements
flow timings are fixed for a healthy human being as follows:
Total:20+16+12+08+04=60 minutes.
Now flex your toes and fingers, stretch your body, moves your neck from side to side.
Rub both palms together to generate some heat and cup each eye with respective palm
and transmit some heat into the eye lids. Slowly remove your hands and open your
eyes. Chant „Om‟ together and experience the peace and joy flowing around.
This ends our practice of the five elements in breath from changing point of view
only.
Om! Shantih…Shantih…Shantih.
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12. Kundlini Sadhana
Spread Asan on the floor. Perform nyas and dhyan of the Kundlini as explained in the
previous practice. Sit in any dhyan asan, preferably Padmasan or Sidhasan.
Perform Viniyog, Nyas, Dhyan, Stuti & one mala of Mantra as given below, prior to
starting sadhana of chakras.
वळतनयोग (Viniyog):
अस्म सवा ससन्ध्ददा श्री कुण्डसरनी भहाभन्त्रस्म बगवान श्री भहाकार ऋवष् वव्व-
व्मावऩनी (इष्ट दे वता स्वरुऩा) भहाशन्तत श्रीकुण्डसरनी दे वता त्रत्रष्टुऩ छन्द् भामा फीजॊ
ससन्ध्द् शन्तत् प्रणव् कीरकॊ चतव
ु ग
ा ा प्राप्तमथे जऩे ववयनमोग्।
Asya Sarva Sidhida Shri Kundlini Mahamantrasya, Bhagwan Shri Mahakaal Rishih,
Vishwavyapini (name of isht devi) Mahashakti Shri Kundlini devta, Trishtup
Chandah, Maya Beejam, Sidhidah Shaktih, Pranavah Keelkam, Chaturvarga
Praptyarthe jape viniyogah.
It means we are doing this sadhana for achieving four fruits of Dharma, Artha, Kama
& Moksha.
Nyas for six points on hands and body: (वड् अांग न्याश)
बीजकर न्याशअांग न्याश
(Shadang Nyas) (Kar Nyas) (Ang Nyas)
ह्राॊ अॊगुष्ठाभ्माभ ् नभ् रृदमाम नभ्
Hram Angushthabhyam namah Hridyaya namah
ह्रीॊ तजानीभ्माभ ् स्वाहा सशयसे स्वाहा
Hreem Tarjanibhyam swaha Shirse swaha
ह्रूॊ भध्मभाभ्माभ ् वषट् सशखामै वषट्
Hrum Mahyamabhyam Vashat Shikhaye Vashat
ह्रैं अनासभकाभ्माभ ् हुॊ कवचाम हुॊ
Hraim Anamikabhyam Hum Kavchaye Hum
ह्रौं कयनष्ठाभ्माभ ् वौषट् नेत्र-त्रमाम वौषट्
Hraum Kanishthabhyam Vaukhat Netra Trayaye Vaukhat
ह्र् कयतर-कयऩष्ृ ठाभ्माभ ् पट् अस्त्राम पट्
Hrah Kartalkar-prishtha-bhyam fat Astraya fat
Above nyasas should be read as ह्राॊ अॊगष्ु ठाभ्माभ ् नभ् ह्राॊ रृदमाम नभ् etc. Kar
Nyas are done at the base of Thumb, forefinger, middle finger, ring finger, baby
finger and palm & back of hand respectively. Ang nyas is done on heart, head (cow
lick, at the back of head where a Brahmin ties his shikha), chest(arms crossed over
chest), eyes (right hand forefinger on right eye-ring finger on right eye and middle
finger on third eye respectively).
Nyas for whole body: Chant the mantra and touch particular part mentioned along
with it on body visualizing particular shakti being placed there.
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सां नभ् रराटे लां नभ् भुखावत
ृ े षां नभ् दऺनेत्रे शां नभ् वाभनेत्रे
Ksham namah-forehead Ldam namah-face Ham namah-Right eye Sam Namah-Left
eye
वां नभ् दऺकणे ऴां नभ् वाभकणे ळां नभ् दऺनासामाभ ् ऱां नभ् वाभ नासामाभ ्
Ṣham namah-Right ear Ṡ am namah-Left ear Vam namah-Right nasalLam namah-
Left Nasal
रां नभ् दऺ गण्डे यां नभ् वाभ गण्डे मां नभ् उध्वा ओष्ठे भां नभ् अधयोष्ठे
Ram namah-right side of neck Yam namah-Left side of neck Mam namah-upper lip
Bham namah-Lower lip
पां नभ् सशयसी नां नभ् भुखे
Bam namah-Upper teeth Fam namah-lower teeth Pam namah-head Nam namah-
Face
तां नभ् दऺ कयतरे
Dham namah-right shoulder Dam namah right elbow Tham namah-right wrist Tam
namah-right palm.
णां नभ् दऺ कयाग्रे ढां नभ् वाभ फाहूभूरे डां नभ् वाभकऩूया े ठां नभ् वाभ भणणफन्धे
Nam namah-right hand finger tips Ḍ ham namah left shoulder Ḍam namah left elbow
Ṭham namah- wrist
टां नभ् वाभ कयतरे ञां नभ् वाभ कयाग्रे झां नभ्दऺोरूभूरे जां नभ् दऺजानूनी
Ṭam namah-left palm ᷈ nam namah-left hand finger tips Jham namah-right side of
hip joint Jam namah-right thigh
छां नभ् दऺगुल्पे चां नभ् दऺऩादतरे ङां नभ् दऺऩादाग्रे घां नभ् वाभोरूभूरे
Cham namah-right calf Cam namah sole of right foot Ang namah right toe tips
Gham namah left hip joint side
खां नभ् वाभ गुल्पे कां नभ् वाभऩादतरे अ् नभ् वाभऩादाग्रे
Gam namah-left thigh Kham namah-left calf Kam namah-left foot sole Aah namah-
left foot finger tips.
ऐां नभ् नाबौ
Am namah-right side back; Aum namah left side back; On namah-full back aem
namah-navel
एां नभ् जठये ऱ ृ नभ् रृदमे ऱ ृ नभ् दऺाॊशे ॠां नभ् ककुदी
Aim namah stomach L eem namah-heart Lrim namah-complete right side of body,
eem namah-waist
उां नभ् रृदमादी वाभकयान्तभ ्
Rim namah-complete left side m namah-heart to right finger tips Um-heart to right
hand finger tips
आां रृदमादीकुऺो
Æm namah-Heart to right foot toe ends Em namah-heart to left feet toes ends
अां नभ् रृदमादीभुखे.
Am namah-heart to face.
ध्यान(Dhyan):
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प्रसुप्त बुजगाकायाॊ स्वमम्बु सरॊग्भाचश्रताॊ
ववद्मुत्कोटी प्रबाॊ दे वीॊ ववचचत्र वसनान्न्वताभ ्
Prasupt bhujagakaram, swayambhu lingamashritam,
Vidyut koti prabham devim, vichitra vasnanvitam,
कुण्डमऱनी स्तत
ु ी (Prayer to Kundlini):
आमान्न्त कुण्डसरनी सष ु भ
ु णा सयणणभाध्म प्रसायाभ ्
Ayanti Kundlini Sushmana, Sarnirmadhaya Prasaram,
रूता तन्तू तता तनीमसीॊ है भ ववद्मद ु ाकायाभ ् ।
Loota tantu tate tniyaseem, Haim Vidyuda Karam,
साधा त्रत्रवरमाकायाॊ गञ्
ु जन्भधयु ोरॊफ ववहायाभ ्
Sardh Trivalyakaraam Gunjanmadhurolamb Viharam,
्वासोच्छवास क्रभेण प्राणदाभ ् स्वमम्बसू रॊगप्रकायाभ ् 1 कुण्डमऱनी ऴक्तत
Shwasuchwas Kramen Prandaam, swayambhu ling prakaram,
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सौवणााबाभुद्मदबास्कय बास्वय ब्रह्भ स्वरुऩाभ ्
Sauvarnabham Udyad Bhaskar, Bhaswar Brahm Swaroopam,
गजभुखरससताम्चैन्रदे वताभ ् डाककन्मान्ञ्चत रूऩाभ ् । 2 मऱािार
Gajmukh Lasitam Ch Indradevtam, Dakinanchit roopam,
कॊ खॊ गॊ घॊ ङॊ चॊ छॊ जॊ झॊ टॊ ठॊ वणा व्मवस्थाभ ्
Kam, Kham, Gam, Gham, Ang, Cham, Chham,
Jam, Jham, Ṭam, Ṭham Varna Vyavastham,
तरूणाददत्मदराभ ् अनाहते ककञ्जरके मॊयनष्ठाभ ् ।
Tarunaditya Dalam Anahate, Kinjalke Yam Nishtham.
तत्रसुयासुय वन्न्दते्वये साधा चॊरशून्मस्थाभ ्
Tatra SurasurVanditeshware, Sardh Chandra Shunyastham,
सधु ास्मन्न्द कॊकार भासरनी काककनी शन्ततभयतस्थाभ ् । 5 अनाषत
Sudha Sayandi Kankaal Malini, Kakini Shaktimatistham.
अॊ आॊ इॊ ईं उॊ ऊॊ ऋॊ कॊ रॊ ृ खॊ एॊ ऐॊ ओॊ औॊ अॊ अ्
eem, Lrim,
ee Ӕ O u n, Ah,
स्वय सन्न्दऩते ऩूणा शशाॊके बास्वय वत ृ ाकायाभ ् ।
Swar Sandipte Poorn Shashanke, Bhaswar Vritakaram.
हॊ खॊ फीजे सदासशवस्मा चगरयजासबन्नववहायाभ ्
Ham Kham beeje Sadashivasya, Girija bhinn viharam,
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कण्ठ ववशि
ु े सुध्माधवरा शाककनी शततमाधायाॊ । 6 वळऴुवि
Kanth Vishudhe Sudhaya Dhawla, Shakini Shaktyadharam.
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13. Kundlini Sadhana- Mooladhar Chakra:
Deep breathing (slow)-3 times; Anulom Viloma – 5 times; Ashwini Mudra – 108
times.
Watch your breath through nose. Change your breath to right nasal passage while
sitting by putting hands in Bhairav Mudra (right upward pointing palm on the left
hand upward pointing in the lap). Observe the breath. Once it starts flowing in the
right passage, change the hands to opposite i.e. left hand over the right hand in the lap,
which is called Bhairavi Mudra. This will change the breath to the left nasal passage.
Slowly bring your attention to the tip of the nose and hold the consciousness there for
some time. The breath will start to centralize and madhya nadi or Shunya nadi or
Sushumana will start operating. As the Sushumana starts operating keep yourself
centred and proceed on the sadhana as below:
Chant „Hum/हुॊ (in the lowest possible swar or „Sa‟ of the Indian music system) beej
from the gut strongly with simultaneous contraction of the anus or guda/गुदा while
stressing on the end sound of „Ma‟. Feel it hit the middle of the Mooladhar or center
of the lotus and shoot up the enrgy into Sushumana to Sahasrar. Do it three times to
energize the bindu of the lotus.
Start opening the central bindu and become aware of the dhoomra (smoky) lingam
there. The lingam is not well outlined or clear similar to the ignorance of the
consciousness of the beginner here. Wrappedaround the lingam, is the baby snake
representing the Kundlini Shakti/ Power. The Parashakti is drowned here in the ocean
of maya or illusion after descending form the highest state of oneness.
The four petal red lotus of Mooladhar, with yellow square in its center karnika. In the
middle of that square is the triangle in the centre of which is the bindu where dhoomra
lingam is located. The beej mantra Shakti of „Lam/रॊ‟ resides here. It is encircled by
four shaktis located on the petals of the lotus namely vam /वॊ, Sam/शॊ‚ ṣam/षॊ‚ ṡam/
सॊ respectively. All chanting should be done here in the „Sa‟ swara of Indian music
system.
Chant Lam/रॊ beej and feel the beej strike the middle of the lotus. Repeat it five times.
This will provide us location of the area of the lotus.
Become aware of this lotus of Mooladhar, whose basic natural attribute is desire
which in worldly way translates to kaam or sexual desires. This attribute of desire is
to be converted in to heightened discrimination through sadhana or practice of
celibacy.
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The sense organ is Nose, Action organ is Anus, Kosha is Ann-maya, Tanmatra is
Smell, Vayu is Apan(one of the up-pranas residing between anus and navel), Realm is
Bhur-lok, Divinity is Child Brahma and Female aspect is Dakini.
While chanting the beej, rotate the Lam beej in clockwise direction a number of times
(as many times as possible) on the periphery of the lotus circumference slowly.
Repeat it three times. Thus charge all the four petals of the lotus.
Now chant Vam beej five times with longer intonation (stress on the end „Ma‟ sound
as we close our lips to finish).This will charge that particular petal. It will should us
the area in which it lies in our body. Once the area is located, repeat the Vam beej
chanting for Vam1, Vam2……..Vam11.If one is sensitive enough, one will start feeling
the jumping of energy at a particular point, which indicates the location of the petal in
our lotus. Thus we have located our Vam petal in the lotus. Mentally bow down to the
divinity residing there saying „Vam Namah‟.
Now chant Sam/शॊ beej five times with longer intonation (stress on the end „Ma‟
sound as we close our lips to finish).This will charge that particular petal. It will
should us the area in which it lies in our body. Once the area is located, repeat the
Vam beej chanting for Sam 1, Sam 2……..Sam 11. If one is sensitive enough, one will
start feeling the jumping of energy at a second point, which indicates the location of
the petal in our lotus…..experience. Thus you have located your Sam petal in the
lotus. Mentally bow down to the divinity residing there saying „Sam Namah‟.
Now chant third beej ṡam/ षॊ five times with longer intonation (stress on the end „Ma‟
sound as we close our lips to finish).This will charge that particular petal. It will
should us the area in which it lies in our body. Once the area is located, repeat the
Vam beej chanting for ṡam 1, ṡam 2……..ṡam 11. Experience….one will start feeling
the jumping of energy at a third point, which indicates the location of the third petal in
our lotus. Thus you have located your third ṡam petal in the lotus. Mentally bow
down to the divinity residing there saying „ṡam Namah‟.
Now chant ṡam/सॊ beej five times with longer intonation (stress on the end „Ma‟
sound as we close our lips to finish).This will charge that particular petal. It will
should us the area in which it lies in our body. Once the area is located, repeat the
Vam beej chanting for ṡam 1, ṡam 2……..ṡam 11. Thus feel the jumping of energy at
fourth point, which indicates the location of the fourth petal in our
lotus…..experience. Thus you have located your fourth ṡam petal in the lotus.
Mentally bow down to the divinity residing there saying „ṡam Namah‟.
Now chant the matrikas or seed syllables inpairs as below to experience activation of
the petals:
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Opposite pairs-I: Vam/ वॊ, ṣam/षॊ (11 times).
Opposite pairs-II: ṡam/ शॊ‚ Sam/सॊ (11 times)
Thus we experienced all the four petals of the Swadhishthan. We will stop the
preliminary practice of this chakra here only. We will do the advanced visualization
of chakra in further higher practice.
Flex your toes and fingers. Become aware of your surroundings, sounds, people,
objects etc. Rub both of your hands, cup each eye with it and slowly open both eyes.
Whole body is relaxed and mind is at peace. Chant „Om‟ and thank the supreme for
the time and surroundings to make this dhyan or meditation possible….Om!
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14. Kundlini Sadhana-Swadhishthan Chakra:
Deep breathing (slow)-3 times; Anulom Viloma – 5 times; Ashwini Mudra – 108
times.
Watch your breath through nose. Change your breath to right nasal passage while
sitting by putting hands in Bhairav Mudra (right upward pointing palm on the left
hand upward pointing in the lap). Observe the breath. Once it starts flowing in the
right passage, change the hands to opposite i.e. left hand over the right hand in the lap,
which is called Bhairavi Mudra. This will change the breath to the left nasal passage.
Slowly bring your attention to the tip of the nose and hold the consciousness there for
some time. The breath will start to centralize and madhya nadi or Shunya nadi or
Sushumana will start operating. As the Sushumana starts operating keep yourself
centred and proceed on the sadhana as below:
Chant „Vam/ वॊ‟ (in the lower swar or „Re/ ये ‟ of the Indian music system) beej from
the gut strongly with simultaneous contraction of the anus or guda/गुदा while stressing
on the end sound of „Ma/ भ‟. Feel it hit the middle of the Mooladhar or center of the
lotus and shoot up the enrgy into Sushumana to Sahasrar. Do it three times to energize
the bindu of the lotus.
Start opening the central bindu and become aware of the dhoomra (smoky) lingam
there. The lingam is not well outlined or clear similar to the ignorance of the
consciousness of the beginner here. Wrapped around the lingam, is the baby snake
representing the Kundlini Shakti/ Power. The Parashakti is drowned here in the ocean
of maya or illusion after descending form the highest state of oneness.
The six petal blue lotus of Swadhishthan, with ocean in moonlit night in its center
karnika. In the middle is the Vam beej astride a crocodile on an eight petal lotus. The
beej mantra Shakti of „Vam/ वॊ‟ resides here. It is encircled by six shaktis located on
the petals of the lotus namely bam/फॊ, bham/बॊ‚ mam/भॊ‚ yam/मॊ, ram/यॊ , lam/रॊ
respectively. All chantings should be done here in the „re/ये ‟ swara of Indian music
system.
Chant Vam/ beej and feel the beej strike the middle of the lotus. Repeat it five times
and experience the location of the area of the lotus.
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These attribute, with the help of sadhana/austerity, is converted to love/ प्रेभ,
fearlessness/अबम, free of passion and worldly attachements/ववयतत,
Harmlessness/अदहॊसा, friendship/भैत्री, Compassion, pity/करुणा respectively.
The sense organ is Tongue, Action organ is organs of procreation, Kosha is Pran-
maya, Tanmatra is Taste, Vayu is Vyan(one of the main five pranas which moves in
the whole body), Realm is Bhuvar-lok, Divinity is lord Vishnu and Female aspect is
Rakini and seed is Vam/वॊ.
While chanting the beej, rotate the Vam/वॊ beej in clockwise direction a number of
times (as many times as possible) on the periphery of the lotus circumference slowly.
Repeat it three times. Thus charge all the six petals of the lotus.
Now chant Bam/फॊ beej five times with longer intonation (stress on the end „Ma‟
sound as we close our lips to finish).This will charge that particular petal. It will
should us the area in which it lies in our body. Once the area is located, repeat the
Vam beej chanting for Bam/फॊ1, Bam/फॊ2……..Bam/फॊ11. If one is sensitive enough,
here also one will start feeling the jumping of energy at a particular point, which
indicates the location of the petal in our lotus. Thus we have located our first Bam/फॊ
petal in the lotus. Mentally bow down to the divinity residing there saying „Bam/फॊ
Namah‟.
Now chant bham/बॊbeej five times with longer intonation (stress on the end „Ma‟
sound as we close our lips to finish).This will charge that particular petal. It will
should us the area in which it lies in our body. Once the area is located, repeat the
Bam/बॊ beej chanting for Bham/बॊ 1, Bham/बॊ 2……..Bham/बॊ 11. If one is sensitive
enough, one will start feeling the jumping of energy at a second point, which indicates
the location of the petal in our lotus…..experience. Thus you have located your
second Bham/बॊ petal in the lotus. Mentally bow down to the divinity residing there
saying „Bham/बॊ Namah‟.
Now chant third beej mam/भॊ five times with longer intonation (stress on the end
„Ma‟ sound as we close our lips to finish).This will charge that particular petal. It will
should us the area in which it lies in our body. Once the area is located, repeat the
Vam beej chanting formam 1, mam 2……..mam 11. Experience….one will start feeling
the jumping of energy at a third point, which indicates the location of the third petal in
our lotus. Thus you have located your thirdmam petal in the lotus. Mentally bow
down to the divinity residing there saying „mam Namah‟.
Now chant yam/मॊ beej five times with longer intonation (stress on the end „Ma‟
sound as we close our lips to finish).This will charge that particular petal. It will
should us the area in which it lies in our body. Once the area is located, repeat the
Vam beej chanting for yam 1, yam 2……..yam 11. Thus feel the jumping of energy at
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fourth point, which indicates the location of the fourth petal in our
lotus…..experience. Thus you have located your fourth yam petal in the lotus.
Mentally bow down to the divinity residing there saying „yam Namah‟.
Now chant Ram/ यॊ beej five times with longer intonation (stress on the end „Ma‟
sound as we close our lips to finish).This will charge that particular petal. It will
should us the area in which it lies in our body. Once the area is located, repeat the
Vam beej chanting for ram 1, ram 2……..ram 11. Thus feel the jumping of energy at
fifth point, which indicates the location of the fifth petal in our lotus…..experience.
Thus you have located your fifth ram petal in the lotus. Mentally bow down to the
divinity residing there saying „ram Namah‟.
Now chant lam/ रॊ beej five times with longer intonation (stress on the end „Ma‟
sound as we close our lips to finish).This will charge that particular petal. It will
should us the area in which it lies in our body. Once the area is located, repeat the
Vam beej chanting for lam 1, lam 2……..lam 11. Thus feel the jumping of energy at
fifth point, which indicates the location of the sixth petal in our lotus…..experience.
Thus you have located your sixth ram petal in the lotus. Mentally bow down to the
divinity residing there saying „lam Namah‟.
Now rotate the beejas in anti-clockwise direction (lam/रॊ, ram/यॊ , yam/मॊ, mam/भॊ‚
bham/बॊ‚ bam/फॊ) x 11
Bam-Yam…….11 times
Bham-Ram……11 times
Mam-Lam……..11 times.
Thus we experienced all the six petals of the Swadhishthan. We will stop the
preliminary practice of this chakra here only. We will do the advanced visualization
of chakra in further higher practice.
Flex your toes and fingers. Become aware of your surroundings, sounds, people,
objects etc. Rub both of your hands, cup each eye with it and slowly open both eyes.
Whole body is relaxed and mind is at peace. Chant „Om‟ and thank the supreme for
the time and surroundings to make this dhyan or meditation possible….Om!
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15. Kundlini Sadhana-Manipur Chakra:
Deep breathing (slow)-3 times; Anulom Viloma – 5 times; Ashwini Mudra – 108
times.
Watch your breath through nose. Change your breath to right nasal passage while
sitting by putting hands in Bhairav Mudra (right upward pointing palm on the left
hand upward pointing in the lap). Observe the breath. Once it starts flowing in the
right passage, change the hands to opposite i.e. left hand over the right hand in the lap,
which is called Bhairavi Mudra. This will change the breath to the left nasal passage.
Slowly bring your attention to the tip of the nose and hold the consciousness there for
some time. The breath will start to centralize and Madhya nadi or Shunya nadi or
Sushumana will start operating. As the Sushumana starts operating keep yourself
centred and proceed on the sadhana as below:
Chant fire-seed „ram/यॊ ‟ (in the lower swar or „Ga/ग‟ of the Indian music system) beej
from the gut strongly with simultaneous contraction of the anus or guda/गुदा while
stressing on the end sound of „Ma/भ‟. Feel it hit the middle of the Manipur‟s center of
the lotus and shooting up the enrgy through Sushumana. Do it three times to energize
the center of the lotus.
Start concentrating on the central point and of the red triangle with three gates on the
three sides and Ram beej/seed located in it.
The ten petal red lotus of Mooladhar is the abode of Rudra. The beej mantra Shakti of
„ram/यॊ ‟ resides here. It is encircled by ten shaktis located on the petals of the lotus in
clockwise direction, namely dam/डॊ, dham/ढॊ ‚ ņam/णॊ‚ tam/तॊ, tham/थॊ, dam/दॊ
dham/धॊ, nam/ नॊ, Pam/ऩॊ and fam/पॊ respectively. All chantings should be done here
in the „Ma/भ‟ swara of Indian music system.
Chant ram/यॊ beej and feel the beej strike the middle of the lotus. Repeat it five times
and experience the location of the area of the lotus.
Become aware of this lotus of Manipur, a city of the jewels. It‟s a place of digestive
fire and karmas of the past. The basic attribute of this lotus is Doubt/सन्दे ह, and
Deliberation or reflection/ववचाय Through austerity it has to be transformed
into श्रिा/Trust worthiness, faith and वववेक/discrimination.
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The sense organ is Tongue, Action organ is organs of procreation, Kosha is Pran-
maya, Tanmatra is Taste, Vayu is Vyan (one of the main five pranas which moves in
the whole body), Realm is Bhuvar-lok, Divinity is lord Vishnu and Feminine aspect is
Rakini and seed is Vam.
While chanting the beej, rotate the Ram beej in clockwise direction a number of times
(as many times as possible) on the periphery of the lotus circumference slowly.
Repeat it three times. Thus charge all the six petals of the lotus.
Now chant dam/डॊ beej five times with longer intonation (stress on the end „Ma‟
sound as we close our lips to finish).This will charge that particular petal. It will
should us the area in which it lies in our body. Once the area is located, repeat the
Vam beej chanting for dam1/डॊ, dam2/डॊ…….. dam11/डॊ. If one is sensitive enough, here
also one will start feeling the jumping of energy at a particular point, which indicates
the location of the petal in our lotus. Thus we have located our first dam/डॊ petal in the
lotus. Mentally bow down to the divinity residing there saying „dam/डॊ Namah‟.
Now chant ḍam/ढॊ beej five times with longer intonation (stress on the end „Ma‟
sound as we close our lips to finish).This will charge that particular petal. It will
should us the area in which it lies in our body. Once the area is located, repeat the
Vam beej chanting for ḍam/ ढॊ 1, ḍam / ढॊ 2…….. ḍam/ ढॊ 11. If one is sensitive enough,
one will start feeling the jumping of energy at a second point, which indicates the
location of the petal in our lotus…..experience. Thus you have located your second
ḍam/ढॊ petal in the lotus. Mentally bow down to the divinity residing there saying
„ḍam/ढॊ Namah‟.
Now chant third beej ņam/णॊ five times with longer intonation (stress on the end „Ma‟
sound as we close our lips to finish).This will charge that particular petal. It will
should us the area in which it lies in our body. Once the area is located, repeat the
Vam beej chanting for ņam/णॊ 1, ņam/णॊ 2……..ņam/णॊ 11. Experience….one will start
feeling the jumping of energy at a third point, which indicates the location of the third
petal in our lotus. Thus you have located your third ņam/णॊ petal in the lotus.
Mentally bow down to the divinity residing there saying „ņam/णॊ Namah‟.
Now chant tam/तॊ beej five times with longer intonation (stress on the end „Ma‟
sound as we close our lips to finish).This will charge that particular petal. It will
should us the area in which it lies in our body. Once the area is located, repeat the
tam/तॊ beej chanting for tam/तॊ 1, tam/तॊ 2…….. tam/तॊ 11. Thus feel the jumping of
energy at fourth point, which indicates the location of the fourth petal in our
lotus…..experience. Thus you have located your fourth tam/तॊ petal in the lotus.
Mentally bow down to the divinity residing there saying „tam/तॊ Namah‟.
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Now chant tham/थॊ beej five times with longer intonation (stress on the end „Ma‟
sound as we close our lips to finish).This will charge that particular petal. It will
should us the area in which it lies in our body. Once the area is located, repeat the
Vam beej chanting for tham/थॊ 1, tham/ थॊ 2…….. tham/ थॊ 11. Thus feel the jumping of
energy at fifth point, which indicates the location of the fifth petal in our
lotus…..experience. Thus you have located your fifth tham/ थॊ petal in the lotus.
Mentally bow down to the divinity residing there saying „tham/ थॊ Namah‟.
Now chant dam/दॊ beej five times with longer intonation (stress on the end „Ma‟
sound as we close our lips to finish).This will charge that particular petal. It will
should us the area in which it lies in our body. Once the area is located, repeat the
dam/दॊ beej chanting for dam/दॊ 1, dam/दॊ 2…….. dam/दॊ 11. Thus feel the jumping of
energy at fifth point, which indicates the location of the sixth petal in our
lotus…..experience. Thus you have located your sixth dam/दॊ petal in the lotus.
Mentally bow down to the divinity residing there saying „dam/दॊ Namah‟.
Now chant dham/धॊ beej five times with longer intonation (stress on the end „Ma‟
sound as we close our lips to finish).This will charge that particular petal. It will
should us the area in which it lies in our body. Once the area is located, repeat the
dham/धॊ beej chanting for dham/धॊ1, dham/धॊ2…….. dham/धॊ11. Thus feel the jumping
of energy at fifth point, which indicates the location of the seventh petal in our
lotus…..experience. Thus you have located your seventh dham/धॊ petal in the lotus.
Mentally bow down to the divinity residing there saying „dham/धॊ Namah‟.
Now chant nam/नॊ beej five times with longer intonation (stress on the end „Ma‟
sound as we close our lips to finish).This will charge that particular petal. It will
should us the area in which it lies in our body. Once the area is located, repeat the
nam/नॊ beej chanting for nam/नॊ1, nam/नॊ2…….. nam/नॊ 11. Thus feel the jumping of
energy at fifth point, which indicates the location of the eighth petal in our
lotus…..experience. Thus you have located your eighth nam/नॊ petal in the lotus.
Mentally bow down to the divinity residing there saying „nam/नॊ Namah‟.
Now chant Pam/ऩॊ beej five times with longer intonation (stress on the end „Ma‟
sound as we close our lips to finish).This will charge that particular petal. It will
should us the area in which it lies in our body. Once the area is located, repeat the
Pam/ऩॊ beej chanting for Pam/ऩॊ1, Pam/ऩॊ2…….. Pam/ऩॊ11. Thus feel the jumping of
energy at fifth point, which indicates the location of the ninth petal in our
lotus…..experience. Thus you have located your ninth Pam/ऩॊ petal in the lotus.
Mentally bow down to the divinity residing there saying „Pam/ऩॊ Namah‟.
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Now chant Pham/पॊ beej five times with longer intonation (stress on the end „Ma‟
sound as we close our lips to finish).This will charge that particular petal. It will
should us the area in which it lies in our body. Once the area is located, repeat the
Pham/पॊ beej chanting for Pham/पॊ1, Pham/पॊ2…….. Pham/पॊ11. Thus feel the jumping
of energy at fifth point, which indicates the location of the tenth petal in our
lotus…..experience. Thus you have located your tenth Pham/पॊ petal in the lotus.
Mentally bow down to the divinity residing there saying „Pham/पॊ Namah‟.
(dam/डॊ, ḍam/ढॊ ‚ ņam/णॊ‚ tam/तॊ, tham/थॊ, dam/दॊ , dham/धॊ, nam/नॊ, Pam/ऩॊ and
Pham/पॊ) x 11.
Now feel the petals vibrating in pairs by chanting following combinations, feeling the
opposite direction petals jumping and vibrating.
Thus we experienced all the ten petals of the Manipur. We will stop the preliminary
practice of this chakra here only. We will do the advanced visualization of chakra in
further higher practice.
Flex your toes and fingers. Become aware of your surroundings, sounds, people,
objects etc. Rub both of your hands, cup each eye with it and slowly open both eyes.
Whole body is relaxed and mind is at peace. Chant „Om‟ and thank the supreme for
the time and surroundings to make this dhyan or meditation possible….Om!.
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16. Kundlini Sadhana-Anahat Chakra:
Deep breathing (slow)-3 times; Anulom Viloma – 5 times; Ashwini Mudra – 108
times.
Watch your breath through nose. Change your breath to right nasal passage while
sitting by putting hands in Bhairav Mudra (right upward pointing palm on the left
hand upward pointing in the lap). Observe the breath. Once it starts flowing in the
right passage, change the hands to opposite i.e. left hand over the right hand in the lap,
which is called Bhairavi Mudra. This will change the breath to the left nasal passage.
Slowly bring your attention to the tip of the nose and hold the consciousness there for
some time. The breath will start to centralize and madhya nadi or Shunya nadi or
Sushumana will start operating. As the Sushumana starts operating keep yourself
centred and proceeds on the sadhana as below:
Chant air-seed „yam/मॊ‟ (in the lower swar or „ma/भॊ ‟ of the Indian music system)
beej from the gut strongly with simultaneous contraction of the anus or guda/गुदा
while stressing on the end sound of „Ma/भॊ‟. Feel it hit the middle of the Anahat‟s
lotus center and shooting up the enrgy through Sushumana. Do it three times to
energize the center of the lotus.
Now chant kam/कॊ beej five times with longer intonation (stress on the end „Ma‟
sound as we close our lips to finish).This will charge that particular petal. It will
should us the area in which it lies in our body. Once the area is located, repeat the
kam/कॊ beej chanting for kam/कॊ1, kam/कॊ2…….. kam/कॊ11. Thus feel the jumping of
energy at first point, which indicates the location of the 1st petal in our
lotus…..experience. Thus you have located your 1st kam/कॊ petal in the lotus.
Mentally bow down to the divinity residing there saying „kam/कॊ Namah‟.
Now chant kham/खॊ beej five times with longer intonation (stress on the end „Ma‟
sound as we close our lips to finish).This will charge that particular petal. It will
should us the area in which it lies in our body. Once the area is located, repeat the
kham/खॊ beej chanting for kham/खॊ1, kham/खॊ2…….. kham/खॊ11. Thus feel the jumping
of energy at second point, which indicates the location of the 2nd petal in our
lotus…..experience. Thus you have located your 2nd kham/खॊ petal in the lotus.
Mentally bow down to the divinity residing there saying „kham/खॊ Namah‟.
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Now chant gam/गॊ beej five times with longer intonation (stress on the end „Ma‟
sound as we close our lips to finish).This will charge that particular petal. It will
should us the area in which it lies in our body. Once the area is located, repeat the
gam/गॊ beej chanting for gam/गॊ1, gam/गॊ2…….. gam/गॊ11. Thus feel the jumping of
energy at third point, which indicates the location of the 3rd petal in our
lotus…..experience. Thus you have located your 3rd gam/गॊ petal in the lotus.
Mentally bow down to the divinity residing there saying „gam/गॊ Namah‟.
Now chant gham/घॊ beej five times with longer intonation (stress on the end „Ma‟
sound as we close our lips to finish).This will charge that particular petal. It will
should us the area in which it lies in our body. Once the area is located, repeat the
gham/घॊ beej chanting for gham/घॊ1, gham/घॊ2…….. gham/घॊ11. Thus feel the jumping
of energy at fourth point, which indicates the location of the 4th petal in our
lotus…..experience. Thus you have located your 4th gham/घॊ petal in the lotus.
Mentally bow down to the divinity residing there saying „gham/घॊ Namah‟.
Now chant ṅam/ ङॊ beej five times with longer intonation (stress on the end „Ma‟
sound as we close our lips to finish).This will charge that particular petal. It will
should us the area in which it lies in our body. Once the area is located, repeat the
ṅam/ ङॊ beej chanting for ṅam/ ङॊ1, ṅam/ ङॊ2…….. ṅam/ ङॊ11. Thus feel the jumping of
energy at fifth point, which indicates the location of the 5th petal in our
lotus…..experience. Thus you have located your 5th ṅam/ ङॊ petal in the lotus.
Mentally bow down to the divinity residing there saying „ṅam/ ङॊ Namah‟.
Now chant cam/ चॊ beej five times with longer intonation (stress on the end „Ma‟
sound as we close our lips to finish).This will charge that particular petal. It will
should us the area in which it lies in our body. Once the area is located, repeat the
cam/ चॊ beej chanting for cam/ चॊ1, cam/ चॊ2…….. cam/ चॊ 11. Thus feel the jumping of
energy at sixth point, which indicates the location of the 6th petal in our
lotus…..experience. Thus you have located your 6th cam/ चॊ petal in the lotus.
Mentally bow down to the divinity residing there saying „cam/ चॊ Namah‟.
Now chant cham/ छॊ beej five times with longer intonation (stress on the end „Ma‟
sound as we close our lips to finish).This will charge that particular petal. It will
should us the area in which it lies in our body. Once the area is located, repeat the
cham/ छॊ beej chanting for cham/ छॊ 1, cham/ छॊ 2…….. cham/ छॊ 11. Thus feel the
jumping of energy at seventh point, which indicates the location of the 7th petal in our
lotus…..experience. Thus you have located your 7th cham/ छॊ petal in the lotus.
Mentally bow down to the divinity residing there saying „cham/ छॊ Namah‟.
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Now chant jam/ जॊ beej five times with longer intonation (stress on the end „Ma‟
sound as we close our lips to finish).This will charge that particular petal. It will
should us the area in which it lies in our body. Once the area is located, repeat the
jam/ जॊ beej chanting for jam/ जॊ1, jam/ जॊ2…….. jam/ जॊ11. Thus feel the jumping of
energy at eighth point, which indicates the location of the 8th petal in our
lotus…..experience. Thus you have located your 8th jam/ जॊ petal in the lotus.
Mentally bow down to the divinity residing there saying „jam/ जॊ Namah‟.
Now chant Jham/ झॊ beej five times with longer intonation (stress on the end „Ma‟
sound as we close our lips to finish).This will charge that particular petal. It will
should us the area in which it lies in our body. Once the area is located, repeat the
Jham/ झॊ beej chanting for Jham/ झॊ 1, Jham/ झॊ 2…….. Jham/ झॊ 11. Thus feel the
jumping of energy at ninth point, which indicates the location of the 9th petal in our
lotus…..experience. Thus you have located your 9th Jham/ झॊ petal in the lotus.
Mentally bow down to the divinity residing there saying „Jham/ झॊ Namah‟.
Now chant am/ञॊ beej five times with longer intonation (stress on the end „Ma‟
sound as we close our lips to finish).This will charge that particular petal. It will
should us the area in which it lies in our body. Once the area is located, repeat the
am/ञॊ beej chanting for am/ञॊ1, am/ञॊ2…….. am/ञॊ11. Thus feel the jumping of
energy at tenth point, which indicates the location of the 10th petal in our
lotus…..experience. Thus you have located your 10th am/ञॊ petal in the lotus.
Mentally bow down to the divinity residing there saying „ am/ञॊ Namah‟.
Now chant ṭam/टॊ beej five times with longer intonation (stress on the end „Ma‟
sound as we close our lips to finish).This will charge that particular petal. It will
should us the area in which it lies in our body. Once the area is located, repeat the
ṭam/टॊ beej chanting for ṭam/टॊ 1, ṭam/टॊ 2…….. ṭam/टॊ 11. Thus feel the jumping of
energy at eleventh point, which indicates the location of the 11th petal in our
lotus…..experience. Thus you have located your 11th ṭam/टॊ petal in the lotus.
Mentally bow down to the divinity residing there saying ṭam/टॊ Namah‟.
Now chant ṭham/ठॊ beej five times with longer intonation (stress on the end „Ma‟
sound as we close our lips to finish).This will charge that particular petal. It will
should us the area in which it lies in our body. Once the area is located, repeat the
ṭham/ठॊ beej chanting for ṭham/ठॊ 1, ṭham/ठॊ 2…….. ṭham/ठॊ 11. Thus feel the jumping of
energy at twelveth point, which indicates the location of the 12th petal in our
lotus…..experience. Thus you have located your 12th ṭham/ठॊ petal in the lotus.
Mentally bow down to the divinity residing there saying ṭham/ठॊ Namah‟.
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(kam/ कॊ, kham/ खॊ, gam/ गॊ, gham/ घॊ, ṅam/ ङॊ, cam/ चॊ, cham/ छॊ , jam/ जॊ, Jham/ झॊ,
am / ञॊ, ṭam/ टॊ , ṭham/ ठॊ ) x 11 times.
(ṭham/ठॊ , ṭam/टॊ , am/ञॊ, Jham/झॊ, jam/जॊ, cham/छॊ , cam/चॊ, dam/ङॊ, gham/घॊ, gam/गॊ,
kham/खॊ, kam/कॊ) x 11.
Thus we experienced all the twelve petals of the Anahat. We will stop the preliminary
pratice of this chakra here only. We will do the advanced visualization of chakra in
further higher practice.
Flex your toes and fingers. Become aware of your surroundings, sounds, people,
objects etc. Rub both of your hands, cup each eye with it and slowly open both eyes.
Whole body is relaxed and mind is at peace. Chant „Om‟ and thank the supreme for
the time and surroundings to make this dhyan or meditation possible….Om!
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17. Kundlini Sadhana-Vishudhi Chakra:
Chant space-seed „ham/ हॊ ‟ (in the lower swar or „pa/ ऩ ‟ of the Indian music system)
beej from the gut strongly with simultaneous contraction of the anus or guda/गुदा
while stressing on the end sound of „Ma/ भॊ‟. Feel it hit the middle of the Vishudhi‟s
lotus center and shooting up the enrgy through Sushumana. Do it three times to
energize the center of the lotus.
Arriving at the top of the Vishudhi, now rotate the energy anti clockwise over all the
petals of the lotus namely am/अॊ, आॊ, i/इॊ, ईं, u/उॊ , u ऊॊ, rim/ ऋॊ, कॊ, lrim/
ऌॊ , खॊ , aim/एॊ, Æm/ऐॊ, ôn/ओॊ, aun/औॊ, an/अॊ, ah/ अ्and suck their energy also in
to the fold of Kundlini. These are all the vowels without them nothing will be possible
in the cosmic creation. They represent moon which is responsible for putting nectar in
to all the creation. Basic attribute of this chakra is Atmic power. Full development of
it leads a sadhak to realm of Atma.
It‟s a lotus of the space element, and sense attached with it hearing and its indriya
being Karn/ ear. Karm Indriya is vocal chord, while tanmatra is Shabd. It represents
Vijyanmaya kosha and is place for Udan vayu, one of the five major pranas in our
subtle body. It also represents realm of Janahlok and its beej is Ham. Its lord is
Sadashiv devi is Sakini. Animal spirit reigning in this lotus is Elephant/Airawat.
Now chant am/अॊ beej five times with longer intonation (stress on the end „Ma‟ sound
as we close our lips to finish).This will charge that particular petal. It will should us
the area in which it lies in our body. Once the area is located, repeat the am/अॊ beej
chanting for am/अॊ1, am/अॊ2…….. am/अॊ11. Thus feel the jumping of energy at first
point, which indicates the location of the 1st petal in our lotus…..experience. Thus
you have located your 1st am/अॊ petal in the lotus.
Now chant m/ आॊ beej five times with longer intonation (stress on the end „Ma‟
sound as we close our lips to finish).This will charge that particular petal. It will
should us the area in which it lies in our body. Once the area is located, repeat the
/आॊ beej chanting for /आॊ1, /आॊ2…….. /आॊ11. Thus feel the jumping of
energy at second point, which indicates the location of the 2nd petal in our
lotus…..experience. Thus you have located your 2nd /आॊ petal in the lotus.
Mentally bow down to the divinity residing there saying „ /आॊ Namah‟.
Now chant im/इॊ beej five times with longer intonation (stress on the end „Ma‟ sound
as we close our lips to finish).This will charge that particular petal. It will should us
the area in which it lies in our body. Once the area is located, repeat the im/इॊ beej
chanting for im/इॊ1, im/इॊ2…….. im/इॊ 11. Thus feel the jumping of energy at third point,
which indicates the location of the 3rd petal in our lotus…..experience. Thus you have
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located your 3rd im/इॊ petal in the lotus. Mentally bow down to the divinity residing
there saying „im/इॊ Namah‟.
Now chant îm/ईं beej five times with longer intonation (stress on the end „Ma‟ sound
as we close our lips to finish).This will charge that particular petal. It will should us
the area in which it lies in our body. Once the area is located, repeat the îm/ईं beej
chanting for îm/ईं1, îm/ईं2…….. îm/ईं 11. Thus feel the jumping of energy at fourth
point, which indicates the location of the 4th petal in our lotus…..experience. Thus
you have located your 4th îm/ईं petal in the lotus. Mentally bow down to the divinity
residing there saying „îm/ईं Namah‟.
Now chant um/उॊ beej five times with longer intonation (stress on the end „Ma‟ sound
as we close our lips to finish).This will charge that particular petal. It will should us
the area in which it lies in our body. Once the area is located, repeat the um/उॊ beej
chanting for um/उॊ 1, um/उॊ 2…….. um/उॊ 11. Thus feel the jumping of energy at fifth
point, which indicates the location of the 5th petal in our lotus…..experience. Thus
you have located your 5th um/उॊ petal in the lotus. Mentally bow down to the divinity
residing there saying „um/उॊ Namah‟.
Now chant ūm/ऊॊ beej five times with longer intonation (stress on the end „Ma‟ sound
as we close our lips to finish).This will charge that particular petal. It will should us
the area in which it lies in our body. Once the area is located, repeat the ūm/ऊॊ beej
chanting for ūm/ऊॊ1, ūm/ऊॊ2…….. ūm/ऊॊ 11. Thus feel the jumping of energy at sixth
point, which indicates the location of the 6th petal in our lotus…..experience. Thus
you have located your 6th ūm/ऊॊ petal in the lotus. Mentally bow down to the divinity
residing there saying „ūm/ऊॊ Namah‟.
Now chant rim/ऋॊ beej five times with longer intonation (stress on the end „Ma‟
sound as we close our lips to finish).This will charge that particular petal. It will
should us the area in which it lies in our body. Once the area is located, repeat the
rim/ऋॊ beej chanting for rim/ऋॊ1, rim/ऋॊ2…….. rim/ऋॊ11. Thus feel the jumping of
energy at seventh point, which indicates the location of the 7th petal in our
lotus…..experience. Thus you have located your 7th rim/ऋॊ petal in the lotus.
Mentally bow down to the divinity residing there saying „rim/ऋॊ Namah‟.
Now chant reem/कॊ beej five times with longer intonation (stress on the end „Ma‟
sound as we close our lips to finish).This will charge that particular petal. It will
should us the area in which it lies in our body. Once the area is located, repeat the
reem/कॊ beej chanting for reem/कॊ1, reem/क2…….. reem/कॊ11. Thus feel the jumping
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of energy at eighth point, which indicates the location of the 8th petal in our
lotus…..experience. Thus you have located your 8th reem/कॊ petal in the lotus.
Mentally bow down to the divinity residing there saying „reem/कॊ Namah‟
Now chant lrim/ऌॊ beej five times with longer intonation (stress on the end „Ma‟
sound as we close our lips to finish). This will charge that particular petal. It will
should us the area in which it lies in our body. Once the area is located, repeat the
lrim/ऌॊ beej chanting for lrim/ऌॊ 1, lrim/ऌॊ 2…….. lrim/ऌॊ 11. Thus feel the jumping of
energy at ninth point, which indicates the location of the 9th petal in our
lotus…..experience. Thus you have located your 9th lrim/ऌॊ petal in the lotus.
Mentally bow down to the divinity residing there saying „lrim/ऌॊ Namah‟.
Now chant l eem/खॊ beej five times with longer intonation (stress on the end „Ma‟
sound as we close our lips to finish). This will charge that particular petal. It will
should us the area in which it lies in our body. Once the area is located, repeat the
ee /खॊ beej chanting for ee /खॊ 1, ee /खॊ 2…….. ee /ऌॊ 11. Thus feel the
jumping of energy at tenth point, which indicates the location of the 10th petal in our
lotus…..experience. Thus you have located your 10th ee /खॊ petal in the lotus.
Mentally bow down to the divinity residing there saying „ ee /खॊ Namah‟.
Now chant em/एॊ beej five times with longer intonation (stress on the end „Ma‟ sound
as we close our lips to finish). This will charge that particular petal. It will should us
the area in which it lies in our body. Once the area is located, repeat the e/एॊ beej
chanting for em/एॊ1, em/एॊ2…….. em/एॊ11. Thus feel the jumping of energy at eleventh
point, which indicates the location of the 11th petal in our lotus…..experience. Thus
you have located your 1th em/एॊ petal in the lotus. Mentally bow down to the divinity
residing there saying „em/एॊ Namah‟.
Now chant æm/ऐॊ beej five times with longer intonation (stress on the end „Ma‟ sound
as we close our lips to finish). This will charge that particular petal. It will should us
the area in which it lies in our body. Once the area is located, repeat the æ:/ऐॊ beej
chanting for æm/ऐॊ1, æm/ऐॊ2…….. æm/ऐॊ11. Thus feel the jumping of energy at
twelveth point, which indicates the location of the 12th petal in our
lotus…..experience. Thus you have located your 12th æm/ऐॊ petal in the lotus.
Mentally bow down to the divinity residing there saying „æm/ऐॊ Namah‟.
Now chant Ôn/ओॊ beej five times with longer intonation (stress on the end „Ma‟
sound as we close our lips to finish). This will charge that particular petal. It will
should us the area in which it lies in our body. Once the area is located, repeat the Ôn/
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ओॊ beej chanting for Ôn/ओॊ1, Ôn/ओॊ2…….. Ôn/ओॊ11. Thus feel the jumping of energy
at thirteenth point, which indicates the location of the 13th petal in our
lotus…..experience. Thus you have located your 13th Ôn/ओॊ petal in the lotus.
Mentally bow down to the divinity residing there saying „Ôn/ओॊ Namah‟.
Now chant aun/औॊ beej five times with longer intonation (stress on the end „Ma‟
sound as we close our lips to finish). This will charge that particular petal. It will
should us the area in which it lies in our body. Once the area is located, repeat the
aun/औॊ beej chanting for aun/औॊ1, aun/औॊ2…….. aun/औॊ11. Thus feel the jumping of
energy at fourteenth point, which indicates the location of the 14th petal in our
lotus…..experience. Thus you have located your 14th aun/औॊ petal in the lotus.
Mentally bow down to the divinity residing there saying „aun/औॊ Namah‟.
Now chant an/अॊ beej five times with longer intonation (stress on the end „Ma‟ sound
with open lips to finish). This will charge that particular petal. It will show us the area
in which it lies in our body. Once the area is located, repeat the an/अॊ beej chanting
for an/अॊ1, an/अॊ2…….. an/अॊ11. Thus feel the jumping of energy at fifteenth point,
which indicates the location of the 15th petal in our lotus…..experience. Thus you
have located your 15th an/अॊ petal in the lotus. Mentally bow down to the divinity
residing there saying „an/अॊ Namah‟.
Now chant ah/आ: beej five times with longer intonation (stress on the end „ha‟ sound
with open lips to finish). This will charge that particular petal. It will should us the
area in which it lies in our body. Once the area is located, repeat the ah/आ: beej
chanting for ah/आ:1, ah/आ:2……..ah/आ:11. Thus feel the jumping of energy at
sixteenth point, which indicates the location of the 16th petal in our
lotus…..experience. Thus you have located your 16th ah/आ: petal in the lotus.
Mentally bow down to the divinity residing there saying „ah/आ: Namah‟.
अॊ, आॊ, इॊ, ईं, उॊ , ऊॊ, ऋॊ, कॊ, ऌॊ , खॊ , एॊ, ऐॊ, ओॊ, औ, अॊ, अ्)…..11 times.
(Am, aam, im. Îm, u ū , rim, eem, lrim, L eem, em, æm, Ôn, aum, an, ah) x11
times.
(अ्, अॊ, औ, ओॊ, ऐॊ, एॊ, खॊ , ऌॊ , ऋॊ, कॊ, ऊॊ, उॊ , ईं, इॊ, आॊ, अॊ)........11 times.
(ah, ang, aum, Ôn, æm, em, L eem, lrim, eem, rim, ū um, Îm, im, aam, Am) x11
times.
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Now repeat the mantra chanting in pairs as below:
Thus we experienced all the sixteen petals of the Vishudhi. We will stop the
preliminary practice of this chakra here only. We will do the advanced visualization
of chakra in further higher practice.
Flex your toes and fingers. Become aware of your surroundings, sounds, people,
objects etc. Rub both of your hands, cup each eye with it and slowly open both eyes.
Whole body is relaxed and mind is at peace. Chant „Om‟ and thank the supreme for
the time and surroundings to make this dhyan or meditation possible….Om!.
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18. Kundlini Sadhana-Ajna Chakra:
Hold your elbows at the back with opposite hands. Slowly inhale fully. Hold your
breath and bend forward as if touching head to the floor. Maintain this position as
long as conveniently possible. When you cannot hold any longer slowly come up
exhaling to start position again. It will give a feeling heaviness, gathering of energy
etc in the eyebrow centre, chakra of Ajna. Repeat it 05 times to accentuate this feeling
further so that the point of Ajna chakra is clearly experienced.
Now breathe 11 times horizontally through this point which we are feeling now in the
eye brow center. Inhale through front all the way to the back of the head and then
exhale through front again.
Ajna has two petals, one represents Ham and other represents Ksham, one represents
light other darkness, one represents knowledge and other ignorance.
Chant Ham/हॊ beej 11 times and feel the placement of the petal in your forehead.
Chant {k/ksham beej 11 times and feel the location of the petal in your forehead.
Now repeat the chanting of (Ham/हॊ - ऺॊ/ksham) beej simultaneously and feel the
jumping of energy from one side to the other side of the forehead. This gives us the
experience of location of the last two matrika shaktis present in our forehead Ajna
chakra.
Now try to see lighted golden Ham beej in the space of eye brow center……..
(Pause).
Change it to Ksham beej form of golden colour in the same space……… (Pause).
Now slowly relax your mind and body. Listen to all sound of your breath, to the
sounds in the room, to the sounds outside.
Flex your toes and finger, keeping eyes closed move your neck side to side. Watch
your breath going in and out.
Cup each eye with respective palm and conduct some warmth in to the eye lids.
Slowly open your eyes inside the palms and then remove the palms from your eyes
and keep your hands in the lap.
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19. Kundlini Sadhana-Sahasrar Chakra:
Do Ashwini mudra 108 times, squeezing the anus tightly, so that each time kundlini
rises high in to the Sahasrar and hits the center of it.
Chant „ṭham/ठॊ ‟ three times. With Ujjai raise the pranic energy in the middle of the
Mooladhar Chakra. Chant Lam beej, rotate the energy in anti clockwise direction on
the four petals of Vam/वॊ, ṡam/शॊ‚ ṣam/षॊ, sam/सॊ and collecting their energy in to the
fold, raise it in the central channel up towards the Swadhishthan chakra. Piercing the
chakra arrive at the top of the 2nd lotus.
Now rotate the energy in anti clock wise direction over the six petal bam/फॊ, bham/बॊ‚
mam/भॊ‚ yam/मॊ, ram/यॊ , lam/रॊ and take their energy also along and suck it up with
ujjai through the central axis of Sushumana up in to the Manipur chakra. Piercing it,
arrive at the upper side in the middle of the lotus.
Here move the whole energy in anti clockwise direction on the ten petals, ḍam/डॊ,
ḍham/ढॊ ‚ ṇam/णॊ‚ tam/तॊ, tham/ थॊ, dam/दॊ , dham/धॊ, nam/नॊ, Pam/ऩॊ and fam/पॊ, of the
Manipur chakra in clockwise direction taking them also in to its fold. All the lotus
petals become empty as all the energy has been collected by the kundlini Shakti
coming from below and rising up. Now raising it through the central channel pierce
the upper Anahat chakra and bring it on to its center.
Now rotate the energy brought from below and rotate it anti clockwise on the twelve
lotus petals, kam/कॊ kham/खॊ gam/गॊ gham/घॊ an/ङॊ cam/चॊ cham/छॊ jam/जॊ Jham/ झॊ
„ńam/ञॊ ṭam/टॊ ṭham/ठॊ , and assimilate all their energies in to the fold of energy
coming from below. All the petals will feel empty as the energy is sucked in to the
kundlini and taken upwards through Sushumana in to the piercing of upper chakra of
Vishudhi.
Arriving at the top of the Vishudhi, now rotate the energy anti clockwise over all the
petals of the lotus namely अ/a, आ , इ/i, ई , उ/u, ऊ u, ऋ/ri, क , ऌ/lri, ख , ए/ai,
ऐ/æ, ओ/o, औ/au, अॊ/an, अ्/ah and suck their energy also in to the fold of Kundlini.
As they are sucked in to the kundlini the petals become empty. Bring all the enrgy in
to the lotus centre. Through Ujjai raise it up further along the Sushumana and pierce
the two petal lotus of Ajna from below and arrive at its top. Now rotate it on the two
petals of ह/Ha and {k/Ksa, suck their energy in to the fold of Kundlini. Thus with all
the matrika energies collected together along with Kundlini Shakti, raise the energy in
to the seventh chakra of Sahasrar, which is the abode of all the matrikas. All the
shaktis which are sitting in different lotus draw their energy from their counter parts
residing here.
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As the kundlini pierces it and comes atop, whole of the chakra lights up. Hold the
enrgy on this level only. Now start opening and closing the lotus quickly and feel the
movement across whole of the brain. Raise the energy higher and start feeling the
sensation in the area where a brahmin ties his Shikha. Have darshan of lord Shiva and
Shakti in ardhnarishwar form here. Bow down at their feet and see the nectar coming
out of the union falling down in a cascade through the central channel of Sushumana
on to all the lotuses below. Experience the peace and joy of this space for a few
moments…………. (Pause).
Now start the reverse descent, relocating all the matrika shaktis at their respective
places. From Sahasrar descend to Ajna, from Ajna to Vishudhi, from Vishudhi to
Anahat, from Anahat to Manipur, from Manipur to Swadhishthan and from
Swadhishthan back to Mooladhar. Thus all the energies has been re-established at
their respective locations and Kundlini returns to its base and once again entwines in
the form of green baby snake around the dhoomra lingam in the centre of the
Mooladhar chakra.
Mentally bow down to Kundlini and all the shaktis for the experience of ascent and
decent through Sushumana. This completes the preliminary practice of Sahasrar
chakra.
Flex your toes and fingers. Become aware of your surroundings, sounds, people,
objects etc. Rub both of your hands, cup each eye with it and slowly open both eyes.
Whole body is relaxed and mind is at peace. Chant „Om‟ and thank the supreme for
the time and surroundings to make this dhyan or meditation possible….Om!
Now slowly exhale all the negativity, stress, tiredness out of the system,
Become aware of basic two faculties of our body, namely Action and Perception.
Concentrate on your action of Speech and its indriya tongue. Withdraw all the energy
acting behind them inward……………………………………………... (Pause).
Concentrate on the sense of touch and Skin. Withdraw energy and behind them
inward…………………………………………………………………… (Pause).
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Concentrate on the sense of smell and nose. Withdraw all the energy behind them
inwards…………………………………………………………………... (Pause).
Concentrate on the sense of sight and our eyes. Withdraw all the energy acting behind
them inwards…………………………………………………………….. (Pause).
Concentrate on the faculty of hearing and our ears. Withdraw all the energy behind
them inwards…………………………………………………………….. (Pause).
Concentrate on the process of give and take and the hands. With draw all the energy
behind them inwards…………………………………………………….. (Pause).
Concentrate on the process of creation and reproductive organs. Withdraw all the
energy behind them inwards…………………………………………….. (Pause).
Concentrate on the process of movement and the feet. Withdraw all the energy behind
it inwards………………………………………………………………... (Pause).
Now concentrate on the spinal area. Visualize the vertebral column comprising of 33
vertebras with discs in between to provide cushioning.
Each vertebra has a hole inside it and all the vertebras inner holes align together to
provide space for the spinal column to travel through.
In this gross spinal column, filled with intelligent liquid in the form of CSF, visualize
the subtle psychic path ways represented by Ida, Pingla and Sushumana.
Ida is a channel in which our mind operates, Pingla is the channel in which our pran
operates.
Both start from the base of the spine in Mooladhar chakra. Ida travels from the left
side and Pingla travels from the right side of the central axis of Sushumana… (Pause).
Ida rising from Mooladhar, following a parabolic path enters second chakra of
Swadhishthan and crosses over to the right side. There again following a parabolic
path while rising up enters in to the third chakra of Manipur at navel level and cross
over to the left side again………………………………………………..…(Pause).
Again rising up in parabolic manner, it enters Anahat chakra at the level of the heart
and cross over to the other sidei.e. right……………………………………. (Pause).
Here it rises again in parabolic fashion, piercing the Vishudhi chakra at the level of
the throat and crossing over to the other side i.e. left of Sushumana, the central axis.
(Pause).
Rising and following a parabolic path, the Ida pierces Ajna chakra at the eyebrow
center and crosses over to the other sidei.e. right of the central axis i.e.
Sushumana.…………………………………………………………………………..
(Pause).
From here it rises same way into the seventh chakra of Sahasrar……… (Pause).
The other nadi Pingla, which carries Pran inside it travels in the exactly opposite
direction while moving up, criss-crossing at all the chakras and ultimately ending in
the seventh chakra as Ida……………………………………………….(Pause).
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Withdraw the mind, running through the Ida and all the energy behind it and take it
into Sushumana…………………………………………………………. (Pause).
Withdraw all the pran travelling through the Pingla, activating various bodily outer
functions also inwards into Sushumana…………………………………. (Pause).
Bring your attention to the area of your anus. Start contracting and relaxing your anus
108 times. Each time you contract your anus send the energy running up towards the
crown through the Sushumana. Thus, charge whole of the Spinal column area with
this pranic energy.
Chant „Hum‟ strongly with elongated tone so that the vibrations reach the center of
the Mooladhar area. Do it 03 times and activate the Mooladhar……...… (Pause).
Chant „Lam‟ seed/beej and rotate the mantra clockwise over all the four petals of the
lotus. Bring all the accrued energy into the centre of the Chakra and raise it up with
Ujjai breath into the Sushumana, piercing the Swadhishthan Chakra from bottom and
arriving on its top.The Mooladhar chakra has become empty as all its matrika Shakti
i.e.powers of the different petals have gone up.
Now Chant „Vam‟ seed/beej and rotate the energy coming up, from Mooladhar
chakra below, over the six petals of the chakra. Assimilate all the 6 petals energies;
bring them in the center of the Swadhishthan lotus.
With the help of Ujjai breath, raise it up piercing the Manipur chakra, of 10 petals
with seed/beej mantra of „Ram‟. Accrue all the energies of petals and bring them into
the center of the Manipur chakra. With the help of Ujjai raise it up through the
Sushumana, piercing the Anahat Chakra from below and arriving on its top.The
Manipur chakra becomes empty.
Now chant „Yam‟ seed/beej and rotate it over the twelve petals of the Anahat chakra.
Assimilate the energies of all the petals and bring them into the center of it.From here,
with the help of Ujjai breath raise it up, through the Sushumana, piercing the Ajna
chakra in the eyebrow center level. Coming up into it, the lower chakra of Anhat
becomes empty.
Now, chant „Om‟ beej/seed of the Ajna chakra and rotate it clockwise over the two
petals of the lotus. Assimilate both the matrika shaktis together and bring them into
the center of the lotus.
Raise the energy up from the Ajna chakra and the lotus becomes empty. We reach the
point of Bindu, in the space of chitakash. Chitakash is the space we see as dark when
we close our eyes. The darkness here represents a state of ignorance. As the
knowledge starts dawning on the practitioner, this space starts getting illuminated. At
start one sees small dots of light in the space. These spots may be of different colours
which represent the state of the mind of the sadhak at that very time. Hence one can
gauge one‟s state of mind from the colour pattern here.
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Now prepare for Shanmukhi mudra. Sitting in a still pose close the ear holes with
thumbs, eyes with fore fingers, nasal passages with middle fingers and lips with ring
and small finger respectively. Loosen the grip on the lips, with the help of kaki mudra
suck in breath through the mouth forcefully. After fully inhaling, press the lips
together so that no air leaks out of the mouth, close the nasal passages and apply little
pressure on the eye balls over the eyelids. Close the anus also tight. Hold the breath as
long as possible, when one cannot hold any longer, release the pressure on the lips
and let the exhaled breath out without releasing pressure on the eyes. Once exhaled
again inhale with kaki mudra and close all the openings and hold as per individual
capacity. Repeat this process three times, try to go for quality of practice and not
quantity of practice.
After third exhaling remove all the fingers and sit in totally still position keeping anus
locked, eye fixed in the space of chitakash. If one is sitting in a fully dark area, then
one open the eyes but if in lighted area, keep the eyes closed.
Different people may have different experience depending upon their state of mind.
But generally, one would see bright coloured spot initially, slowly they will start
coming together forming a complete circle.
The outer edges of the circle will indicate the state of mind of the sadhak or
practitioner. At start it will be shaky and moving but as the practitioner develops more
mind control the outline will become more and more still and well defined.
There is a very important aspect which a practitioner should know. This formation of
light in the eye brow centre in case of sadhak/practitioner is circular in shape while in
case of a yogi it is square.
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When the circle is seen, one would see innumerable kinds of pattern of the light in it.
The purpose of this display is to distract the sadhak who should be concentrating on
the central small hole of bindu.Once bindu is located, concentrate further inside it
where one would see a tunnel like opening. Enter this opening on the other end of
which white light is displayed. Entering this tunnel is a major achievement of any
practitioner.
The point of Bindu is a very important point for any sadhak. This is at the cross point
of this world and that world, below it is THIS world and beyond it is THAT world.
Below is the realm of KARM/ACTION while beyond is the realm of
GRACE/BLESSINGS. Below the bindu, the matra of mind is ONE. This means that
unit of mind when one is involved in the maya is ONE. On entering this Bindu, the
effect of mind on the sadhak is reduced by 50% in one go. That is why this is a place
celebration for the practitioner. Once he crossesto the other side his/her downward fall
is stopped, the upward ascent may take its own time depending upon various other
reasons.While below the bindu, in the space of maya, a practitioner may keep rising
and falling as it is totally karm oriented.
Flowing through this on rushing tunnel one moves to the other side of it and enters a
vast space of light where one feels peace, stillness and effulgence represented by 1/2
state of mind.
Travelling further in and upwards one reaches a place called Ardhchandra, this place
is lighted by the light of the matrikas established in the seventh chakra of Sahasrar.
Light in this place is confirmation of their presence there. The unit of mind is reduced
to 1/4 here.
Rising higher one reaches the center of a triangle which is called Nirodhika. It is
place where a sadhak/practitioner has to stop for seeking blessings of the Guru. This
is the realm of the guru and Gurupaduka (shoes of guru) poojan is done here in the
middle of the triangle and the gross ness of the mind is reduced further to 1/8. After
that, taking blessings from the Guru one proceeds on one‟s further journey on this
path of great joy and grace.
From here, one enters the space of Naad. Ten different kinds of internal sounds are
heard starting with the sound of cricket. Here the grossness of the mind is reduced
further to 1/16. On entering this pace, at start one does not hear anything which
indicates ignorance. After going through the ten naad, one again comes to appoint
where no sound is heard which is called Naadant, but this state is that of a yogi or
adept. Thus, a beginner does not hear anything due to his ignorance but an adept stop
listening because he has transcended them. Here the grossness of the mind is reduced
further to 1/32.
After this comes the 3rd Shunya. Stay for a moment here before proceeding further on
the upward inner journey.
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After this one reaches space of Shakti who resides in Her fort. This place is guarded
by four guards from four sides from the unqualified. Without seeking permission from
either of the guards one cannot enter the fort. Thus, one understands the concept of
Yantra used in the outer poojan here. Entering the fort, move to the center of it. Here
the unit of mind is reduced by another 50% and its value becomes 1/64.
In the middle, is the space of Vyapani Shakti. She is sitting on a lotus. Whole space
around Her is effulgent. With all humility and faith enter the effulgence. The Vyapini
Shakti accepts the yogi in Her realm and one reaches a state of mind of 1/128.
After this comes the 4th Shunya, Dwell the consciousness here for some moments.
From where one moves closer to Her lotus and enters there. On entering there, one
loses the grossness of the mind further and its unit becomes 1/256 in the realm of
Samana. This is represented by a symbol of Visargh (:).
The Samana Shakti takes the yogi higher in to the realm of Unmani and the matra of
the mind is further reduced to 1/512. As per scriptures here mind is said to be almost
negligible for a yogi. However small the mind may be, but it still exists. This is also
called a space of Amavasya or No moon.
Here one enters the 5th Shunya. The yogi has to wait here and await the total grace of
the Unmani Shakti. He is sitting on one shore of the bhav-sagar. His actions cannot
take him anywhere now. He is totally dependent upon the Mother, when She feels the
time has come for the Yogi, She lifts him up and make him cross over the bhavsagar
to merge in the reality of Mahabindu. This is a realm where Shiva and Shakti co-
exist. Moving from Mahabindu towards Mahashunya, one transcends Kala which is
responsible for the work of creation while coming down from Mahashunya towards
Mahabindu.
When even the subtlest of the agitations in theYogi subside, the bindu which itself
was caused because of desire of the supreme becomes perfectly still, mahabindu
disappears and Mahashunya is seen. Experience the param maun (great silence) of
this space, it is a kind of Moksha for a Yogi who is not ready to cross over into
Nirvan. His goal is Vishwakalyan (upliftment of the whole Cosmos) instead.
From here start the return journey. Descend the consciousness from Mahashunya to
Mahabindu and enter the 5th Shunya. Watching everything from above one descends
further into Unmani andis taken to the other shore of the bhavsagar which leads to the
world of Cosmos.
The Unmani descends further and releases the yogi into the embrace of the shakti
Samana. Samana travelling through 4th Shunya releases the yogi into the embrace of
shakti Vyapini. Grossness of the mind is on increase as we descendfurther and further
and reaches back to 1/128 here.
From the realm of Vyapini, one steps out of the circle of effulgence into the space of
Shakti where matra of mind becomes 1/64. Ananta, Anatha,Vyapini and Vyomatmika
guard her fortress. Mentally bowing to them continue on the downward journey and
reach into the space of 3rd Shunya. Dwell here for a moment and continue downward
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through Nahant (where the grossness of mind is 1/32) to Naad (where grossness of
mind is 1/16) passing through all the ten altar nadis (inner sounds). The Samashti ends
here. It is very difficult to rise from Bindu to Naad and in the same way it is very
difficult to descend from Naad to Bindu. In Bindu, everything is different from self
but in Naad everything is same as the Self. Reach the space of 2nd Shunya.
Descend down further into the realm of the guru in Nirodhika. Here the matra or
grossness of the mind becomes more to 1/8. Bowing down in front of his padukas
(shoes) and thanking for his blessing descend further.
Now descend into the realm of Ardhchandra and mind gains its grossness further and
it becomes ¼. Further descending from here, one comes to 1st Shunya. Dwell for a
moment here and then descend into the Bindu where the gross ness of the mind again
increases to ½.
Descend from here, passing through the tunnel on to the other side of the bindu in the
realm of Maya where the grossness of the mind is increased to its original value of 1
and get embraced by Maya completely.
With mind developed fully and embracing the world of maya one descends into the
six Chakra of Ajna thanking the „Om‟ beej and respective deities of matrikas and
reestablishing the two matrika shaktis back into the lotus, exhaling Ujjai breath brings
us further down into the realm of Vishudhi in the throat and thank „Ham‟ beej and
respective deities. Establish the 16 matrika shaktis of the Vishudhi chakra in the form
vowels here.
From there one descends into Anahat at the level of the heart, thanking the „Yam‟
beej and the concerned deities; re-establish all the 12 matrika shaktis in their
respective places.
From Anahat one descends into the realm of Rudra in the lotus of Manipur. Bow
down to „Ram‟ beej and respective deities, re-establish all the 10 matrika shaktis in
their respective places and continue the downward journey.
Reaching the realm of Swadhishthan, bowing to „Vam‟ beej of water element and the
respective deities, establish all the 06 matrika shaktis in their respective places,
descend in to the base chakra of Mooladhar with four petals.
Bow down to the beej/seed mantra of „Lam” here and the respective shaktis, re-
establish all the four matrika shaktis in their respective places, before moving to the
Swayambhu lingam in the middle. Convert into the form of small green baby snake
and encircle it with three and half coils to end the journey.
Thus, one has completed one‟s practice of knowing 7 Chakras, 5 Shunyas, the realm
of Shaktis upto Mahashunya, which is an essential requirement for a yogi.
Be grateful for all the divinities, all the animate and inanimate entities, Kaal, deity of
the local space, deity of the Vastu, the Shakti of Kundlini, the lineage of Gurus,
Rishis, ancestors, parents, friends and everyone. Bow down to them all, become
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aware of the surroundings, our own body, other people and chant Swastivachan
mantra for peace to the world.
Om! Shantih!........Shantih!.........Shantih.
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2. Renderings from Yogic Upnishads:-
1. Shandilyopnishad
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On Dhruv(star) Knowledge of its movement.
On Taar/Om Darshan of sidhas.
On spaces inside
ones own body. Gets movement in sky/Khechari sidhi.
When pran is focussed
on the navel All diseases are removed.
On the big toe The body gets light
One who drinks air through mouth by curling the tongue, all his diseases are removed
and he does not feel the tiredness of exersion.
One who drinks air like this during both sandhya, morning and evening, for three
months, the Devi of speech, Saraswati gets established on his tongue.
One who does it for six months, all diseases get removed.
One who sucks air through the curled tongue and stops it at the inner end of tongue,
he drinks nectar and everything auspicious happen with him.
One who drinks air through the curled tongue, and holds it in stomach regularly; for
one months, during three sandhyas (morning, afternoon and evening), he pierces even
the food of gods.
Thus are the details provided by our great Rishi in the Shandilyoupnishat
Upnishad. Om!
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2. Kaushteek Brahmanopnishad
Maharshi Chitra was the great grandson of Maharishi Garg. Deciding to perform a
yajna, he appointed Uddalak, the son of Arun, as the main Ritvik. Uddalak did not go
himself to perform the yajna, but in turn asked his son, Shwetaketu, to go and perform
the yajna of Maharishi Chitra. Receiving these instructions from his father,
Shwetaketu went to the place where yajna was to be performed and sat on the high
seat provided by Chitraketu. On seeing him sitting there, Chitra asked him a question,
"Is there any secret place with a covering where you will establish me or will you
establish me in some other great place which is without any kind of covering?"
Shwetaketu replied, "I do not have any knowledge regarding this." He left the
place and went back to his father and explained the whole situation to him. He
requested him to instruct him how to answer such a question, but his father also
expressed his inability to answer it. He advised, "We should go to the place of
Maharishi Chitra and seek the answer to this question. Like others, we will also
receive wealth from him, so let's go."
Mahatama Chitra told him that after performance of the yajna, the yajman, (on
whose call the whole yajna is being performed), surely attains heaven after leaving
this realm. From proximity of his pran, the moon gets power. During Krishan paksh
(the time of the waning moon) the moon cannot satiate all those who dwell in heaven.
What is recognised by the name of moon is the gateway to heaven alone. But one
who has qualified for that heaven, starts thinking, what is the point of going there if
one has to fall down again from that realm. Those who perform selfless deeds, they
transcend the realm of the moon and attain the realm of Brahma. But those who,
desiring pleasures, do not leave the realm of the moon; they are dropped back into the
earlier realm, following their vrittis, after their good deeds are exhausted.
A person who knows this movement of the creation, which makes one attain
heaven or hell, shuns this world and approaches the feet of a Sadguru. Then the guru
should ask a question to such a disciple, „Who are you?‟ The disciple should answer it
in the following way: 'O divinities, who are the cause of the moon which has fifteen
kala each in shukla and in krishan paksh (the waxing and waning periods of the
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moon); who make the pran attain Pitrilok (realm of ancestors) when they appear with
faith, after appearing near the moon, which is provider of various kinds of bhog; with
the effect of som (nectar) rain and grains, faith and shradha get established in the
sperm of a male, which has converted into a person like me after being established in
a proper qualified purusha (human-being) and through him alone you established me
in the womb. Thus, for years, I have carried this life through ignorance, illusions of
the world, and a desire for the ultimate knowledge: Brahm-gyan. Hence, now you
please instruct me in the knowledge of keeping this body disease-free for a long time,
so that I am able to assimilate this ultimate knowledge.
Upasana of Parmeshwar is the path of Devyan. On treading over it, one reaches
the realm of fire, then one goes to the realm of air, from there one reaches the realm of
the Sun, then one enters the realm of water and onwards to the realm of Indra (king of
the gods). From the realm of Indra one enters into the realm of Prajapati which guides
him onwards to the realm of Brahm.
Entering this Brahmlok one comes to a big lake by the name of AAR. After it
comes the place called YESHTIH, which is inhabited by Mahurtabhimani Devtas,
who are capable of spoiling our good karmas accrued by various yajnas and can
generate kam (lust) and krodh (anger). Once one gets free of them, one reaches a river
by the name of VIRJA. Just by it's mere sight, old age flees. Ahead of this lies IL,
which is a form of earth. Beyond it is a city where many divinities live. In that city
there are gardens, ponds, rivers, and wells. On the other side of the river is another
place like the string of a bow. Beyond that is a great place by the name of
APRAJITA. Lord Brahma resides here. To guard that palace of Brahma, Indra, in the
form of air and ether which represent Medh and Yajna, stands on it's two gates.
On getting instruction from Brahma, five hundred apsaras run to welcome the
approaching Brahm-gyani. One hundred of them approach him holding kumkum,
kesar and turmeric powders, and many kinds of clothes and ornaments, one hundred
of them carry different kinds of scents. Thus, they adorn the coming mahatama and
make his form similar to Brahma. As he reaches near the afore mentioned water body,
he crosses it with his will power. Those who reach that water body with their good
deeds alone, drown in that pond! One who crosses it with his will power, reaches near
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YESHTIH. but all the divines living there cannot face his brahmtej and they run away
from him. Then this yogi reaches VIRJA river and sheds off all his good and bad
deeds and crosses over it with his mental power.
People who antagonised such a yogi get a part of the bad deeds left over by him,
while those who favoured him get a part of the good deeds left at the banks of river
VIRJA. As a charioteer travelling at a great speed watches the wheels and its contact
with the ground, but still he is not affected by it; in the same way this Brahm gyani
watches day and night, good and bad, and everything but is not attached to any of it.
Due to the knowledge of Brahm, he attains Brahm.
Then he reaches near a big tree. The moment he approaches it, his nostrils get
filled with the scent of Bram-gyan. After this, he reaches a city by the name of
SALAJYA, where divine nectar enters into his body. He realizes that this much anand
he has never ever experienced. Then he enters the palace Aparajit of Brahma and his
whole body is filled up with great effulgence. As he approaches, the guards at the
palace gates stand aside and allow him to enter. Then he enters into Brahma‟s court
VIBHUPRAMATI, where a part of Brahm enters into him. Then he approaches vedi
known by the name of VICHAKSHANA, whose front two posts are known as
BRIHAT and RATHANTAR Sam, two rear posts are known by the names SHAYAT
and NAUDHAS Sam, North-South posts are known by the name of VAROOP and
VIRAJ Sam while the Eastern and Western posts are called SHAKVAR and
SAM.That vedi provides cosmic sight to the Brahm-gyani. Then he approaches the
seat called AMITAJA. Past and present are it's two front posts, Shridevi and Bhudevi
are its rear posts, two big khatwang (swords) by the name of ANUCHAYA are found
in the North and South. They both represent BRIHAD and RATHANTAR Ram.
BHADRA and YAGIYA Sam are the embellishments on it in the Eastern and
Western directions and they represent Rik and Sam Veda. Embellishments in the
North and South represent Yajurveda. Rays of the moon are like soft mattress on the
seat, UDGEETH is the cover over it and Luxmi in the form of a pillow is there on the
seat. Such a great throne is offered to the Brahm-gyani. When such a Brahm-gyani
rises to sit on this throne, Brahma asks him a question as to who he is. He should
answer this question as below,
"I have appeared from That who is self produced, who is self-effulgent, who is
Parmeshwar, who is the cause of the whole creation, who is beyond all elements, who
is the effulgence of this cosmos, which comprises of all that is animate and inanimate
and who is Rit. I am Atma and you are Atma. I am also that what you are." On getting
such a reply Brahma again puts forth a question as to Who He (Brahma) is. The
Brahm-gyani replies, "You are Truth itself." Brahma again puts a question, "That
which is called truth, in essence what is it?" He should answer it by saying, "That
which is different from the divine and pran, is Truth. It alone is divine and pran too.
Whatever is called Truth by our speech is the joining medium of both of them. That
whichever is everything is Truth, you in yourself are also that Truth."
Chapter II:
Rishi Kashuteek proclaimed Pran is Brahm. This Brahm has been explained like a
king, speech is its queen, ears are its guards to give messages, eyes are bodyguards,
mind is its messenger. All his senses are gifts given by divinities to him without
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asking. One who is the knower of it, all the jeevas in the world offer him things
without his asking. Like a beggar roaming in a village asking for bhiksha, gets
disheartened on not receiving anything from the villagers and makes up his mind not
to take anything from them in future, the same way one who does sadhana of pran, it
is his absolute duty that he should not beg for anything. He should stick to this
principle. Because the one who is requesting another to give him something, generates
a sense of inferiority. Due to this bhav alone, a beggar gets alms and people say, „Go,
we will provide you education.‟
Maharshi Paikhang also proclaimed Pran as Brahm. The sense of sight is beyond
speech, it has covered it from all sides. While sense of hearing covers sense of sight
from all sides. Mind is beyond sense of hearing and covers it from all sides. Pran is
beyond mind and covers it from all sides. That pran is Brahm. All divinities give
offerings to this pran without asking anything. It is like a beggar who goes to a village
begging, but nobody offers him anything. Frustrated, he decides not to seek anything
from them in future. On knowing of his resolve, even those who refused alms to him,
ask him to come to them for alms.
The Devi known by the name of Vaani (speech) fulfil all desires. She should help me,
who praises pran, attain the desired wealth. For that I am offering this ahuti of ghee,
„Swaha‟.
The Devta of pran is fully empowered to fulfil my desires of wealth and I offer this
ahuti to him, „Swaha‟.
The Devi known by the name of eyes is fully empowered to provide me desired
wealth, I offer this ahuti of ghee to her, „Swaha‟.
The Devi known by the name of ears is provider of all desires. May she grant wealth
to me who is pran-upasak. I offer this ahuti of ghee to her, „Swaha‟.
The Mind is fully empowered to provide all the desires. May, prana, grant the desired
wealth to me. I offer this ahuti of ghee to it, „Swaha‟. After offering ahutis like this,
one should smell the smoke of the havan, should massage himself with the left over
ghee and observe silence. Then one should approach the person from whom one
hopes to get wealth. One should convey ones need to him and request him to fulfil it.
If the wealth provider is at a distance then one should send a messenger. By observing
such a method one can achieve the desired result.
Now we will discuss the method of fulfilment of desires through the usage of speech.
If anyone wants to be dear to anyone, first of all one should become dear to the
divinities of speech. As explained earlier, one should follow all the preparatory
details.
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I offer this ahuti of you, o sense of speech into myself. May my desire be fulfilled,
„Swaha‟.
I offer this ahuti of your pran in myself. May my desire be fulfilled, „Swaha‟.
I offer ahuti of your eyes into myself. May my desire be fulfilled, „Swaha‟.
I offer ahuti of your mind into myself. May my desire be fulfilled, „Swaha‟.
I offer ahuti of your Pragya into myself. May my desire be fulfilled, „Swaha‟.
After ahutis one should smell the smoke of havan, massage the leftover ghee on one‟s
body, one should accost the person whom one thinks can be the one to fulfill his
desires. One should stand in such a way at a distance from him so that air draft
flowing there should be in such a direction that it goes to him. Not only one becomes
dear to such a person easily but also all the people there will remember even when
one has departed from there.
While a man is speaking, he cannot breath-in fully. At that time, pran gets short
during speech. Speech and pran are two never-ending ahutis and are eternal. Weather
sleeping or awake, a jeev keeps on offering these ahutis. Apart from these, ahutis of
other things were offered with karma/action. In the ancient times, those who knew
this mystery, never offered karm ahutis alone.
The Great Atman Shushk-shringaar, also called pran as Brahm. He advised to pray to
this pran as Rik. One who does like this, all the jeevas in the world who want to excel
to greatness, come to him. One who has yajur budhi in such a pran, all people who
desire to excel, help such a sadhak.
One who has Sambudhi, all those bow down before him, who themselves are desired
by many. Many pray to this pran with Shribhav, many consider it as effulgence and
then pray to it, many seek it for glory. As a divine bow is best of all kinds of bows, as
it is endowed with great power and light, in the same way one who knows this
mystery, as detailed above, becomes glorified, effulgent and most comfortable in all
the jeevas.
When a sadhak Ritvik prepares a vedi out of bricks and then accepts the fire of pran
endowed with the accrued karmas of past lives in one's own self, only then he is able
to increase the bank (accrual) of do-able karmas as per the method of yajurveda. The
actions, which fructify in Procedures laid out in yajur veda, are also sidh in Rigveda.
In the deeds fructified in Rigveda are spread the deeds to be fructified in Samveda
also. Atma of all these three Vedas is Adhvaryu in the form of pran. Pran is the atma
of any Vidya (knowledge).
Now we will discuss Procedure realised by Kaushtik Brahmin three times. Keeping
the sacred thread on left shoulder, one should perform achman. Then offer three
oblations to sun, filling the arghya three times and say, 'you are called Varg as you
left the whole world like a piece of straw, please burn my sins‟. During afternoon,
again offering water to him one should say, „you who are called Ud-dharg, please
burn my sins‟. The same way one should make an offering to the setting sun and say,
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„you who are called Samvarg, please annihilate my sins‟. As a result of this, one‟s
mind becomes pure and one never indulges in such things during day or night.
Now we will talk of another upasana. During amavasya of every month, in the west of
Surya Mandal, in Sushumana named light ray, the establishment of the moon is
clearly visible. At that time one should pray to the sun as detailed above. Also put
newly born saplings of doob (green grass) in the arghya and pray to devi of Chandra
Mandal (realm of moon), „O devi, your beautiful heart is located in the realm of the
moon, because of that you have full control over eternity, may you bless me in such a
way that I should never be beset with anguish over my son ever in my life and weep
over him‟.
One who prays to her like this, if he has a male child, that child will never die before
him. If he is without any son then he should pray as below,
„O Som in the form of a woman! May you become youthful by taking light of sun.
May his power, which is essential for manifestation/ generating offspring in the
womb, be establish in you. May you be the cause of provisions of grains.
O Som, you are endowed with peaceful qualities, your great nectar is beneficial to all
the flowers, it provides power and is powerful enough to win over enemies. That
nectar is easily available from grains and water which provide life to all the jeevas.
May you light up with tej and be powerful enough to provide nectar to us and may
you establish yourself in this world with great glory.
A purusha in the form of dwadash aditya when he makes som, in the form of a
woman, happy by his actions and himself remains powerful, such eternally strong
Brihaspati (Jupiter) should provide us power and anand. (119)
O Som! Please do not quench your hunger through consumption of our lives, cattle
and all our subjects. Those who are our enemies or those for whom we are enemies,
you may consume their lives, their children and cattle to become satiated. I am a
follower of the devta of this mantra and you.
Thus reciting this richa path one should do anavartan of his right arm.
Now, we will talk of another prayer. During purnima, In the evening when the moon
is seen in the East, one should do the following prayer:
O Som! You are king Soma who lives with Uma in the form of nature of the creation.
You are adept in all the karmas and are five faced prajapati.
Brahmin is your first mouth. Through it you eat all the kshatriya kings. With the same
face, please grant me power to eat and digest grains.
Kshatriya is your second mouth. Through it you consume all the vaishyas. With the
same face, please grant me power to eat and digest grains.
Shyen (bird) is your third mouth. Through it you eat all the birds. With the same face,
please grant me power to eat and digest grains.
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Fire is your fourth mouth. Through it you eat the whole of creation. With the same
face, please grant me power to eat and digest grains.
Through your fifth mouth you eat all the jeevas. With the same face, please grant me
power to eat and digest grains.
You should not consume my life force, my subjects and my cattle but those of my
enemies. I follow and pray to the mantra devta and you both.
Reciting the path/mantra like this one should do anuvartan of dakshin pooja.
After praying to Som as above, one should put one‟s hand on the heart of one‟s wife
sitting by her side and say, „O one who walks on the great path, you are of the form of
moon, your heart takes care of all the subjects. I am the knower of nectar of sam
residing in them. Due to speaking of this truth, may I never feel pain and condolence
for a son in my life.‟
When a father returns home from distant lands, he should smell the forehead of his
son and say, „O my son, you have appeared from my own body and heart, please save
me from hell. May you live for one hundred years. You should not break my lineage
and never feel pain through mind, speech and body. As a cow calls for her offspring,
same way I call your name.‟
When the gross fire dies, its tej (brightness) goes into the Sun. When the Sun is not
visible, its tej goes into the Moon. The tej of the Moon goes into electricity or
lightening, while the tej of lightening goes into the air element.
The same way, when a human talks through speech, it is Brahmin only. When speech
becomes silent, its tej resides in eyes. When eyes stop seeing, their tej moves into
ears. When power of the ears is no more, its tej moves into the mind. When the mind
becomes still/silent, its tej moves into pran. One who knows this divine secret, even
mountains cannot overlook his demand or order. Those who have a grudge against
such a person are completely annihilated forever.
Once, the devtas of speech, eyes, ears and mind moved out of the body along with
pran to prove their importance. Then one by one they entered this body and as a result
it started to talk, see, hear and think. But due to the absence of pran, it could not get
up and perform any karma. Then all the senses agreed to the superiority of pran over
their functions and joining with it they moved in the sky and at last tasted nectar!
When a father is sure of his impending death, he should call his son and put his own
life force into him. For this he should touch his whole body and offer his own power
of speech, pran, taste, sight, ears, digestion, karma, pains, pleasures, to procreate, to
move around, intellect, to him and his son should accept them. If after doing this,
father remains alive, then he should either remain totally dependent upon his son or
become a sanyasi (renunciate). Doing like this a son gets all the powers.
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Chapter III:
He further told him that he was the one who removed the third head of Prajapati‟s
son and killed him. He gave the body parts of various sanyasis', who were unable to
uphold the principles of sanyas, to jackals. Many times demons, who helped Prahlad
were killed by him. He also killed attendants of Pulomasur and killed Kaalkashaya
himself but nothing whatsoever happened to him. Knowing like this, the realm of
good deeds of the knower remains eternal.
One who knows my form, he is not affected by great sin and does not partake in any
kind of sin. Even if the desire to perform a sin arises in him, he still remains effulgent.
He again informed him that he is the pran of all praja (subjects). You should pray
to that Indra, who knows the atma and had innumerable subjects under his command,
in the form of long life and Amrit (nectar).
Pran is Amrit, Pran is life and life is pran. Till pran resides in this body, it is alive.
But jeeva with pran can ascend to the other realms and enjoy pleasures of nectar.
Decision about truth and untruth is done with Pragya. One who prays to me in the
form of long life and nectar, he enjoys full life in this world and after ascending to
heaven gets the anand of eternal nectar there.
Regarding Prana, some knowers say that it has only one bhav. Nobody is able to
simultaneously watch, talk, think and hear, hence it is true that pran has one bhav
only. One can have understanding of any of the above separately only.
When the mind thinks, all others support it. When eyes start watching something,
all other pranas follow it. The same is the case of ears, when they start hearing all
others follow it. Thus we can say all subsidiary pranas help in the work of main pran
at any time.
Indra said, „all prans' are one. These five are the form of that one pran. This is the
truth.‟
Bereft of speech, those who cannot speak do survive. People who cannot hear, they
also keep alive. The Blind also roam around, those who do not have mental power
like children, keep alive. Even if many body parts are gone, still one can remain alive.
But without pran none can survive!
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Pran, which makes us realise the power of karma, is the one which initiates one in
knowledge and is called pragyatma.
This alone getting hold of this body makes it perform various things, so one should
pray to this pran. Pran is famous in jeeva which is the carrier of both pran and pragya
and evolves with them. When a jeeva becomes one with main pran, then even during
sleeping he doesn‟t dream. At that time person with its different names, eyes with its
different forms, ears with its different sounds, mind with its different thoughts become
one with main prana.
As sparks fly around the flames of a fire, in the same way, when a person realises
then various different pranas like speech etc. come out of the main atmic pran and
occupy their respective places in the body. After that their respective divinities appear
and become the cause of various subsequent things. When a person dies he becomes
bereft of all powers. At that moment he does not recognise anyone, neither speaks nor
listens to anything and it is said that he is not there. Everything goes and becomes one
with pran. All names, thoughts etc. merge with it. But when he again takes birth, as
sparks fly from fire flames, similarly all the pranas go and occupy their respective
places and divinities appear and their realms & attributes also manifest.
When pran leaves this body, it leaves with all the senses. Speech leaves behind all
its names, the nasal leaves behind all smells, eyes become devoid of all scenes, ears
let go of all sounds, the mind leaves all the thought process. Thus all the senses are
offered into atma in the form of pran and they completely leave their attributes.
Pran is pragya, Pragya is pran. Together they dwell in this body and together they
leave it. Now we will discuss this pragya, in which all bhootas become one.
One part of pragya is SPEECH because of which names abound in the outside world;
One part of pragya is also developed by the NOSE, for it there is smell outside; One
part of pragya is produced by the EYES and because of them there are forms all
around; One part of pragya is produced by EARS, for them sounds are there to be
heard; TONGUE also produced a part of pragya, for it there is juice of grains to take;
HANDS also produced a part of pragya and hence their karma of give and take exists
in the world; BODY also generated a part of pragya, this resulted in pains and
pleasures for it in the world; A part was generated by the ORGAN of
PROCREATION and hence making love and creation of off springs karm is there in
the world; FEET also generated apart of it, hence their karm of moving around exists
in the world; Pragya completed pragya by generating a part of its own self and all the
subjects and desires catering to it were discerned by the budhi (intellect).
With the help of pragya we control speech and acquire names. With it alone one
controls the nasals and thus enjoys various smells. Pragya alone gives control over
eyes and hence its subjects. It alone gives control over ears and hence the things
heard. With Pragya alone one is able to take juices and enjoy them. With pragya only
hands perform their karma and body experiences various pains and pleasures. Pragya
alone helps the organ of procreation to create and feet to move around. Pragya, by
establishing its control over itself accepts various desires.
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Speech without pragya is unable to counter any name. At that time it is said that my
mind was not there and hence I could not understand anything at that time. All the
senses without pragya are of no avail and cannot experience anything. In the absence
of pragya even our brain cannot function.
There is no point in knowing Speech, one should know the atma which causes it.
There is no need to know smell but one should know the atma which experiences it.
Desire to know SOUND is useless rather one should try to know atma which listens to
it. Desire to know the JUICES of GRAINS is useless, one should pursue the
knowledge of atma which knows it. Knowledge of pains and pleasures is useless
rather one should try to know the knower of them, i.e. the atma. Knowledge of the act
of procreation and its anand is useless rather one should try to know the atma which
knows it or is the real cause of it. One should try to know the atma which knows the
karma of hands, feet and body. One should not try to know MIND but try to know
atma which is busy in manan, (meditation).
All these ten different subjects of the senses in pragya are bhoot matras while the
ten senses to perceive them are ten matras of pragya. Without bhoot matras, existence
of pragya matras is not possible at all. To make anything possible these both have to
come together, any one alone out of them cannot produce anything.
Chapter IV:
From the Gargya lineage, there was a Brahmin by the name of Gargya, whose
father‟s name was Balaka. He sincerely studied all the Vedas, knew them and use to
give lectures on them. He was very famous during that time. He use to live in a place
by the name of Ushinar but mostly he was roaming around giving lectures. Sometimes
he will be in Kashi (Varanasi), sometimes in Kurukshetra, sometimes in Mithila
(Bihar), sometimes in Matasya desh and sometimes in Jalandhar (Punjab).
Once he went to Ajatshatru, king of Varanasi. The king himself was also very
learned. With a great ego, Gargya questioned the king, „I will give you a lecture on
Brahmgyan (knowledge of the self).‟ On hearing this, the king replied, „O Brahmin, I
offer 1000 cows for this act of kindness of yours because now everyone is running to
king Janak for this, all the time.‟
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Brahmin Gargya said, „ Parmeshwar who resides in the realm of Sun, I pray to him
alone with Brahm budhi.‟ On this king Ajatshatru questioned, „O Brahmin! Do not
speak anything to me of this. Surely this white-robed dev is the greatest of all. It
surpasses everybody and is located above everything. It is everybody‟s head. I pray to
it in this very form. One who prays to the realm of Sun like this, surpasses everybody
and gets established at the top and becomes like the forehead of everyone.‟
Then the son of Balaka, Gargya, said, „I pray to the Prameshwar who is knower of
everything residing in the realm of the Moon. That is Brahm.‟ Ajatshatru immediately
replied,‟ O Please do not speak anything to me on this subject. That Moon is the king
of everything and is pran (life force) of grains. I pray to it like this. One who prays to
the purusha located in the realm of Moon in the form of Brahm, he himself becomes
the Atma of grains.‟
Then Gargya said, „Under the realm of lightening, this Brahm which knows
everything, I pray to it. Ajatshatru immediately said,‟ O Brahmin do not speak
anything. I pray to this effulgence in the form of Atma. One who does like this
becomes the Atma of effulgence himself.”
Gargya said, „I pray to Parmeshwar located in the realm of clouds in the form of
Atma.‟ Ajatshatru said, „Please do not speak anything to me regarding this. I pray to
this sound as Atma. One who prays to Brahm in the form of Atma of sound located in
the realm of clouds, himself becomes the Atma of sound.
Gargya, son of Balak said, „I pray to purusha located in the sky, who is knower of
everything, as Brahm.‟ King Ajatshatru said, „Please do not speak to me anything
regarding it. I pray to this complete Brahm in the space where there is nothing. One
who prays to Brahm located in the sky like this, he is blessed with many offspring and
cattle and they do not die before their time.‟
Gargya further said, „I pray to that Brahm, knower of everything, which is located
in air.‟ Ajatshatru said, „Please do not say anything on it. This is Indra, this is
Vaikunth (celestial place of lord Vishnu) and this alone is the one who is never
vanquished. I pray to it in the same bhav. One who prays to it like this is never
defeated and always victorious over his enemies.‟
Gargya said, „I pray to the knower of everything located in the realm of fire.‟
Ajatshatru said, „Please do not say anything. I pray to it in the same manner. A
sadhak, who prays to Brahm located in the realm of fire like this, is able to repulse
attack of every enemy.‟
Gargya said, „I pray to the purusha established in realm of water with Brahmbhav.‟
Ajatshatru said, „Do not talk to me regarding this. He is the Atma of all the jeevas
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with name, thinking like this I pray to him. One who does like this becomes Atma of
all such jeevas.Thus this Adhidevik upasana has been explained.
Now we will discuss Adhyatmic upasana. Gargya, son of Balak, said, „I pray to the
purusha seen in the mirror with Brahm bhav. A sadhak who prays to such a purusha
seen in the mirror becomes like him and his children also become like him.‟
Gargya said, „I pray to the purusha in the echo as a form of Brahm.‟ Ajatshatru
said, „Please do not speak anything about this subject. I consider it as secondary. One
who prays to it like this, he attains the second and not his own self. He is never alone;
there are always people with him.‟
Gargya said, „Behind a walking person, one can hear his footsteps, I pray to the
Brahm that is in that sound.‟ Ajatshatru said, „Please do not say anything about it, I
pray to it in the form of pran. One who does like this enjoys complete life span, he
doesn‟t die early. His children also enjoy a full life.‟
Gargya said, „Every physical body has a shadow with it. I pray to the purusha in
that shadow with Brahm bhav.‟ Ajatshatru said, „Do not talk to me on it. This shadow
is nothing but death and I pray to it in that form alone. One who does like this dies at
the appropriate time and not before. His children also enjoy full life.‟
Well done Gargya said, „The purusha which resides in this body, I pray to it in the
form of Brahm. Ajatshatru said, „Please do not talk to me on it. I pray to in the same
manner. One, who prays to this purusha in the form of Prajpati, is blessed with many
subjects and cattle.‟
Son of Balak, Gargya said, „Purusha attached to the pragyavaan and pran form of
Atma roams around in the state of sleep. I pray to it taking it as Brahm. Ajatshatru
replied, „Please do not speak anything regarding it. One who does like this, the whole
world prostrates in front of him.‟
Gargya said, „I pray to the purusha located in my right eye as Brahm. Ajatshatru
said, „Please do not talk to me on it. I pray to it as Atma of name, fire and flame. One
who prays to it like this becomes Atma of all of them.‟
Then Gargya said, „I pray to purusha located in the left eye as Brahm. Ajatshatru
said, „Please do not bother to talk to me on it. It is the Atma of truth, effulgence,
lightening. One who does like this becomes Atma of all of them.‟
On hearing this, the great famous Gargya, son of Balaka, fell silent. Then
Ajatshatru said, „Is this the limit of your knowledge of Brahm?‟ Gargya said, „Yes, I
know only up to this stage.‟ Then Ajatshatru replied that it means that your statement
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of giving knowledge of Brahm to me was of no substance. Only karta (doer) of all
purusha that have been explained by you is really to be known. Upon this Gargya, son
of Balaka, accosted Ajatshatru with a twig in his hand and expressed his desire to be
his disciple. Ajatshatru replied that it isn't right for a kshatriya king to accept a
Brahmin as his disciple. It will be against the current behaviour in society. He asked
Gargya to accompany him and he would surely teach the knowledge of Brahm to him.
The King held the hand of Gargya and walked to a place where a person was
sleeping. He tried to wake him up by calling many names like King Som, Brihan and
Paundarvasa. Despite all these calls, that person did not awake. Then the king struck
him with a stick, as result that very moment the sleeping man got up. Ajatshatru asked
Gargaya,‟ Tell me where this man was sleeping unconsciously, in which space he was
sleeping and now from where he has come into this awakened stage.‟
Gargaya could not reply to the questions of the king. He was unable to understand
this mystery. King Ajatshatru replied, „I will tell you the place where he was sleeping,
where he awoke and from where he came to that place. In the lotus of heart there are
many nerves like Hita. They spread to all the body from the heart. They are as subtle
as 1000th part of tip of a hair. These nerves are filled with crux of many kinds. Out of
them, some are white, some are yellow, some grey, black etc. In the sleeping stage a
person is roaming in those nerves only.
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3. Shandilyopnishat:
People today are doing a wide range of popular pranayams to keep their body and
mind healthy. Most understand it in the form of movement of breath and very few
understand it in the form of movement of life force. Out of those, who take it as
pranic energy movement, still fewer experience the movement of various pranas in
their body. Since the movements of prana, which are ten in number, takes place in
different parts of the body, the whole process can then be said as „pranic movement‟
or „shaktichalan‟.
We can experience the movement of these pranas in our body and hence the process
of shaktichalan. This is amply shown to those who follow kriya yoga methods.
As it is possible to move the prana across any psychic channel in our body or outside
of it, in this same way it can be held in a particular location of our choice also for a
desired duration. In the above mentioned upnishad, great detail has been devoted to
the effects of holding pran for a duration of one muhurt i.e. 48 minutes at different
locations in our body. One feels extremely happy to share this for the benefit of all the
readers who are unaware of it.
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In power power like Lord Hanuman.
In the Sun knowledge of the Sun's realm.
In Dhruv knowledge of its movement.
In the space inside the throat victory over hunger and thirst,
and stabilization of koorm upa-pran nadi.
In Taar Darshan of Sidhas.
In spaces in our body movement in the sky.
By holding pran in the navel all diseases cured.
By holding pran in the big toe The body becomes light.
One who drinks air through curling All diseases are cured, one doesn‟t the
tongue. get tired easily.
One who does this for six months All diseases are removed.
All the above explanation seems to be very interesting and can be practiced by
sadhakas or practitioners of this vidya. Om!..Om!..Om!
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4. Tri Shikh Brahmano Upnishad:
Some details:
To keep one‟s mind always attached to the karmas detailed in the scriptures is called
Karmyog.
YAM: Complete indifference to the body and its senses is called Yam.
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5. Akshmalika Upnishad
Those who are in the line of jap in their sadhana, usage of mala is essential at the start,
though at later stage mala has also to be left behind and one has to enter into ajapa jap
state. But till then, one has to do different mantras, may be use different malas for
different purposes. During such times, it becomes important for one to do mala
sanskar. Normally, people do not know how to do mala sanskar themselves and thus
they have to be dependent on someone else for this. If one knows the Procedure then
one will be able to do it and thus save time, during their sadhana, which is always at
premium.(One doesn‟t mean that all can to do it)
Below, one is trying to share the procedure as per above mentioned upnishad and
sincerely hope that all will surely benefit from it.
Preparations:
Arrange cotton thread made by the hands of a kumari (a girl, whose menstrual cycle
has not begun yet) in advance.
Arrange milk and curd of five types of cows, namely Nanda etc.
(I think if one gets it from white, black, reddish, brown and mixed colour cows will
suffice but knowledgeable reader should clarify from some shastra. I will also update
about these details soon from appropriate scripture.)
Panch Gavya:
Arrange Gomutra, Gomaya, Curd, Milk, clarified butter, all from cow. Also get Ushir,
Takkol, Karpoor (camphor) etc for preparing scented water to wash the bead and
mala.
Get some flowers, sindoor, akshat (rice), dhoop, deep(red wick with ghee) etc. ready
for poojan.
Take 109 beads of pearls or crystal or tulsi (Basil) or rudraksh etc. with whatsoever
one desires for the mala.
Wash all the beads with milk of five different cows. Then wash them with panch
gavya one by one. Then wash them with water of Ganges river. Again wash it with
curd.
Wash it with scented (asht gandh) water. (in my opinion, we may use Vishnu asht
gandh for Vishnu jap mala, Shaiv asht gandh for Shaiv jap mala and Shakti asht
gandh for Shakti mantra jap mala).
Arrange all the 109 beads in a line ready for poojan.
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O A-kaar (a), you are powerful enough to win over death, may you be pleased and
enter into this bead with all your powers. Perform poojan of the first matrika Shakti
(with panch upchaar).
O Aa-kaar (aa), you are power of attraction, may you be pleased and enter into this
bead with all your powers. Perform poojan of the matrika shakti as earlier.
O E-kaar (i), you are the one who looks after all of us and are peaceful, may you be
pleased and enter into this bead with all your powers. Perform poojan of the matrika
shakti as earlier.
O Ee-kaar (ii), you are purity of speech and also pure in yourself, may you be pleased
and enter into this bead with all your powers. Perform poojan of the matrika shakti as
earlier.
O U-kaar (u), you are provider of all kinds of powers, may you be pleased and enter
into this bead with all your powers. Perform poojan of the matrika shakti as earlier.
O! û -kaar (û), you‟re one who speaks and can't be faced, may you be pleased and
enter into this bead with all your powers. Perform poojan of the matrika shakti as
earlier.
O ri-kaar (ri), you are power of agitation, may you be pleased and enter into this bead
with all your powers. Perform poojan of the matrika shakti as earlier.
O ṛii-kaar (rii), you are power of hypnotism and are effulgent, may you be pleased
and enter into this bead with all your powers. Perform poojan of the matrika shakti as
earlier.
O Lṛi-kaar (Lṛi), you are a power which creates vidveshan (a quarrel among two
persons), knower of everything and secret, may you be pleased and enter into this
bead with all your powers. Perform poojan of the matrika shakti as earlier.
O Lṛii-kaar (Lṛii), you are power that deludes the mind, may you be pleased and enter
into this bead with all your powers. Perform poojan of the matrika shakti as earlier.
O Ai-kaar (e), you are power who controls everyone and pure truth, may you be
pleased and enter into this bead with all your powers. Perform poojan of the matrika
shakti as earlier.
O æ-kaar (æ), you are pure and satvik in nature, may you be pleased and enter into
this bead with all your powers. Perform poojan of the matrika shakti as earlier.
O Ao-kaar (o), you are the group of all varnas and always pure, may you be pleased
and enter into this bead with all your powers. Perform poojan of the matrika shakti as
earlier.
O Aun-kaar (au), you reside in the heart of all matrikas and are at peace, may you be
pleased and enter into this bead with all your powers. Perform poojan of the matrika
shakti as earlier.
O Am-kaar (an, anuswar), you are power that controls even an elephant and bewilders
it, may you be pleased and enter into this bead with all your powers. Perform poojan
of the matrika shakti as earlier.
O Ah-kaar (ah, visarg), you are annihilator of death and whose mere sight generates
fear in the heart, may you be pleased and enter into this bead with all your powers.
Perform poojan of the matrika shakti as earlier.
O Ka-kaar (k), you are a destroyer of all kinds of poisons and giver of blessings, may
you be pleased and enter into this bead with all your powers. Perform poojan of the
matrika shakti as earlier.
O Kha-kaar (kh), you are omnipresent and generate agitation in the mind, may you be
pleased and enter into this bead with all your powers. Perform poojan of the matrika
shakti as earlier.
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O Ga-kaar (g), you are a remover of all kinds of obstructions and are greater than the
greats, may you be pleased and enter into this bead with all your powers. Perform
poojan of the matrika shakti as earlier.
O Gha-kaar (gh), you are a provider of good fortune and have the power to halt all
movement (stambhan), may you be pleased and enter into this bead with all your
powers. Perform poojan of the matrika shakti as earlier.
O Ang-kaar (ng), you are a destroyer of everything and very ferocious, may you be
pleased and enter into this bead with all your powers. Perform poojan of the matrika
shakti as earlier.
O Ca-kaar (ch), you are power to undo spells of enchantment and are cruel &
ferocious, may you be pleased and enter into this bead with all your powers. Perform
poojan of the matrika shakti as earlier.
O Chha-kaar (chh), you are ferocious and a destroyer of all kinds of spirits, may you
be pleased and enter into this bead with all your powers. Perform poojan of the
matrika shakti as earlier.
O Ja-kaar (j), you are a destroyer of all kinds of krityas (dakini etc.) and fearless, may
you be pleased and enter into this bead with all your powers. Perform poojan of the
matrika shakti as earlier.
O Jha-kaar (jh), you are destroyer of all bhootas, may you be pleased and enter into
this bead with all your powers. Perform poojan of the matrika shakti as earlier.
O N-kaar (Na), you who grinds even death, may you be pleased and enter into this
bead with all your powers. Perform poojan of the matrika shakti as earlier.
O Ṭ-kaar (Ṭa), you are destroyer of all diseases and at peace, may you be pleased and
enter into this bead with all your powers. Perform poojan of the matrika shakti as
earlier.
O Ṭha-kaar (tha), you are shinning like the moon, may you be pleased and enter into
this bead with all your powers. Perform poojan of the matrika shakti as earlier.
O Ḍa-kaar (da), you are a destroyer of all kinds of poisons like the great Garuda (the
bird-creature vehicle of Lord Vishnu), may you be pleased and enter into this bead
with all your powers. Perform poojan of the matrika shakti as earlier.
O Ḍha-kaar (dha), you are a provider of all kinds of wealth and are at peace, may you
be pleased and enter into this bead with all your powers. Perform poojan of the
matrika shakti as earlier.
O Na-kaar (na), you are a provider of all kinds of sidhis (mystical powers), may you
be pleased and enter into this bead with all your powers. Perform poojan of the
matrika shakti as earlier.
O Ta-kaar (ta), you are a granter of all kinds of wealth and grains, and of a happy
face, may you be pleased and enter into this bead with all your powers. Perform
poojan of the matrika shakti as earlier.
O Tha-kaar (tha), you are the one who helps us achieve Dharma (the Eternal Law of
the Cosmos) and are pure, may you be pleased and enter into this bead with all your
powers. Perform poojan of the matrika shakti as earlier.
O Da-kaar (d), you are provider of all kinds of well-being, increase and are beautiful,
may you be pleased and enter into this bead with all your powers. Perform poojan of
the matrika shakti as earlier.
O dha-kaar (dh), you are remover and annihilator of all kinds of poisons & fevers and
are great, may you be pleased and enter into this bead with all your powers. Perform
poojan of the matrika shakti as earlier.
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O Na-kaar (n), you are provider of bhog and moksha both and are at peace, may you
be pleased and enter into this bead with all your powers. Perform poojan of the
matrika shakti as earlier.
O Pa-kaar (p), you are destroyer of poisons and obstructions, may you be pleased and
enter into this bead with all your powers. Perform poojan of the matrika shakti as
earlier.
O Pha-kaar (ph), you are provider of eight sidhis and are of the form of light, may you
be pleased and enter into this bead with all your powers. Perform poojan of the
matrika shakti as earlier.
O Ba-kaar (b), you are remover of all kinds of dosh and are beautiful, may you be
pleased and enter into this bead with all your powers. Perform poojan of the matrika
shakti as earlier.
O Bha-kaar (bh), you are ferocious and remover of all obstacles created by various
spirits, may you be pleased and enter into this bead with all your powers. Perform
poojan of the matrika shakti as earlier.
O M-kaar (m), you are enticer of those who keep grudges against us, may you be
pleased and enter into this bead with all your powers. Perform poojan of the matrika
shakti as earlier.
O Ya-kaar (y), you are omnipresent and pure, may you be pleased and enter into this
bead with all your powers. Perform poojan of the matrika shakti as earlier.
O R-kaar (r), you are creator of heat and are deformed, may you be pleased and enter
into this bead with all your powers. Perform poojan of the matrika shakti as earlier.
O L-kaar (La), you rear the whole world and are shinning, may you be pleased and
enter into this bead with all your powers. Perform poojan of the matrika shakti as
earlier.
O Va-kaar (va), you make everyone healthy and are pure, may you be pleased and
enter into this bead with all your powers. Perform poojan of the matrika shakti as
earlier.
O Ṡh-kaar (sh), you are the provider of all fruits, may you be pleased and enter into
this bead with all your powers. Perform poojan of the matrika shakti as earlier.
O Ṣha-kaar (shh), you are the provider of all kinds of dharma, arth, kaam etc. and are
white, satvik, may you be pleased and enter into this bead with all your powers.
Perform poojan of the matrika shakti as earlier.
O Sa-kaar (sa), you are the cause of everything, associated with everything, may you
be pleased and enter into this bead with all your powers. Perform poojan of the
matrika shakti as earlier.
O Ha-kaar (ha), you the crux of all the varnas and all written material, you are pure,
may you be pleased and enter into this bead with all your powers. Perform poojan of
the matrika shakti as earlier.
O Lda-kaar (Lda), you are provider of all kinds of power and are chief of them, may
you be pleased and enter into this bead with all your powers. Perform poojan of the
matrika shakti as earlier.
O Kṣa-kaar (ksh), you are the one who can explain the main tattva and are of the form
of light, may you be pleased and enter into this sumeru bead with all your powers.
Perform poojan of the matrika shakti as earlier.
Thus, we prepared 50+1 beads for the mala. Similarly create another set of 50 beads.
Then prepare another eight beads by imbuing shaktis of A, Ka, Cha, Ṭ a, Ta, Pa, Ya,
Sha in them and thus prepare 108 bead mala with one top bead, Sumeru.
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After preparing the mala on a cotton thread as explained earlier, do the following,
O all Devtas! You who roam the Earth, please accept my salutations. Enter into this
mala (rosary).
O all the Pitras, please accept my salutations and enter into this mala.
O all the Divinities residing in the sky, please accept my salutations and enter into this
mala.
O all the Divinities, residing in heavens, please accept my salutations and enter into
this mala.
In this realm, seventy million mantras and 64 kalas of various vidyas reside,
salutations to all of them, may they enter into this mala.
Salutations to the power of Brhama, Vishnu and Mahesh, accept my salutations and
may they all enter into this mala.
Salutations to 96 tattvas of various philosophies like Samkhya etc. May all of them
bless the persons who chant mantras and be like Kamdhenu (the wish-fulfilling
cow). They who are the remover of all obstacles of the sadhak, may all of them enter
into this mala.
Hundreds and thousands of divisions of Vaishnav, Shakti etc. which abound in this
Brhaman, salutations to them. May all of them enter into this mala.
All those powers which can win over even death, salutations to them. May they also
enter into this mala.
Getting up, circumambulate the mala and pray to it as follows,
Om Bhagwati mantra matrike! O akshmala! You are the power which keeps all under
its control, salutations to you.
O Mantra matrike! You have the power to immobilize every movement, create
ucchatan, salutations to you.
O you, who are death personified and are mritunjaya, salutations to you.
O you, who light-up everything, salutations to you.
O you! who are the provider of prana to the whole universe, creator of everything,
you who guard the whole world, present in all the lands and islands, always moving,
residing in every heart, please accept my salutations.
O you who represent Para, Pashyanti, Madhyama and Vaikhari (four states of speech),
support of all the vidyas and powers, ardently prayed to by Vashishth muni and well
looked after by Vishwamitra, I salute you again and again.
After this the mala becomes ready for use. It is said that if the Sanskar of a mala is
done like this then it gives mantra sidhi in a very short time.
Thus ends this beautiful Upnishad.
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6. Vajrasuchikopnishat
Many a time people question, as to who a Brahmin is? Is it sufficient to take birth in
that lineage or anyone can be Brahmin without it? Not going into much details of the
birth taken from a particular parents, certain qualities were essential in Brahmins.
Though, by and large, Brahmins of ancient times did possess those qualities. In the
modern times, everything is changing and corroding. It has become very difficult to
uphold any kind of principles, what to say of Brahmanism.
Reflecting on the above subject, one came across this Upnishad, which discusses
Brahmanism as per the lofty ideals of ancient Rishis and seers of past. Thus, without
discussing it further, one would like to go straight to the point of this discussion with
the help of the above mentioned Upnishad commentary. Generally, it is seen that all
Upnishads always open with some sort of prayer. Hence this one also starts with the
following prayer:
Om!, May all my body parts, speech, life force, eyes, ears, power and all the senses be
healthy. These all have been explained in the Upnishads as Brahm. May I not distance
myself from Brahm, May Brahm not distance me from itself. Neither am I at a
distance from Brahm and neither Brahm is far from me. May I imbibe all those
Dhramas which have been explained in the Upnishads as essential for those who seek
Atma or Realization. May such ideals be in me, be in me. Om! Shantih, Shantih,
Shantih.
I prostrate to that Brahm, which is Sakshi to me, which is Sat-Chit-Anand, which can
be known through Vedanta and is of innumerable kinds of forms of Brahm all
around. For the ignorant, it seems bad and corrupted, while for the awakened, who
has an eye of knowledge, it is an ornament.
Four Varnas have been explained as per the Indian system of division of populace,
namely Brahmin, Kshatriya, Vaishya and Kshudra. As per Vedas and Smritis,
Brahmin is considered, best of them. Now the question that is raised here is, who this
Brhamin is. Whether he is a jiva1, a body2, a lineage3, a knowledge4, a Karma5 or
a Dharma6.
If at the start, we presume jiva to be Brahman then we know it cannot be. The Jiva
moves through various bodies during its different births in the past, present or future.
Despite moving through all those forms, jiva still remains same. Jiva is one but is
known to take birth in different forms due to its karmas. Hence a jiva cannot be
Brahman.
Is this body a Brahman? This also cannot hold true. From Chandal (a person who
cremates bodies) to all the humans, bodies are made of same five elements and all of
them experience childhood, youth, old age, death, dharma-adharma etc. It is not that
brahmin is fair coloured, Kshatriya is red coloured, Vaishya is yellow coloured and
Kshudra is black in colour. Neither by performing final rites of the father etc. a son
gets dosha of Brahmhatya (killing of Brahmin). Hence a body cannot be Brahman.
Is a special varna or lineage Brahmin. This also is not possible because different
Maharishis have taken birth from different wombs like Shringi Rishi came from deer,
Kaushik Rishi came from kusha (a kind of grass), Jambuk Rishi came from jambu
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fruit, Valmiki Rishi came from a termite hill, Vyas came from the daughter of a ship
guide (mallah), Gautam came from back of a hare, sage Vasishtha came from a divine
damsel Urvashi, Muni Agastaya came from a pot. All these Rishis were not born in a
particular lineage but were endowed with great knowledge right from birth, hence we
cannot say lineage is Brahmin.
Is knowledge Brahmin? This also cannot be said to be true. Many Kshatriyas have
been knowers of ultimate truth and they taught it to many too. Hence, we cannot say
that only knowledgeable can be called a Brahmin.
Then, is it that karma (performed acts) is Brahmin? This also cannot be said because
all the karmas of past (sanchit), present (prarabdh) and future seem similar and driven
by them alone, all jivas act. Hence, karma can also not be called a Brahmin.
Is religiousness Brahmin? This also is not true because many kshatriyas, vaishyas are
seen offering alms of gold and silver today. Thus only religious persons cannot be
called a Brahmin.
One who is beyond the duality of Self or Atma, who is beyond lineage, attributes and
Karma, who has not been corrupted by six kinds of Urmis and Bhavas, who is true
Anand, endless, is not effected by anything, support of kaal (time), knower of all the
elements, who is present inside and outside like ether, who experiences unbroken
Anand, is boundless, is known only through Dhyan, knower of Atma like a fruit, in
one's hand, though it is not seen, away from the impurities of physical attraction and
attachments, equipped Sham and Dam, free of trickery of thirst and desires, one who
keeps his Chit free of ego all the time, such a one alone is called a Brahmin. All the
Shrutis, Smritis, Puranas and scriptures say like this. Apart from this, no other form of
Brahmin can be proved. Atma is omnipresent, omniscient, is the enjoyer of truth,
purity and Anand and is One, People who experience it like this are called Brahmin.
Such is the teaching of this Vajrasuchikopnishat. May the lord be praised. Om!
Shantih, Shantih, Shantih.
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7. Chandogya Upnishad:
A:
It is said that once Satykam asked his mother about his father and gotra (lineage). She
replied that she didn‟t know who was his father. Since, the boy wanted to join a
gurukul to learn at the feet of a guru, he insisted his mother tell him what he should
say to the master when asked about his gotra. His mother told him, "O Satykam, my
name is Jabala. So when the teacher will ask your name, tell him it is Satykam Jabal."
Satisfied, the boy accosted the great teacher and requested him to take him in as his
disciple. As was customary, the teacher asked him his gotra, to which the child
reproduced truthfully all that his mother told him. Thus he conveyed to the teacher
that his gotra is unknown to him. The teacher became very happy with the boy. He
told him that only a Brahmin can have the courage to say truthfully like this in front
of a teacher and thus he accepted him as a student.
As a seva to the Guru, Satykam was given 400 cows and told to take them with him
and come back only when they become 1000 in number. The boy took the herd and
roamed about from one jungle to another for years. One day the bull of the heard told
him, look we have become 1000 in number, so let us go back to the ashram. Happy
with the boy's looking after them, the bull was pleased with him and told him that he
would teach Brahm Gyan (knowledge of the self) to the boy.
In the evening, when they were to rest, Satykam lighted a fire and sat in front of it
with a samidha (one firewood) in hand(depicting his intention of becoming a disciple)
in front of the fire, when the Bull explained the first foot of Brahm. He told him that
East1, West2, South3 and North4 are the four Kalas of this paad. It is effulgent. One
who prays to it with this kind of knowledge gets known in the world, and after death
goes to effulgent realms only.
The next day when in evening, Satykam again sat in front of the fire, Agni started
talking with him. It told him that Earth1, Sky2, Heaven3 and Ocean4 are the four kalas
of second foot (paad) of brahm known by the name of ANANT. One who prays to
this paad of brahm, with this kind of knowledge gets great happiness on this earth and
after that goes to the realms which are eternal.
Again next time when he sat in front of the fire in the evening, a Swan appeared
before him and explained the third foot of Brahm as following. It told him that Fire1,
Sun2, Moon3 and Electricity/thunderbolt4, are the four kalas of the third foot of
Brahm, known by the name of „Jyotirmaan‟. One who prays to it like this goes to the
effulgent realms after death.
On his next sitting a water bird appeared and instructed him about the fourth foot of
Brahm. It told him that Pran1, Shraut2, Paksh3 and Mind4 are the four kalas of the
fourth foot of Brahm, known by the name of Ayatvaan. One who does its upasana like
this achieves this realm.
Thus enlightened about the four feet of Brahm, Satykam returned to his Guru‟s
ashram happily. On seeing the light on Satyakam's face, Guru asked him as to who
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had instructed him during all that time. He told him that entities other than human
have instructed him. Then he requested his Guru also to instruct him, or else his
knowledge would never be complete. Then the Guru instructed him in the 16 kala
knowledge and whatever ignorance was left in Satyakam earlier also got removed.
Later on when Satyakam established his own ashram, Kamal‟s son Upkaushal came
to his ashram for studying. For twelve years, he served different kinds of fires under
his instructions. After completion of twelve year time, when all the students graduated
and went away, Upkaushal was not conferred with the degree for studying with his
guru. Satykam‟s wife told him that this boys has served different kind of fires with
great zeal for complete twelve years hence to save himself, he must confer the degree
on this disciple lest all the fires become annoyed with him. Without paying any heed
to what his wife told him, Satykam went on a trip. Feeling very bad about this whole
affair, Upkaushal went on a fast. When the Guru‟s wife offered food to Upkaushal, he
refused to eat. On being asked why he is not eating food, Upkaushal replied that there
are many painful desires in the human mind. To get rid of them, he is undergoing this
fast.
On hearing this, all three kinds of fires (which he has served for twelve
years) discussed amongst themselves that this boys served us for twelve years with
great devotion. Hence it is their duty to instruct him in Brahm vidya, knowledge of
the Self.
Fire started talking to him. It said, Pran1 is Brahm, Ka2 is Brahm and Kha3 is Brahm.
On hearing it, Upkaushal told them that he knows Pran as Brahm but what are these
KA and Kha, he is totally ignorant about them. They explained to him that what is Ka
(pleasures), is also Kha (ether); and what is Kha is also Ka. Thus they instructed him
about Brahm and Ether associated with it.
Daskhinagni also instructed him. It told him that water1, all directions2, nakshatras3
and moon4 is dakshinagni itself. Purusha seen in the moon is also him alone. One,
who prays to it knowing all the four forms as explained above, burns all his sins, goes
to the realm of fire, his lineage never ends and he enjoys full life and happiness. One
who prays to us like this, we take care of him in this as well as that world also.
Ahvahniya fire told him that Pran1, Ether2, Heaven3 and Electricity4 are his four
forms. Purusha seen in fire is but me. One who prays to me like this gets full life,
happiness, goes to the realm of fire after death, his lineage becomes eternal and we
take care of him in both the realms.
After instructing him thus in Agni and Atma vidya, they asked him to return to his
Guru, who will instruct him further in the practical aspect of it to achieve its fruit.
Thus Upkaushal happily went into the presence of his Guru who immediately came to
know that he has been instructed in higher vidyas. On being asked, Upkaushal
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explained everything to his Guru. The Guru felt very happy and told him that now he
will instruct him in the knowledge by which one can get separated from sins in the
same way, as a lotus flower gets separate from water.
B.
Now the procedure of daily karmas is being explained. This breeze which is flowing,
it surely is Yajna. While moving, it purifies the whole cosmos, thus it is yajna. Speech
and mind are its karmas. Out of the two, mind with the help of mind opens up one
path for movement of the soul, while the second path is initiated with the help of
speech by Adhvaryu and Udgata.
If during early morning anuvak (chanting of certain vedic text, where God is invited
to accept the offering) before the final richa (couplet) if Brhama speaks up then only
one path opens, while another path is decimated. As it is difficult for a single footed
person to walk and a single wheeled chariot to move, in the same way that yajna is
annihilated, with it yajman (one for whom the yajna is being performed) is also
finished. By preforming such a yajna, the yajman's sins increase.
When during the morning anuvak, and before the chanting of the last richa, Brahma
keeps quiet, then both the pathways are offered. As it is easy for a two footed person
to walk and two wheeled chariot to run, in the same way yajna is also kept intact and
is successful. The yajman is also saved. Such a yajna alone is best.
Prajapati sat in tapasya for the development of various realms. From those realms, he
received nectar. From Earth, he got fire, from sky he got air and from the heavens, he
got the Sun. Then, he started praying to these three devtas of fire, air and Sun. From
fire he received Rik Veda, from air he received Yajur Veda and from Sun he received
Sam Veda. Then he again meditated on these three vidyas and got nectar from them.
From Rik, he attained Bhu; from Yajur, he received Bhuvar; from Sam, he attained
Svah.
When a hole is created in the yajna by chanting of richa of Rik, in that, one should
offer ahuti with ‘Bhu swaha’ in Gharpatya agni. The hole appearing in this yajna of
Rik is filled with the power of chanting of richas of Rik veda.
In the same way, in the case of the yajna of yajur, one has to offer ahuti with ‘Bhuvar
swaha’ in the Dakshinayan agni. Whatever discrepancies occur in the yajur yajna,
they are fulfilled by chanting of shruti from yajur veda.
When doing yajna with Sam veda, ahuti is offered with „Swa swaha‟. Whatever
discrepancies occur, they are improved with the crux and power chanting of Sam veda
richa. As with the help of Shuhaga, gold is joined; with the help of gold, silver is
joined; with the help of silver, raang is joined; with the help of raang, lead is joined;
with the help of lead, iron is joined; with the help of iron (in the form of nails) wood
is joined, in the same way with the help of these divinities and nectar of three vidyas,
the hole in the yajna is filled up.
When in yajna such a Brahma knower is sitting, that yajna is provider of Uttar marg.
In whatsoever yajna such a Brahma is sitting, the hole in the yajna is filled up. A
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meditating Ritvik, who is the form of Brahma, controls all the performers in the yajna.
As a mare operated under the control of the rider in the battlefield, in the same way
Brahma removes all the doshas of the performers in the yajna. Hence, one should
appoint only such a knower as Brahm in the yajna. One should not appoint a person
who is ignorant……..Om!
C.
VAISHWANAR VIDYA:
Once Pracheenshaal, Satyagya, Indraduman, Jan and Budil who were sons of
Upmanyu, Pulush, Bhallvi, Sharkraksh and Ashwatrashv respectively were discussing
about Brahm and atma. Since they could not reach any conclusion, they mutually
decided to approach Uddalak, son of Arun for teaching. On reaching there, they
enquired about it. Realizing that he would not be able to give them a proper reply,
Uddalak suggested to them to accost Kaikaye's son Ashwapati, a king, who was a
knower of it. All of them went there and requested the king to explain this knowledge
to them, to which he agreed. The King individually asked each one whom they pray
to.
1.
2.
3.
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4.
5.
Then the king expounded to them that all of you pray to Brahm as different from your
own atma. But one who does it with firm conviction that 'This I am', feels this
Viashwanar in the form of Atma which pervades everything, he alone is the enjoyer in
all lokas, all bhootas and in all atma. This Vaishwanar form of atma has Heavens as
its forehead, Sun as its eyes, Air as its pran, Sky as its stomach, Water as its urinary
organ, Earth as its feet, Vedi as its chest, Darbh as its skin pores, Gharpatyagni as its
heart, Dakshinagni as mind and Ahvahniyagni as its mouth. Hence he told them to
visualize like this in order to attain the Atma.
D.
E.
O Lord! I know all the Vedas, Upnishads, Shrutis, Smritis, Purans, Brahmsutras,
Kalps, Grammer, Sutras, various Vidyas, Jyotish, Dancing, Singing, playing of
musical instruments etc. but I do not know Atma. Kindly instruct me in this.
Whatsoever you know is just Name. Rik Ved is a name and like this, all others are
too. Hence you should pray to the form of name as Brahm. Then you will be able to
reach all those places, wherever name can reach.
O Lord, that is correct, I must meditate on Name then, but is there anything better
than this?
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O yes! Speech is higher than name. Had there been no speech, there would have been
no good-bad, true-untrue, desirable-undesirable etc. Without it none of the above
shastras and vidyas could be expressed and shared. Hence you should pray to Speech
as Brahm and then you will be able to reach up to all those realms where speech can
go.
O Lord, that is correct, then I must meditate on Speech, but is there anything better
than this?
O yes! Mind is higher than speech. Both name and speech are experienced in mind
and appear because of it. One, who meditates on mind in the form of Brahm, can go to
all those realms which are within its reach.
O Lord, that is correct, then I must meditate on mind, but is there anything better
than this?
O yes! Sankalp (firm resolve, which we make to fructify our work) is higher than
mind. Name, speech and mind all rest in sankalp. You should pray to sankalp in the
form of Brahm and then you will be able to reach all those places where sanklap can
go.
O Lord, that is correct, then I must meditate on sankalp, but is there anything better
than this?
O yes! Chit is higher than sankalp. Name, Speech, Mind, Sankalp all dwell inside our
chit. If we find an extremely knowledgeable person, who is achit or achetan than it
will lead us nowhere, on the other hand if we find a less knowledgeable person but
who is chetan, only then we can talk with him and benefit. So you should pray to chit
in the form of Brahm and then you will be able to reach all those places where our
chit can go. One who meditates like this gets everything he requires and goes to all
those realms after death which are without any kind of anguish.
O Lord, that is correct, then I must meditate on chit, but is there anything better than
this?
O yes! Dhyan is higher than chit. People, who are remembered in this world, are all
dhyanis (meditative). They are remembered just because of the power of their
meditation. Hence you must pray to Dhyan in the form of Brahm and then you will be
able to reach all those places wherever dhyan can go.
O Lord, that is correct, then I must meditate on Dhyan, but is there anything better
than this?
O yes! Vigyan (pure knowledge) is better than dhyan. Whatsoever is known in the
world is known through Vigyan alone. So you must pray to Vigyan as Brahm and
then you will be able to reach all those places where vigyan can go.
O Lord, that is correct, then I must meditate on Vigyan, but is there anything better
than this?
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O yes! Power is greater than vigyan. An assembly where many Vigyanis are sitting, if
one powerful person comes there none can stand against him. It is because of this
power, earth, planets, sky, heavens, mountains and all the jeevas keep to their realms
and do not move out of them. Hence you must pray to Power as Brahm and then you
will be able to reach all those places where ever power can go.
O Lord, that is correct, then I must meditate on power, but is there anything better
than this?
O yes! Grain is higher than power. If you do not eat grain, no power will be
generated in your body. If a person fasts for ten days, then his speech, cognition and
capacity to run around leaves him. If you feed him food again, he regains all those
faculties. Hence, you should meditate on grain in the form of Brahm. Thus one would
be able to reach all those places where grain can go.
O Lord, that is correct, then I must meditate on grain, but is there anything better
than this?
O yes! Water is higher than grain. If there is no rain, grain cannot grow. So you
should pray to grain in the form of Brahm and then you will be able to reach all those
places which can be reached by water.
O Lord, that is correct, then I must meditate on water, but is there anything better
than this?
O yes! Tej (splendour, brilliance, lustre) is better than water. Mixing with air it heats
up the whole sky and due to that rain comes. It appears first and then rain follows.
Hence you should pray to tej in the form of Brahm and then you will be able to reach
all those places which are reachable by tej.
O Lord, that is correct, then I must meditate on tej, but is there anything better than
this?
O yes! Ether is higher than tej. Who so ever takes birth, or dies or plays, moves
inside ether alone. Hence you should pray to ether as Brahm and then you will be able
to reach all those places wherever ether can go.
O Lord, that is correct, then I must meditate on ether, but is there anything better
than this?
O yes! Smriti (remembrance, thought) is higher than ether. Wherever one is sitting,
whosoever is thought of, heard of, known of, is due to it alone. Hence you must pray
to it as Brahm and then alone you will be able to reach all those places where
remembrance can reach.
O Lord, that is correct, then I must meditate on smriti (remembrance), but is there
anything better than this?
O yes! Hope is higher than remembrance. With hope, when one chants various
mantras, desires get fulfilled. Hence work performed with hope brings fruit. So you
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must pray to hope in the form of Brahm and then alone one would be able to go to all
those realms where hope can reach.
O Lord, that is correct, then I must meditate on hope, but is there anything better than
this?
O yes! Pran (life-force) is higher than hope, whose creation is based on it. Whenever
someone is alive, only then that person is our mother, father, sister, brother or any
other relative. When they die, they are nothing to us. Hence Pran alone is father,
mother, sister, brother or relative etc. So you must pray to pran in the form of Brahm
and reach all those places wherever it can go.
One who meditates on pran like this is called ATIVADI. Whosoever calls such a
person as ativadi, he must respond to him and not try to hide himself.
One, who does ativad for Truth, is really ativadi. That Truth alone, is actually to be
known. Those who speak truth, are known to be those, who are vigyanis. One who
doesn‟t know vigyan, cannot speak the truth.
When one cogitates (manan), only then vigyan dawns. When one has faith, only then
reflection (manan) takes place. Steadfast devotion (Nishtha) alone leads to faith. One
who cannot perform a karm, cannot generate Nishtha. Hence karm alone or kriti is to
be specially known. Kriti is said to be performed, only when one gets happiness.
Hence happiness is to be really known.
Where one sees no one else, hears no one else, knows no one else, That state alone
which is called Bhauma, is real happiness. Bhauma alone is happiness. A Bhaum
(experiencer of that state) is established in his own state. To say this, is also not
correct because that state is really support-less. It is everywhere. Because of the ego in
it, one says, I am up or down or on the left or on the right or everywhere.
Those Knowledgeable, who know like this, are really the kings of their own kingdom.
They can move to all the realms without any obstruction. Those who think opposite
are those who perish.
Thus spoke the great celibate since birth, Sanat kumara to Sage Narada Muni.
May the Mother be praised, may Truth be hailed, may the Guru be served and may all
of us highly evolve!
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8. Advait Tarak Upnishad
"Om! This is complete, that is complete. After taking out This from That, whatever is
left, is also complete. Om! Shantih, Shantih, Shantih."
Now we talk on Advaitarakopnishat for those Sanyasis who are in full control of their
senses and have ten qualities: i.e. sham, dam etc. Keeping one's eyes open or closed,
one should continuously meditate in the eye-brow centre that, „I am a form of Chit‟
(Pure Consciousness). Thus dwelling on the sat-chit-anand, effulgent Brahm, one
becomes Brahm itself. That which gets one free from old age, death, rebirth,
annihilation and sins is called Tarak Brahm. Knowing Jeev and Brahm as Mayic,
saying, 'Not this, not this' to the whole world, whatever is left behind is Brahm alone.
In the middle of the body is located Sushumana Nadi, which is effulgent like a full-
moon. It starts from Mooladhar and ends up in Brahmrandhra in the crown of one's
head. In the middle of it, resides the well-known Kundlini Shakti, which is shining
like a million lights and is extremely subtle. By having its darshan with one's mind,
one is set free of all sins. One who is continuously aware of the Inner Light in the
forehead with the help of Tarak Brahm becomes a Sidha. Closing both ears with the
help of one's forefingers, one hears a sound. Fixing one's mind on it, one should
concentrate on the blue light in the center between the closed eyes, one experiences
great peace and happiness. A similar Darshan is observed in the heart also. One
should strive for such kind of Darshan if one desires Moksha (Liberation).
Now, we will talk of symbols for the outer goal. At a distance of 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 and
12 fingers from the nasal tip, one should try to see the darkish bluish light or mixed
shade light, which comprises of yellow & white also. One, who can see like this, is a
yogi.
To see light rays in sky with roving sight makes one a yogi.
When one can see hot gold-like light, at the ends of one's eyes, then one should know
that one's sight has becomes stable now.
One, who can see a jyoti (Light) at a distance of twelve fingers above one's forehead
is called a Yogi.
Now, we will talk of the middle goal.
In the morning, one who sees the Sun with it colours, effulgent like fire, stable,
completely round, that yogi becomes Nirgun Akash. (probably the Upnishad writer is
referring to the inner Sun seen in Dhyan in the Chidakash by a practitioner).
Lighted by a shining star, the black space is called Parmakash.
Mahakash is effulgent with great light.
Suryakash shines with effulgence of millions of Suns.
Thus these five Akash, spaces located outside or within are the goal of Tarak.
One who sees the sky like this becomes free like the sky itself.
The goal of Tarak is to provide the fruit of sadhana sans mind.
Thus, this Tarak is of two kinds, Poorvardh and Uttarardh.
Poorv is called Tarak and Uttar is called Amanask.
We see, Sun and Moon, in the balls of our eyes. Like we see the outer world with the
help of the eyes, in the same way by meditating in the middle of the skull, we should
have Darshan of the Sun and the Moon. One should meditate on both of them as one
because if we do not do like this, it will be extremely difficult for us to wean our
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mind off the worldly objects. Hence, a sadhak should use the inner gaze to research
on Tarak.
Taraks are of two kinds, Moort (with form) and Amoort (without form). That, which
is at the end of senses is formless and that, which is outside both eyebrows is with
form. For explanation of other things, one should always use one's mind. Mind
endowed with realised truth when it concentrates inward, then above both the Taraks,
it perceives the Sat-Chit-Ananad form of the Brahm. One should know That Brahm,
with the Inner-sight of the eyes endowed mind. Amoort tarak is also known through
mind, which is equipped with eyes. As to perceive any form, mind has to take the
help of the eyes in the outside world; the same is true with the Inner Darshan also.
Hence, the mind associated with eyes can have knowledge of Tarak.
The purpose of Tarak yog is to see Light above the Inner space in between the
eyebrows. Hence, keeping one's brows a little up, one should try to see this Light by
keeping mind and Tarak together. The second part is called Amanask.
Above the soft pallet in the throat is the Realm of Great Light. This is the goal of
yogis. Anima etc. Sidhis are acquired here only. When one's gaze, to see in and out
both, becomes focused then Shambhavi Mudra in acquired. The place where such a
person lives becomes pious just by his presence and all who get even his Darshan
alone, also become pure. Whosoever does poojan of such a yogi qualifies to have
Mukti (deliverance).
Inner Darshan comes in the form of a Tarak Jyoti (light). With the help of the
Paramguru's updesh (teachings), one gets Darshan of Tarak Jyoti in the Sahasradal
lotus or in the cave of Budhi (intellect) or one gets Darshan of Chaitanya (the
Universal Soul), which lives at the end of sixteen Kalas.
Such a person is a Vishnu Bhakta, a knower of yog, a practitioner of it, is pure, keeps
full faith in the guru and dwells in the form of Paramatma (the subtlest indestructible
Divine Existence). „Gu‟ means darkness, „Ru‟ means remover of darkness. Guru itself
is Parbrahm, he is the Param Vidya, he is the Param movement, he alone is to be
thought of, he alone is Parakshatha (ultimate limit), he is the greatest wealth. He alone
is the best of the best teachers, who can expound this knowledge. By remembering it
alone, one is set free of the world and the sins of all one's lives are removed. All
desires are fulfilled. All efforts bear fruit. One who knows thus, he alone is the
knower of the Upnishad. Thus ends this Advait Tarak Upnishad.
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9. HANSOPNISHAT
Om! This Brahm is complete, this cosmos is complete, from this complete Brahm this
complete cosmos has taken birth and if separated, this complete cosmos from this
complete Brahm, whatever will be left, will still be complete. Om! Shantih!, Shantih!,
Shantih!.
Gautam: O Lord, you are the knower of all kinds of Dharmas and Shastras. Please tell
me how can one acquire the knowledge of Brahm Vidya?
Sanatkumar: Listen to what Mahadev told his consort Parvati after meditating on the
meaning of all the Vedas.
One should not tell this secret knowledge to any ignorant person, for yogis it is the
greatest wealth. This knowledge which explains the state of Hamsa Atma is the
provider of eternal freedom. A celibate who is of peaceful mind, is devoted to his
Guru and is controller of his senses, only in front of him such a secret knowledge of
Hamsa and Paramhamsa should be explained. This Jiva keeps chanting Hamsa,
Hamsa resides in all bodies, in the same way as fire lives in a wooden log and oil in
sesame seeds. One who comes to know of this secret, wins over death.
First tightening ones anus, throw out the air of Mooladhar, then circumambulate
Swadhishthan chakra, lotus, three times. Then crossing the Manipura chakra one
should go on to pierce Anahat chakra. Then one should stop the prana in Vishudhi
chakra and meditate on Ajna chakra. Then one should meditate on Brahmrandhra. I
am the Trimatra Atma, thinking like this one should experience the Naad from
Mooladhar to Brahmrandhra as Atma itself.
Its Rishi1 is Hamsa, Chand2 is Avyakt, Devta3 is Gayatri, Beej4 (seed) is Paramhamsa,
Kilak5 is Aham and Shakti6 is Soham. These six are remembered with the breath
21600 times during the twenty four hours.
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dwells in an awakened state, while on karnika it is in the dream state and in the
middle it is in the sleep state. When Hamsa leaves this lotus also, then it reaches the
Turiya state which is beyond the earlier three states. When it merges into the Naad
then it is known by many names like, Turiyateet (beyond Turiya), Unmani (beyond
mind) and Ajapa Upsamhar. Hence all the Bhavas are under the control of Hamsa and
it does thinking while dwelling in the mind.
This Hamsa, when it finishes ten million mantra jap then it realises Naad. All this
Naad is under the control of Hamsa and is of ten different types: Chin1, Chin-Chin2,
Ghanta3, Conch4, Tantri5, Taal6, Flute7, Mridang8, Bheri9 and like the roar of a
Cloud10. During the first Naad the body feels the impulse or current, in the second
Naad fear manifests, during the third Naad one sweats, during fourth whole body
shudders, during fifth naad liquid flows from pallet, during the sixth Naad nectar rains
down, during the seventh Naad one gets secret knowledge, during the eighth Naad
ones speech becomes true, during the ninth Naad the body develops capacity to be
unseen and gets sight to see even at great distances, during the tenth Naad one gets
Parabrahm knowledge (ultimate knowledge). Then mind merges into that Hamsa and
hence all Sankalp-Vikalp of mind are removed, all the good and bad deeds are also
burnt completely. Then Hamsa takes the form of Sadashiv, Shakti establishes
everywhere, Jyoti shines pure and eternal, without any blemish on its peaceful state.
Thus says the Veda and such is this Upnishad.
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10. PANCHBRAHMOPNISHAT
Once Shakaal asked Piplad as to what was there at the beginning. To this Piplad
answered That Brahm by the name of Sadyojat appeared first. Shakaal enquired,
'After that what came forth?' Piplad replied, ' Vamdev'. Shakaal asked if anything else
also came later. Piplad replied in the affirmative and explained them as Aghor,
Tatpurush and Ishaan, which are the creators of all Dev Yonis. Shakaal again
questioned, 'How many Varnas, divisions and Shaktis of it are there?' Piplad replied,
'Such details must not be told to the unqualified.' Piplad bowed to Maharudra who
Himself has explained it to him.
Aghor also has many forms like water, Chandra (moon), Samveda, Neerdhab,
Upkaar, Dakshin-agni. Fifty letters from A (अ) to Gya (K), Icha shakti, its form
which guards vikalp shakti with the help of kriya shakti and decimates all the great
groups of sins and is provider of all kinds of grandeur.
Vamdev is the provider of great discrimination, form of effulgent fire, imbued with
Light of Knowledge, always happy and shining like millions of Suns. It is of the form
of Samveda, and eight swara (7+1) i.e. seven swaras of Samveda and one of Bharat-
shastra of low swaras like A, Aa, Am, etc., Ahvaniya Agni used in yajnas and its form
which is capable of annihilation. It is white, Tamogun, fully realised creator of three
Dham and three Dharmas, provider of good fortune to all, provider of all kinds of
fruits to humans, equipped with A, Ka, Cha, Ta, Pa, Ta, Ya,Sha, the eight letters and
which resides in the eight petalled lotus of the heart.
Tatpurush is the realm of Air, represents all the five kinds of fires, power of mantra,
creator of mantra power and one who makes rules for it to operate. It represents all the
fifty letters of varnmala, of the form of Atharv Veda, is the leader of various good
qualities and the whole cosmos is his body. He is red in colour, is a beautiful medicine
for mental and bodily diseases and is the creator, annihilator and controller of the
whole cosmos in which all powers reside. Simultaneously, it is beyond the three states
and dwells in fourth state of Turiya. It is called the Brahm, creator of everything and
is continuously served by lord Brahma and Vishnu.
Ishan is the greatest of the rulers and creators/instigators, Sakshi of intellect, spread
everywhere like akash (space), non-evident, embellished with the sound of Om. He is
refuge of all devtas (divinities), at peace, even beyond peace, who is the creator of all
16 Varnas of Vishudhi Chakra and whose body is the sky. He is the doer of five kinds
of work in which cosmic creation is one, he is knower of all the three divisions of
time and is of the form of Panch-brahm. When Panch-brahm achieves Nirvan it enters
its Atma and with its Maya annihilates everything. He is self-effulgent and self-
created.
Bound by the spell of Maya of Lord Shankar, all the divinities, Gurus of the world are
unable to know the cause of all causes, the Mahadev. That Paratpar Purush which is
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and which lights up the whole world, his form cannot be seen with these eyes.
Because of whom this creation is lighted and when it annihilates, that Brahm is at
extreme peace. It is that Parampad form. These Sadyojat etc. are the five Brahms and
whatever is seen in the world or heard is also Brahm. Understanding of these five
forms is called Brahm-karya and by knowing it one reaches Ishan. All the wise
knowers, merge these five Brhams in their own Atma and if they realise that they
themselves are that five form deva then they qualify to drink the Nectar. One, who
realises the Brahm like this is set free, there is no doubt about it. Equipped with five
letters, one should remember the mantra: 'Namah Shivay', in the beginning of which is
letter 'N' and in the end is letter 'Y'.
As by knowing one clod of earth one knows everything which is made of such
material, because cause and doing (karya and karan) are one, in the same way by the
knowledge of Pach-brahm, every knowledge is known.
By knowing iron one gets knowledge of everything made out of it; by cutting one nail
one gets the knowledge of that which cuts it because it is natural that similar things
will not be different. Because doing which is not different from the cause, is actually
a form of the cause itself. If an object is taken as one alone, this is also untrue (as we
see different things in the creation). But the actual cause is only One, but generally
sometimes it is taken as one and at some places it is taken as many.
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11. SUBALOPNISHAT
Om! Brahm is complete; from this complete Brahm this complete cosmos has taken
birth. From THAT complete Brahm when THIS complete cosmos is taken out,
WHATEVER is left behind is also complete. Om! Shantih, Shantih, Shantih.
Part:1
When various Rishis questioned as to what was there before this cosmos, Raikav rishi
who was most knowledgable among them replied to Ghorangiras. He said before
cosmic creation there was no truth and no untruth as well, there was no duality of
truth-untruth even. Out of this ignorance takes birth. From it came out ego, from ego
came ether, ether gave rise to Air, air lead to Fire, due to fire Water was born and
water created Earth. Thus all the five elements were created which is the AND, (egg),
of Brahmaand. Staying in it for complete one year, Purusha divided it into two parts.
Lower part became earth and upper part became akaash or space. In the middle
dwelled the divine purusha who had a thousand heads, eyes, feet, and hands. He first
created death of various bhootas/elements. This death had the form of a three headed,
three lettered, three footed and holding a small farsa (a kind of broad sword), in his
hands. His name was Brahm. He himself entered into Brahm. He had seven male
children, born of the mind. They were called Prajapati. Brahman became the face of
this viraat purusha, Kshatriya became his arms, Vaishya became his chest and
Kshudra became his feet. Moon took birth from his mind and Sun took birth from his
eyes. Air came from his ears and pran came from his heart. Thus the whole cosmos
was born.
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From Apan of this Virat came out Bheel, a kind of community. Rakshas, Yaksha and
Gandharav; mountains from his bones; vegetation and all the medicines came from its
pores in the skin; from his forehead came forth anger which gave rise to Rudra. Virat
Purush is the greatest of the bhoots. His breath alone is Rik, Saam, Yaju, Atharv,
teachings/knowledge, Kalp (gauge of time), Grammer, Nirukt, Chand, Jyotish,
scriptures, Nyaya Mimansa, Dharmshastra, various detailed explanations and all the
jeevas. He divided his form into two parts, one half became female and other became
male. He created divines after becoming divine, and created Rishis after becoming a
rishi himself. Thus he made everything which is living in villages and communities.
Some were cows, buffaloes, horses, donkeys and some were created to rear all. In the
end this Virat turns into fire and burns up everything. At that time whole earth goes
into water, water into fire, fire into air, air into space, space into senses, senses into
tanmatras, tanmatra into ego, ego into mahatattva and mahattva into prakriti. Prakriti
merges into Akshar (which can‟t be annihilated), akshar into tamas agyan (ignorance)
and that also merges into Parmatama, which is the one. No sat or asat (untruth) is left
behind. This is the talk of moksha/nirvana. This is the teachings of the veda.
Part 3:
Before this cosmic creation, cosmos was untrue as at that time atma was not
established in it. This atma is without sound, without form, without sense of touch,
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without smell, neither big nor small, without expansion and unborn. Knowing thus
courageous people never feel sadness. That Atma is without pran, without face,
without ears, without speech, without mind, without effulgence, without eyes, without
name, without forehead, without feet, without gotra (lineage), without blood and
spaces. Its size can‟t be explained as it is neither long, nor short; neither thick nor
subtle, it can‟t be crossed over and hence impossible to explain. It is like covered up
curd, its rules of explanation can‟t be challenged, it can‟t be told to all, as all are not
worthy of it. It‟s neither inside nor outside. It neither eats anything nor anything eats it
up. It can be known through six disciplines namely, Truth, Alms giving, Tapasya,
Vrat, Celibacy and akhand Brhamcharya. One should always keep ones sight on three
D‟s, namely,Dam, Daan and Daya. One whose thinking dwells like this, his pran
never rises up but merges into Atma and he converts into Brahm and achieves it.
Part 4:
Inside the heart is red coloured flesh, in the middle of which is located our atma
tattva. Its white in colour like the lotus which opens up at night and develops into
various states. There are ten holes in the heart where pran dwells. When the meditator
joins with the Pran, then he sees many rivers and towns. When he becomes one with
Apan then he sees various realms of Yaks, Rashes, Gandharav; when he associates
with Sudan then he sees various divinities, Karta Swami, Jayantdev; when he
associates with Samaan vayu, realms of divines and their wealth is seen; when he
associates with Vyan he sees realms of rishis and divinities. When he associates with
Bhairav, then past is seen, whatsoever he has eaten or not eaten, whether sat or asat.
Now heart has 10-10 nadis which are further associated with 72-72 nadis, thus there
are thousands of nadis in which atma resides and create sounds. In the second kosh
when atma resides there, it sees this realm as well as parlok (that realm). Then it is
called Samprasad. Pran guards this body. These nadis are filled with white, red,
yellow, brown and blue coloured blood.
In this body, heart lotus is white in colour. Subtle like a split hair there is a nadi called
Hita. Hridya akash is the best kosha in which atma resides. When it is in sleeping state
then no kind of desire arises and no dreams are seen. There are no divinities there nor
their realms, no yajnas and none of its Procedures. No mother, no father, no relatives,
no friends, no thieves, no killers but there is only that effulgent nectar. In water it is
like water. It is like a forest, where atma runs towards its awakened state. King Janak
used to expound like this.
Part 5:
Nadi is the main dwelling place of atma, eyes are spiritual (adhyatmic), form is
adhibhoot, Sun is adhi devta. In the eyes, in all the matter that is seen, in Sun, in pran,
in vigyan, in anand, in hridyakash and in the whole body, what pervades is atma. One
should meditate on it. It is sans old age, eternal, without fear, without sadness and is
limitless.
Like this all the senses are spiritual. Whatever sound that is heard is adhibhoot, all the
directions are adhibhoot in it. All these three have no basic (mool) place. In the sound
that is heard, in all directions, in nadi, in pran, in vigyan, in anand, in hridyakash and
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in the whole body what pervades is atma. One should meditate on it. It is sans old age,
eternal, without fear, without sadness and is limitless.
The same way the sense of smell is spiritual, whatever is smelled is adhibhoot. Earth
is adhi devta and nadi is where it dwells. That which dwells in sense of smell, in the
object which is smelled, in earth, in all the nadis is limitless atma.
Same way tongue is spiritual, taste is adhibhoot, lord Varun is its adhi devta and it
also dwell in nadi. That which is in tongue, in the taste, in Varun and in nadis is
limitless atma.
Same way skin is also spiritual. Sense touch is adhibhoot, Air is adhi devta and nadi is
its place of dwelling. That which pervades in skin, in sense of touch and in air element
is limitless atma.
Same way mind is spiritual, mindfulness is adhibhoot and moon is adhi devta and it
dwells in the nadi. What is in mindfulness, in the mind, in moon and in nadi is
limitless atma.
Same way intellect or budhi is spiritual. In subjects to be known, in nadis dwells the
limitless atma.
Ego is spiritual, its subject is adhibhoot, Rudra is its adhi devta and nadi is the
dwelling place. That which pervades in ego, its subject and in Rudra and in nadi is
limitless atma.
Chit is also adhyatam, subject of thought is adhibhoot, kshtragya its adhi devta, dwells
in the nadi. That which pervades in the chit, in the chintan and in the nadi is limitless
atma.
Likewise Speech is spiritual, speaking is adhibhoot, Fire is its adhi devta and it dwells
in the nadi. That which pervades the speech, act of speaking and the nadi is limitless
atma.
Hand is spiritual, taking is adhibhoot and its devta is Indra, dwells in nadi. That which
dwells in hands, in the act of taking, in the things taken and in the nadis is limitless
atma.
Feet are also adhyatam, going is its adhibhoot, lord Vishnu is its adhi devta and nadi
is tis dwelling place. That which dwells in feet, in the act of going, in the nadis is
limitless atma.
Anus is also spiritual, discharging from the anus is its adhibhoot, death is its adhi
devta and it dwells in nadi. That which pervades all these is limitless atma.
Organs of procreation are spiritual, anand is its adhibhoot and Prajapati is its
adhidevta and nadi is the main place of dwelling. That which pervades organ of
procreation, in the subject of anand, in the nadis, in pran, in Vigyan, in anand, in
hridyakaash and in the whole body is atma, one should meditate on it and pray to it.
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That is sans old age, eternal, without sadness and is limitless. That which is knower of
everything, is Ishwar of all, adhipati of everything, creator of all. All pleasures praise
Him but it does not praise them, all are its food but it is food to none. This can also be
said that that atma is everybody‟s eyes, controller of all, form of all samkalp,
vigyanmaya, of the form of kaal, anandmaya, laya swaroop. It has no oneness and
hence can be from anywhere. There is no death in it then what to say of nectar. Inside
it is pragya, outside it is not, inside and outside it is not, it is not with ignorance, it is
not knower of much, it has not known anything, it has nothing to know even. This
only is the sermon form moksha. This is the teachings of veda and it is what one
learns from vedas.
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Before cosmic creation there was nothing, all was without any form and without any
base. From which this pragya sprouted only that divine Narayan was there. He alone
is eyes and he is the sight to be seen. He alone is the ear and the sound to be heard. He
alone is the nose and fragrance to be smelled, he alone is the skin and subjects to be
experienced through touch, he alone is mind, intellect and its respective subjects. He
alone is ego, chit, speech, hands, feet, anus, organ of procreation and its subjects to be
experienced. He alone is the anand. He alone imbibes everything in it, is the thought,
is the doer, is the creator, is the divinity. Aditya, Rudra, Air, Vasu, Ashwani kumar,
Rik, Yaju, Atharv, Sam, mantra, fire and offering of ghee in fire is he alone, who is
Narayan.He alone is mother, father, friend, relative, dwelling place, refuge and
movement. He alone is established in the form of various nadis, namely Virajita,
Sudarshana, Jita, Saumya, Mogha, Kumara, Amrita, Satya, Madhyama, Nasira,
Shishu, Surya, Asura and Bhaswati. He alone sings, he alone flows and he alone rains.
Varun, Aryama, Chandrama (moon), Kalas, Kaal, Dhata, Brahma, Prajapati, Indra,
Day, half day, upper region and all directions. Whatever has happened now, or in the
past or will happen in future is Parmatama alone. He is the Ishwar of nectar which
increases with food. All that is parmatama. This is the Parmapad of Vishnu and all
knowers keep it in sight always, it is like the eye expanded in the space. Brahmins
who are ever awake and without any anger, always perceive it. This is the parmapad
of Vishnu, this is the teaching of Vedas and this is the knowledge to be learned from
the Vedas.
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That atma, which resides in this body‟s cave of heart, is eternal and without birth.
Earth is its head, it rules it and yet earth doesn‟t know it. Water, which is its body, and
it resides inside it and yet water doesn‟t know it. Fire which is its body, inside which
it resides, yet fire doesn‟t know it. Air, which is its body, in which it resides, yet Air
doesn‟t know it. Ether (space) is its body and in which it resides yet ether doesn‟t
know it. Mind is its body and it resides inside it and yet mind doesn‟t know it at all.
Intellect is its body and it resides inside it, yet intellect doesn‟t know it. Chit is its
body, inside chit it resides and yet chit doesn‟t know it. Prakriti (nature), Akshar,
Death all are its bodies and it resides in each of them and yet they do not know it.
Thus which is unknown and yet resides in everything, is sarvatma. This burned all the
sins and is divya dev Narayan. This knowledge was given by Narayan to mind, mind
gave it to Brahma, Brahma gave it to Ghorangiras, who gave it to Raikav, Raikav
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gave it to Ram, who gave it to all the jivas, this is the sermon for moksha. Thus is the
teachings of Veda and these are the orders, instructions of the Veda.
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In the whole body it resides in the cave of the heart. This body which is full of flesh
and blood and is subject to death, is just like a wall on which a painting is there, city
of gandharvas which a person has not seen, a banana tree which is empty from inside,
restive like a water bubble. But the atma which is different from it is having a form
which cannot be visualised, effulgent, without any company, pure, bright, with form,
every ones Ishwar, beyond thoughts and also without body. This which resides in the
cave of the heart is eternal and effulgent. Knowledgeable see it as form of anand.
When they merge into it they see nothing else different from it.
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Raikav asked Ghorangiras as in what all the objects merge. He explained all the
things which are seen through eyes merge in them. Eyes are given to see things and
hence those things merge into them alone. All those objects which are seen are
received from Sun and they merge into Sun only. Sun is received from Virat and
hence it ends in Virat itself. Virat comes from Pran and it sets into pran. Pran comes
from Vigyan and hence it ends in Vigyan. Vigyan comes from anand and hence ends
in anand. Anand comes from turiya and hence ends in turiya, which is eternal,
fearless, without sadness, without grain and seed. The same way what is heard comes
because of hearing and hence ends in that only. Hearing comes from directions and
hence ends in them only. Directions come from Sudarshana and hence it merges into
it. Sudarshana comes from apan and hence merges into it. Apan comes from Vigyan
and hence merges into it. Vigyan comes from turiya and hence merges into it which is
eternal, without fear, without sadness, infinite and seedless.
The same way he said whatever is experienced by the nose ends up in nose. Whatever
is smelled comes from earth and hence ends up in that. Earth comes from Jita nadi
and hence merges into that only. Jita comes from Vyan and hence ends up there only.
Vyan goes for vigyan and hence merges into that alone. Vigyan goes for turiya and
hence merges into that only which is eternal, without fear, without sadness, infinite
and seedless.The same is the state of tongue, skin and speech.
Whatever is received by hands that merges into hands only. Hands go for receiving
things and hence merges into those things only. Received things come from Indra and
hence merge into Indra alone. Indra comes from Amrita nadi and hence merges into
that only. Amrit comes from mukhya and hence merges into that only. Mukhya comes
from Vigyan and hence merges into Vigyan only. Vigyan comes from Turiya and
hence merges in Turiya only.
Then he explained that whatever is the subject of feet merges into feet. The feet move
towards their goal and hence merge into it. Goal or gantavya comes from place and
hence merges into place. Place comes from Vishnu and hence merges into Vishnu.
Vishu moves towards Satya nadi and hence merges into it. Satya moves towards
antaratma and hence merges into it. Antaratma moves towards Vigyan and hence
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merges into it. Vigyan moves towards Turiya and hence merges into it which is
eternal, without fear, without sadness, infinite and seedless.
What seeks anus, merges into it. Anus flushes out all the waste and hence it ends up in
that. All that which is thrown out of the body through anus merges into death. Death
seeks Madhyama nadi and hence ends into it. Madhyama seeks Prabhanjan vayu and
hence ends in it. Prabhanjan seeks Vigyan and hence ends into it. Vigyan seeks Turiya
and hence merges into it which is eternal, without fear, without sadness, infinite and
seedless.
What seeks the generative organ, ends up in that alone. The generative organs seek
Anand and hence merge into that only. Anand seeks Prajapati and hence merges into
that. Prajapati engulfs Nasira nadi and hence ends in it. Nasira ends up in Kumara
which moves towards Vigyan and Vigyan goes again to Turiya which is eternal,
without fear, without sadness, infinite and seedless.
What gets mind, ends up in mind. Mind seeks subjects and hence ends up in that
alone. Those desires, subjects, lead towards Moon and hence end up in that. Moon
moves towards Shishu nadi and hence ends up in that alone. Shishu moves towards
Sheen and hence end up there. Sheen goes to Vigyan, Vigyan to Turiya which is
eternal, without fear, without sadness, infinite and seedless.
Who gets intellect ends up in intellect. Intellect goes after the knowable subject and
hence ends up there. Subject moves towards Brahm (ultimate knowledge) and hence
ends up in that. Brahm moves towards Surya nadi and hence merges into in the end.
Surya goes towards Krishna and hence ends up in Krishna. Krishna goes to Vigyan
which goes into Turiya which is eternal, without fear, without sadness, infinite and
seedless.
Ego seeks karma and ends up in that. Karma ends up in Rudra, Rudra in Asuri nadi,
Asuri nadi into Shwet, Shwet in Vigyan, Vigyan in Turiya which is eternal, without
fear, without sadness, infinite and seedless.
One who seeks Chit, ends up in it. Chit seeks Chintan and hence ends up in it. Chintan
ends up in Kshetrgya, Kshetragya in Bhaswati nadi, Bhaswati nadi in Naag vayu,
Naag vayu in Vigyan, Vigyan into Anand which is eternal, without fear, without
sadness, infinite and seedless and moves into Turiya.
Thus who knows the seedless tattva, he himself becomes seedless. He never takes
birth, he never dies, is neither attached or detached, can‟t be burnt, it can‟t be pierced,
never feels angry or shudders. That is Atma which burns up everything, such speak
the knowers of scriptures. This atma can't be achieved by giving thousands of
sermons, can‟t be received by reading many scriptures and can‟t be received by
support of knowledge and intellect. Similarly even by medha, strong tapascharya, by
learning of Vedas, knowing of Samkhya, yog, by dwelling in ashrams and many other
such things, one can‟t reach it or attain it. It is acquired by Purushas who are totally
devoted to Brhama, who have come out of Samadhi and heard it, then they explain it.
Hence one who is having Sham-dam etc. ten qualities with Uprati and Titiksha and is
in Samadhi, he alone sees atma. One who knows this becomes every one‟s dear.
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Then Raikv asked, „When this vigyanmaya atma leaves this body, then which path it
takes and from where it departs‟. Ghorangiras replied,‟ inside the heart there is a place
of ball of red flesh. In that is a very fine lotus which has developed from moon and
has progressed through many stages. In the middle of it is an ocean, in the middle of
that is a bud. In that there are four nadis, Rama, Arama, Iccha, Anurbhava. Rama
takes one to the higher lokas by performing pious deeds. Arama takes to the lower
lokas by performance of sinful deeds, Iccha takes one to where one desires and with
Anurbhava this kosha/bud is opened. With this skull is opened at forehead, then earth
is pierced, then water is pierced, then fire is pierced, then air pierced and then space is
pierced. After this mind is pierced, then ego is pierced, then mahatattva is pierced,
then prakriti is pierced, then akshar is pierced and then death is pierced which
becomes one with Parmatama. After that there is no sat no asat, such is this moksha
sermon of vedas and such are its instructions.
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Om! From Narayan came the grains. It was cooked in Brahmloka, again cooked in
Samvartak, re-cooked in Sun, then cooked by Kravayadi fire. A sanyasi should eat it
by soaking in water, it should not be that which has been asked for or begged and also
not made for one‟s own self. Thus a mendicant should never ask for food from
anyone.
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A wise man should live like a child, with same temperament, without any company
and doshas. One should observe silence, acquire great knowledge and should not
follow anyone who does something for a limited period of time. This is called the last
state of kaivalya. Prajapati has expounded that after acquiring the great wisdom, one
should stay below a tree, wear tattered clothes, never expect anything from anyone
and always remain in samadhi. Such a person desires only atma and is away from all
kinds of endeavours. All his desires have died. He never fears form of death in
elephants, lions, mosquitoes, Mongoose, snakes, Rakshas, Gandharv and tries to live
like trees who are not afraid even if someone comes to cut them. It stays the same as a
lotus in mud, it doesn‟t feel angry if someone pierces it, and mind always remains
peaceful like the sky. Even if broken to pieces, no anger arises and never shudders
and always like to remain with truth. This atma is truth. Heart of all kinds of smells is
earth, heart of all juices is water, heart of all fires is tej, base of all touches is air, base
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of all sounds is space, heart of all movements is Prakriti or nature, base of all jeevas is
death, that death alone turns into Parmatama. After this there is no sat, no asat. This is
sermon of moksha, these are the teachings of Vedas and their instructions,orders.
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Om! Prithvi eats grains and water is its grain, fire eats grains, fire is grain, Air eats
grains, air is grain. Space is grain and senses eat grain, Senses are grains and mind is
eater of grains, Mind is grain and intellect is the eater of grain, Intellect is grain and
Prakriti (Nature) is the eater of grains, Prakriti is grain and Akshar is the eater of
grains, Akshar is grain and death is its eater. This death itself becomes Paramdev
Parmatama. There is no sat, no asat, nothing evident (pratyaksh), this is the sermon of
moksha. These are the teachings of Vedas and orders or instructions of Vedas.
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Then Raikav asked Ghorangiras, „O lord, when this vigyanmaya atma leaves this
body then with what it burns what?‟ Ghorangiras replied,‟ When this atma leaves the
body, it first burns pran, then apan, vyan, saman, Bhairav, Mukhya, Antaryaam,
Trabhujan, Kumar, Shyen, Krishna and Naag respectively. Then it burns Earth,
Water, Fire, Air and Space. Then it burns state of Jagrit, Swapna, Sushupti, Turiya
and all lokas and parlokas (various higher realms). Then it burns lokalok, dharma,
places without Sun, in darkness, and where no rule prevails. Then it burns mahatattva,
Prakriti, Akshar, death which becomes one with the Paramatma. After which there is
no sat and no asat. This is the sermon of moksha, it is the instructions of Veda and
these alone are the orders of Veda.
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That person who is not your son, who is not at peace in his mind, who has not stayed
with you for a full year, should not be given this knowledge. These words are meant
only for those who have as much faith in their guru as their faith in God Himself and
hence such a knowledge should be imparted to deserving people only. This is the
sermon of Moksha, this is the teaching of the Veda and orders of the Veda.
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12. Kshurikopnishad:
For siddhi of yoga, Kshurika(knife) is being explained here, with the help of which
one who gets mukti through yoga will have no further births again. One should sit in a
surrounding which is free of all kinds of noises and as a tortoise contracts itself in to
its shell, same way a practitioner of yoga should contract his mind in to his heart.
After this slowly-slowly, one should fill up his whole body with poorak pranayam of
twelve matra which has been explained essence in the vedas. One should keep ones
chest, neck and head somewhat upwards and then one should establish the prana
working in the nasals in one‟s heart. Thus performing kumbhak there, one should
slowly and slowly release or perform rechak.
After properly establishing in it, with great awareness one should perform two
pranayams in space between big toes and calf muscles, 2-2 pranayams in both the
lions, 3-3 pranayams in both the thighs, urinary organ and anus respectively. After it
one should establish in the navel. Here there is a nadi by the name of Sushumana
which is wrapped around various other ones having different colours like yellow, red,
black and copper coloured one. But one should seek the one which is most subtle, thin
and white in colour. Yogi should run his prana in that nadi. After this heart form
purush which is atma establishes in the form of a red lotus, which has been called as
Dahar Pundrik in the vedas.
After piercing it, pran rises into neck region. Hence a yogi with the help of his
extremely sharp and shining mind and his intellect should practise to cut asunder the
name and form located on the middle of one feet. After this he should cut away the
point located in the lions and known by the name of Indra-Vajra with the help of
power of yog and Dharana (intense focusing).
Then establishing the pran in the middle of both hips should be takes to various marm
locations. Repeating 4-4 pranayams there one should cut away those marm places and
then he should reach his neck region and collect all the nadis there. Out of them one
hundred one are known to be the best nadis.
Sushumana is partattva, Virja is Brahm, on left is Ida while on right is Pingla. One
who knows what lies in between them is the knower of all vedas. In total there are
72000 subtle nadis which are called Taitil. With the help of dhyan yoga, all of them
are pierced except Sushumana. A courageous person, in this very life, with the help of
knife of mind which shines like fire and is pure (because of support of atma) cut all
the nadis which then become fragrant like black sesame seeds are among various
flowers. With such pious thoughts one should dwell in Sushumana. With this one
leaves the cycle of birth and death to achieve Brahm.
One should dwell and practise yoga alone in that subtle nadi which has won over chit
and is a space of complete silence and realise oneness. As swan leaves back
everything and flies off alone in to the sky, same way one should soar high cutting
away the snares of this world and be free. As when a deepak dies down with the
finishing of oil in it same way one should merge in to Brahm after burning everything
into ashes in the world. The omkaar edge of the knife of mind which has been
sharpened with the help of pranayam, after rubbing it on the rock of detachment, one
should cut away the string of attachment to this world. Such yogis are then never
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again bound at the door of the world. When gets free of all the attachments and
desires then he establishes in amrit tattva. After cutting the world like this he is not
help in any kind of snare thus is the secret of this
upnishad……….Om!...Shanith..Shantih…Shantih.
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13. AKSHYOPNISHAT:
O Brahm may guard both of us, should look after both of us. We both should realise
our potentials. Our study should be great and we should not feel jealous towards each
other. Om! Shantih! Shantih! Shantih!
Pratham Khand:
Once muni Sankriti went to the realm of Aditya. There he bowed down to Sun and
praised him with Chakshumati Vidya. Thus he saluted Sun god who is the producer of
eyes. He saluted lord Sun who moves in the outer space, he saluted lord Sun who is
tam swaroop. O lord please lead me from untruth to truth, from darkness to light and
from death to immortality. Lord Sun is pure and is without any equal. We remember
that lord Sun who takes up every form, embellished with sun rays, is Jaatveda,
effulgent like gold, who is the form of a jyoti, who is hot. That thousand rayed Sun
who is present in hundreds of forms is rising in front of us. We bow down to son of
Aditi, who is the light behind our eyes. We offer our everything for the Sun who bears
the load of this whole world. After being praised with this Chakshumati vidya lord
Sun was extremely pleased and said- Whosoever Brahmin does the path of this vidya
daily, will never face any trouble with his eyes and neither in his family anybody will
become blind. If it is given to eight Brahmins it becomes a siddha. One who knows it
like this becomes great.
Dwitya Khand:
Sankriti muni requested lord Sun to teach him Brahm vidya. Lord Sun replied, O
Sankriti, I shall expound knowledge of a very special tattva in front of you by
knowing which alone one becomes jivanmukta. Seeing all the jeevas as one, aj, at
peace, anant, avyaya, dhruv and chaitanya remain peaceful and happy. Apart from
atma and paramatma there is no other thing. This state is called yog. Hence perform
only such karmas. One who dwells in yog which mind day by day is weaned away
from the desires of the world. He does not agree to the opposite karmas of ignorant
people. Listening to any ones secret talk he does not tell that to anyone. He always
performs best deeds.
One who performs peaceful tasks only by which one does not feel agitated, he is
always afraid of sins, he is never expecting any fruit, always talks with love, always
keeps the company of good people by karma as well as speech and keeps reading
shastras, he keeps himself busy in all the above is called Bhoomikavaan.
Symptoms of second state of Vichar bhoomika are as follows:
He seeks the refuge of great scholars who correctly explain Shrutis, Smaritis,
Sadachar, Dharana and Dhyan. He becomes adept in discriminating between right and
wrong doings after listening to right scriptures, also knows the right division between
pad and padarth. Excess of ego, worldly intoxication and attachment is not there in
him but outwardly it is seem to present there to some extent. As a snake sheds its skin
same way he sheds all the outward appearing doshas in him. Such a sadhak by the
grace of guru and scriptures is able to know the right things.
After this he enters the third state of yoga which is called Asansarga (non-
attachment). Whatever is expounded by the shastra he puts his mind totally into it and
dwells in the ashrams of great rishis, participates in discussions on shastras/scriptures,
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lying on stone bead spends time of his life. After attaining peace of chit such a person
roams about in jungles to spend his time receiving whatever is offered without any
attachment to him. With pious deeds, practice of scriptures, his insight of
discrimination sharpens. After achieving this state he becomes enlightened.
Asansarg is also of two types; General1 and Special2. There is no doer, experiences,
controller etc., this kind of non-attachment to subjects is called General Asanas.
Whatever is received in this life is because of fruit of our past life hence one should
not feel any pleasure or pain in it. Expansion of bhogas is a great disease and all kinds
of showoff is home of great problems. All the meetings will one day end into
estrangements. Mental anguishes are diseases for ignorant. All things are mortal as
time will eat them up. After listening to scriptures ones faith in worldly things is
removed, and their desire is uprooted from the mind itself. This is called general
Asansarg. I am not the doer but my past life deeds are the doer or lord is the doer, one
who removes such kind of thoughts enters into peace and speechlessness. This state is
called Special Asansarg.
The first state which seems sweet with santosh and anand appears as if a new seed
sprouts in earth. On appearance of this state, our antahkaran becomes a fit space for
higher states to descend. After this, sadhak achieves second and third state
respectively. Out of various states third is the best state. As on advent of this state all
the vritis are banished. One who achieves three states his ignorance is removed and
sees everything in same light. One establishes in oneness so much that duality is
removed on its own. Such a sadhak who achieves the forth state for him world
appears like a dream. First three states are called waking states while the fourth state
is called dream state.
On achieving of the fifth state, as clouds are removed during winter season same way
chit of the sadhak gets removed. Whatever is left is only truth. On achieving such a
state worldly desires do not take place at all. He enters oneness and all his duality is
removed. When this duality is removed he enters sushupti pad of fifth state which is
self-realization. This state then takes up the sadhak. While discharging his outside
duties still he remains inward drawn. He is always seen like a tired person who is
somewhat sleeping. When this state is fully realized he enters into sixth state where
truth, untruth, ego, non-ego, mental thoughts etc. all are banished and only pure non-
duality prevails and he is without any fear. Knots of his heart are opened and all
doubts are removed. He enters into a state of Bhavshunya. Without achieving nirvana,
he enters into nirvana like state and becomes jivanmukta. His state becomes like a non
flickering deepak or light.
After sixth, he enters into seventh state which is called Videh. It is an extremely
peaceful state and is beyond words. This is the last state and all the yogic realms end
here. Here one is freed from social, bodily and scriptural obligations also. In the form
Vishva, Pragya and tejas, this whole world is Omkaar. Here there is no difference
between talker and listener. Even if it is there it is in-comprehendible. First matra of
Omkaar, A-kaar is Vishva, U-kaar is tejas while M-kaar is Pragya. Before Samadhi
one should dwell on its meaning and keep moving from gross to subtle and to subtler
thus let it merge into chidatma. Seeing chidatma as one's own form, one should
develop strong bhav that one is eternal, pure, realized, free, one, param anandmaya
Vasudev and of the form of pran itself. All the creation around is nothing but pain,
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thus letting go of everything one should realize the essence of everything and be
joyous, pure, vishudh, beyond doubt and ignorance, beyond speech, Brahm itself.
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14. Pranvopnishad:
May Brahm guard both of us, may it rear both of us. We both should attain our
potential simultaneously. Our study should be effulgent and we should not harbour
jealousy and ill feeling towards each other. Om! Shantih! Shantih! Shantih.
Secret of Brahm vidya of that great lord Vishnu who is beyond doings and doer-ship,
is being shared here. Knowers of Brahm who explained ekakshar(single letter) „Om‟,
it‟s body, it‟s location and effect of three divisions of time is being explained here.
That Om is said to have three deities, three realms, three vedas and three fires. Along
with it three matras and ardh matra is also established in it because it is the form of
that param Shiv itself. Rik Veda, Gharpatya (Agni), Earth or Brahm, these three has
been explained by the knowers as established in the letter A of the three letters of Om,
namely A, U and M. All the above are represented by A. Yajur veda, Space,
Dakshinagni and lord Vishnu are in the form U. Samveda, Heavens, Ahvahniya agni
and Paramdev Shankar is said to be in the letter M.
A-kaar is also said to be realm of Sun near the realm of Moon. Moon form U-kaar is
established in the middle of Om. Fire, which has no smoke and is effulgent like
lightening is represented by M-kaar. Effulgence of three matras of Moon, Sun and
Fire represents pranav. As flame forms an edge at the top, same way pranav has ardh
matra at its top. Other one is seen as a kaal sutra and proceeds from nasal passages
piercing the realm of Sun is established in all the jivas in the form of 72,000 nadis to
give boons. When a sadhak reaches near moksha then one hears the sound of kansya
(bronze) bell. One must try to understand this form of Pranav. It is Veda itself and one
should listen to it also. Where in this sound of Om disappears that is called Brahm.
One who reaches this stage; he surely is qualified to achieve amrit tattva.
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15. Amritnadopnishad-Part 2
There are 108 upnishads, including all major and minor ones, written by our ancient
rishi's. Some are big and some are small but in truth they all are great guides. Here,
one is sharing a smaller upnishad known by the name of Amritnadopnishat. It is on
yog and is being produced here below.
Om! May Brahm safe guard both of us(teacher and disciple), rear both of us together
and we both should not enter in to any kind of animosity. Om! Shanti! Shanti! Shanti.
It is the duty of knowledgeable person not to waste this very small life span. By
studying of scriptures and their repeated practices, it leads one to Vidya. One should
sit on the Chariot of Pranav and make lord Vishnu as his sakshi, looking for the real
thing of Brahmlok (realm of Brahm) one should immerse oneself in the bhakti of lord
Rudra. One should continue riding that chariot till the path is finished. When one
reaches the end, one should leave that Chariot and move further on one's own.
By meditating on the A-kaar etc. matras of Pranav, the cosmic world dependent on it
and Virat , leaving them one should meditate on to Eshwar who is vachak/speaker of
swarheen (soundless) M-kaar. By such a practice, a sadhak enters into Turiya state.
This tattva is a far from all the grossness. One should observe all the objects of the
senses, senses itself and mind as the rays of sun like Atma. Thus one should leave all
the inanimate and meditate on the animate. Such a kind of thinking is
called PRATYAHAAR.
In the various steps of Yoga where Pranayam, Dhyan, Dharana, Tark, Samadhi etc.
are named, Pratyahaar is also counted. As by heating Gold we get rid of all the
impurities, in the same way to get rid of all the doshas of our senses. Pranayam is
essential. By Pranayam all doshas are removed while Dharana helps us to remove all
the sins. Thus removing all the doshas and sins, meditating on the form of isht dev
one should continue breathing in and out. Chanting Gayatri mantra 3-3 times with
omkaar one should do poorak, Kumbhak and Reachak.
Rechak is that in which Pranvayu is brought into the Akaash and its connection with
the heart vayu and thinking process is broken. One should slowly breathe in air
through mouth as if drinking it through the capillary of a lotus stem is called Poorak.
When no air is breathed in, no air is breathed out and body is kept still, this state is
called Kumbhak. As a blind man can see nothing, same way a sadhak should also act
as if he is blind, he is deaf and keep his body like that of wood and remain still, such a
state is called Prashant state. Thinking mind as sankalpatmak, one should offer it into
atma and consume it in parmatma chintan (thinking of God), this is called Dharana.
To meditate on crux of scriptures is called Tark. By entering it, when one realises all
the other objects as of no value is called Samadhi.
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This yog should be practised daily as it gives quick fruit like taal (तार) tree. Twelve
repetitions have been advised in it. This naad of Pranav does not arise with outside
things. This is neither Swar nor Vyanjan. It is produced neither from throat-palate nor
from nasal passage. It arises from Moordha and not from place of teeth. It never
subsides, Pranav should be practised as pranayam and immerse mind in the form of
naad continuously. Whichever path a yogi looks into his mind follows there alone.
For mind to travel into a highest state, daily practise is essential. Entry point of air is
heart, from here only it enters into Sushumana. Above it is Urdhgami (upward going
path) marg and above that is doorway of Mukti in Brhamrandhra. Yogis call it
Suryamandal. Leaving the body by passing through this path is called Mukti.
Fear, lethargy, excessive sleep, excessive food, excessive waking time, excessive
anger and fasting is not good. A yogi who practises daily following such rules gets
ultimate knowledge. In four months, he gets darshan of the divines, in fifth month
goes to still higher states and if he desires, in sixth month he can attain jivanmukt
state.
During the dharana of EARTH element one should meditate on five matras of pranav.
While during dharana on WATER element, a yogi should meditate on four matras of
pranav, during dharana on FIRE element he should meditate on three matras of
Pranav, during dharana on AIR he should meditate on two matras of Pranav and while
doing dharna of SPACE he should meditate on one matra of Pranav. When meditating
on Pranav, one meditates on the ardhmatra of Pranav. By meditating on the five
elements inside one's body, one gets Panchbhoot siddhi. Thus five elements come
under control.
Pran, which 30 ½ finger length long is the base of this pran vayu. In pran, which is
evident to our senses 1,13,680 breaths come during 24 hours. Pran resides in Heart,
Apan resides in Anus, Samaan resides in Navel, Udaan resides in Neck while Vyan
resides in all the organs. Pranvayu shines like lohit mani, Apaan like colour of
Indragop, Samaan like Godugdh (cow's milk), Udaan like dhoosar varna and Vyan
like top of fire flame. A sadhak whose pran piercing various realms enters into this
realm, he may leave his body anywhere, he will never enter into the cycle of life and
death again, thus he is never born again.
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16. Yograjopnishat
Om! May Brahm guard both of us (guru and disciple), take care (rear) of both of us,
we should not feel jealous of each other. Om! Shantih, Shantih, Shantih.
It is the duty of the knowledgeable not to waste this life which is as momentary as the
light shining in the sky. By repeated readings and study, knowledge can be acquired.
One should sit in the chariot of Pranav and make lord Vishnu as the seer or sakshi and
inquiring about the real crux of realm of Brahm one should busy oneself in the
upasana of lord Rudra. One should move in that chariot till whole path on which it is
to move is completed. When that is completed, one should get down from this chariot
and proceed further.
Doing dhyan of A,O,M etc. various matras of Pranav, their lingbhoot pad and
dependent cosmos one should forgo them and then move into the Ishwar who is the
producer of soundless m-kaar, thus he should enter Turiya tattva. That tattva is
beyond all the worldly play. Various subjects like sound, touch etc., and senses and
mind which experience them, one should see them as rays of lights emanating from
sun in ones atma. Such kind of meditation is called Pratyahaar. In the six limbs of
yoga apart from Pranayam, Dhyan, Dharana, Tark, Samadhi, pratyahaar is also
counted.
One should sit in an area which is clean, free of evil thing in Padmasan or Swastik
asan, Bhadrasan etc. facing East, guarding one‟s mind perform jap (repetition of
mantra). Then close one nostril with one finger and breathe in through other nostril,
then close both the nostrils and hold one‟s breath meditating on single lettered letter
of Om which is Brahm. Thus slowly exhale. Repeat this process many times. In this
way one should sit in front of ones Isht (deity on which one meditates), balancing the
upper and lower spaces, one should sit still and thus practice.
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Such a yog should be practised according to a plan and like a Tarr (ताड) tree it bears
fruit very soon. Twelve matra avarti for it has been suggested. This Pranav naad-
brahm does not arise with effort. It is neither a vowel nor a consonant. It cannotbe
spoken from throat, palate, nasal, moordha or teeth. It never ends. One should practise
pranav in the form of pranayam and mind should continuously dwell in naad.
Whichever path a yogi watches, pran along with mind follows that alone. For pran to
traverse the best path, daily practice is essential. Entry point of air is heart and
through it alone it enters in to Sushumana. Above is upward going path and beyond
that is path of mukti which is brahmrandhra.
For a yogi fear, anger, excessive food, no food, lethargy or too much sleep are things
to be shunned. A yogi who practises like this everyday achieves the ultimate
knowledge. In four months he gets darshan of divines, by continuously practising
for five month if he desires in the sixth month he can achieve a state of Jeevanmukti.
For establishing in Earth element he should meditate on five matras of pranav, for
meditating on Water element he should meditate on four matras of Pranav, for Fire
element meditate on three matras and for Air element two matras be meditated on. For
Ether element one should meditate on one matra of pranav, while for meditating
on Pranav, one should meditate on half matra of only. In one‟s own body one should
meditate on the five elements and their siddhis. By following such Procedure five
elements are controlled.
Pran which is of the length of thirty and a half finger, is the bases of all the pran
vayus. That is why it is called Pran. Outer pran which seen by our eyes in twenty four
hours moves 1,13,680 times.
Pran resides in the Heart. Apan resides in Anus, Saman in Navel, Udan in Throat,
Vyan in all the body parts. Pran vayu is colour of Mani, Apan of Indragop colour,
Saman like cow‟s milk, Udan like that of earth, Vyan like fire flame.
Practitioner whose Pran piercing all the mandal reaches his forehead, where so ever
leaves his body, he gets free of circle of birth and death, i.e. he is not born again.
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17. Garbhopnishad:
(Garbh means womb)
There are many less known upnishads written by our ancient sages. Less known does
not mean that they are less in their importance in anyway. We will try to share such
upnishads herein and sincerely hope that all readers will like them and benefit from
them as one does. Main ten- twelve upnishads are quite popular and many such works
are available in the market within easy reach of all.
Om!, May the Brahm save both of us, look after both of us. May together should we
achieve excellence. May our study be brilliant and may we not develop enmity
towards each other. Om Shantih! Shantih! Shantih!.
This body comprises of five elements. All of them are sustained by present and six
other supports. It (body) is made up of six dhatus, three mal and two yonis. It is
energized by four types of intakes. Since it is made up of Earth, Water, Fire, Air and
Ether, hence it is called Panchatmak. Out of these five elements Earth element is
hardest, water element is liquid, heat is represented by fire element, what gives it
movement is Air element and whatever spaces are there, represent Ether element.
Now we will explain their individual attributes. Earth element holds, Water element
collects, Fire element provides light, Air element lets all the things stay at their very
places, Ether element provides space. Senses which come under it, ears are to listen,
skin represents touch, Eyes are meant to see, Tongue is meant to taste, nose is meant
to smell and Anus is meant to pass out the wastes from the body. While speech is
meant to speak, mind provides will power and Budhi provides knowledge.
Since this body enjoys six tastes like Sweet1, Sour2, Briny3, Salty4, Katu5, and Chilly6
etc. that is why it is called dependent on six things. Shadaj1, Rishabh2, Gandhar3,
Madhyam4, Pancham5, Dhaiwat6 and Nishad7 are the seven swaras. If we add isht,
anisht into it, then shabd etc. become of ten different kinds.
It has seven colours, White1, Red2, Black3, Yellow4, Black5, Golden6 and Smoky7.
When anyone gets anything to experience, then according to mutual suitability one
gets things of six tastes(Shad-ras). From ras/juice blood is made, from blood flesh
is made, from flesh, maed is made, from maed ligaments are made, from
ligaments bones are made, from bones bone marrow is made and from bone
marrow semen is made. These seven things are the building blocks of human body.
With the help of semen from males and Shukra/raj from female, conception takes
place. All the above seven dhatus remain in the heart and there alone
the antaragni(inner fire) arises. In the place of Agni, Pit resides; in the place of Pit,
Vayu resides and from Vayu, heart develops.
In the right season and with the help of proper method when semen and ova join
together then in one night Kalal is formed. In seven nights it develops into a Budbud
(bubble). In 15 days it changes into a Pind and in one month it becomes hard. In two
months head is developed and in three months legs develop. During fourth month
knees, feet and waist line is developed, in 5th month back and vertebra column gets
developed, during 6th month eyes, ears, mouth, nose etc. are developed. In 7th month
Jeev enters and during 8th month it gets complete. During abundance of semen, male
child is born and due to abundance of rajj female child is born. If both are equal then
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neuter gender is born. At the time of coming together of both man and woman, if
mind is not at peace then chances are that child will be of short stature, may become
deformed and may be born blind. When due to effect of air, semen gets divided into
two parts then couplet is born. When the body made of five elements is good then
budhi develops which is has five senses of perception (gyan indriya) and with them
one gets the knowledge of the surroundings. When meditating of eternal Pranav (om)
he comes to know it then 8 natural states (prakriti) and 16 alterations or modifications
(vikriti) take place. Then food and liquids taken by mother enter into the child and
starts satiating it. Then in the 9th month it gets equipped with senses of perception and
becomes complete. Then he remembers earlier births and all his good and bad deeds
appear in front of him.
At that moment, hung inside the womb, jeev ponders over his past lives, all the
karmas performed there, all the things enjoyed during those births and drinking of
mother‟s milk in various yonis. Many times of births and deaths also are seen.
Remembering various good and bad deeds performed by him in the interest of family
and near & dear ones still he finds himself burning alone in the heat of the womb. All
other are not there. Finding himself in this sea of pain, he is unable to find a way out.
He thinks that when he will get out of here, he will seek refuge in Maheshwar who is
the saviour of all from every kind of pain and giver of ultimate freedom. He thinks
that „when I will get out of here, then I will follow ultimate freedom giving path of
Samkhya yoga. If I am able to get out of the karm yoni then will spend time in the
chintan/thinking of Brahm.‟ Thus thinking, jeeva feels great pain and takes birth. But
the moment he comes out, he gets in touch of maya and forgets all his previous births
and deaths. He doesn‟t remember his birth even, all his good and bad deeds are
forgotten.
Why is this body called SHARIR? Because three fires, Gyanagni1, Darshanagni2
and Jathragni3 stay in it. Three places are reserved for various fires in our body. In
the mouth Ahvahniya Agni; in stomach Gharpatyagni and in
heart Dakshinagni resides. This body is Yajna swaroop. Here Atma is Yajmaan, Mind
is Brahma, desires are animal, courage/fortitude and satisfaction are diksha, senses of
perception are the ahuti or offering material, head-forehead-hair-mouth are
antarvedi while head is called Chatushkapaal and teeth are called shodash kapaal.
There are 180 junctions (sandhi sthal), 109 tendons (snayu) and 700 Shiras (a tubular
vessel in body, nerve, vein, artery, blood vessel etc.) are there. There are 500 bone
marrows and 308 bones in our body. 4.5 crore hair on the skin pores on our body.
Heart is 8 pal; tongue is 12 pal; one prasth is Pit ; one adak is Kuff; one kaduv semen
and two prasth bone marrow. Urine and stool are developed as per the intake. But his
outflow is not same in everyone but different. This shastra has been called Moksha
shastra and Rishi Piplad has explained it.
Om Shantih………………
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3. Renderings from Gopinah Kaviraj ji’s writings.
Death, the Ultimate Reality : Part I, Renderings from Gopinath Kaviraj ji’s
Akhand Mahayog ka Path and Mritu Vigyan, Feb.19,1949
Death and leaving of body are two different things. In this world of death, it
happens to all, but very few LEAVE this body. One who cannot take up a new body
also cannot leave his existing one. As birth of the ignorant is not under their control,
similarly death is also not under their control. The Atma's act of acquiring a physical
body depends on three different things. CASTE (BIRTH), LIFE SPAN and BHOG
(things one is going to experience in this life). As before birth souls are not free
similarly after death also they are not free. The soul is under the spell or control of the
Shakti of karma. Both life and death are subject to karma. Till ignorance is removed
and realization achieved control of Shakti is essential and till this time a person cannot
be aware of his birth and death. For them death is like an unconscious state. Some
people feel more pain at the time of death some feel less, and some leave this body
very easily. In some special cases at time of death consciousness remains. Depending
upon this state of knowledge and ignorance at the time of death, the soul‟s next
journey is chartered, whether good or bad.
According to scriptures, two paths have been explained by our Rishis. They
are Shukla or Devyaan path and Krishan or Pitryaan path. Those who are ignorant
at the time of death go through Pitryaan path and those who are knowledgeable at the
time of death pass through Devyaan path. In case of ignorant souls there is no
question of desire, their birth and death is totally based on their karmas. While in case
of knowledgeable souls they are not much guided by karmas and follow devyaan path,
whereas fully awakened souls have no gati (rebirth) at all. His prana (life force) goes
and mixes into the cosmic prana. Without Yogic power one cannot have death just as
one desires, as was shown by Bhisham Pitamah in Mahabharat. This power is
bestowed on one with the help of various practices and upasana. Sometimes it
happens by the blessings of mahapurusha.
Generally death is under the ambit of time; but still timely death and untimely death
are two different things. Budhist believe death occurs due to one of four things; The
end of life span, the end of karma, a mixture of both, or Upchedak karma
(sudden death). When a person has enjoyed a long life in the body and experiences
death naturally, we say it‟s finishing of a life span. When a person finishes his work
on this earth assigned to him and then leaves his body it's due to Karma exhaustion.
For example we may have a musician passionately attached to playing his instrument
and we take away his instrument and do not allow him to play on it at all. In such
situation the soul of the musician may feel nothing left for him to do in this world and
may leave his mortal frame. Sometimes people die in great numbers because of
natural calamities. This is an example of Upchedak karma. Normally, this fourth one
is called Untimely death. It can also be due to vaat, pit and kuff (health) or accidents
etc.
Death of a single person is called Vyashti mritu, while death of many people
together is called Smashti mritu. Vyashti mritu is because of vyashti karma while
smashti mritu is because of smashti karma. Similarly death on a very large scale is
death of prakriti, while on a still larger scale its death of maya. After this, impure
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.maya does not exist, and lower orders of death and life cycles do not exist. Though,
these lower form cycles are said not to be there, we do not mean that life and death
in itself is removed. They do exist but in a subtle form. Death remains in the form of
expansion and contraction. This happens in the whole of the Shakti world which is
beyond maya. This is a very long play. Beyond it even expansion and contraction also
stops, and this is kaal samya. After this comes Param Gyan (ultimate knowledge),
and then there is no illusion of Life and death.
Kaal rajya is mritu rajya. As far as kaal can be felt, death exists. Kaal‟s main
attribute is kalan (vibration). In the lower level on earth 6 vikaars are seen. These six
impurities are the effects of kaal only. In Devalok there are 3 vikaar out of six
i.e. appearance, disappearance and staying. This is subtle, although kaal rajya is
here too and is called Khand kaal Rajya. In Mahakaal there is no division,
everything exists there but in an extremely subtle form. As the whole world is inside
God, inside that Indivisible, the One, inside AHAM, similarly the eternal srishti of
mahakaal is in the Lord in the form of IDAM. There it is present in the form of nitya
drishya (the ever seen). Here kaal cannot play. Below this realm is the area
of Khandkaal or fragmented time. Below it is another equally big realm of Kaal.
Though all are kaal rajyas but all are different. All are bhog areas for a jiva,
but Karma bhumi is nowhere else except on this earth. On this earth also Bhog is
pradhaan (prominent) and karm bhumi on this earth is ONLY in India. Here Karmas
can be performed, they can be experienced as well, but in other places they are only
experienced. ………………Om!
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Death, the Ultimate Reality : Part II, Amratva and victory over death,
Renderings from Gopinath Kaviraj ji’s, Akhand Mahayog ka path and Mritu
Vigyan
At the time of death whatever bhaav is generated in the mind that becomes
the cause of next birth. From ancient times it‟s a rule in India that no one talks of
worldly things in front of a dying person! The last thoughts of a person should not be
worldly oriented, but it should be God oriented. As per PITRAMEDH SUTRA, by
Maharishi Gautam first and last sloka of Veda should be called out to a dying person.
It should be chanted in his right ear. As per Rigvidhan it is said that we should chant
Tataram Sukta in front of dying person. As per HIRANYAKESHISUKTA, when an
agnihotra is on the death bed one should chant Vedmantras. If he is Brahmvid then
Brahm Viya Apnoti Param etc slokas should be chanted in front of him. As per
ANTYA KARMA DIPIKA if a dying person is unable to chant any mantra he should
only meditate on Lord Vishnu or Shiva or he should hear Mahabharat, Srimad
Bhagwatam or Upnishad etc.read out by someone. Whatever kind of mental frame a
person has in this life at the time of his death, he gets his next birth according to that
only.
In general it feels like the same thing when one says, 'achieving of amaratva'
and 'victory over death'. But actually it is not. This can be clarified by the story of the
churning of the Ocean of Milk as per our scriptures. When Sagar Manthan, (great
churning of the Ocean took place, Nectar first came out of it. All the Devtas drank the
nectar and became eternal. One by one many things came out of the churning. When
Halahal, (the great poison) came out of it nobody could stand even the fumes of it,
whether devtas or rakshasas. Devtas could digest only that part which was beautiful
nectar but they had no capacity to digest the great poison. All were at their wits end as
what to do and how to get rid of it. But the One who had the capacity to drink
laughingly the unwanted element of srishti (world), and still keep calm ¢red was
nobody else but Mritunjaya Mahadev.
So if we want to win over death we have not only to leave the lower level of
beautiful, comfortable things and transcend to higher levels, but join the two
together! For example: In Yoga it is no good to transcend from Annamaya kosha
to Pranamaya kosha alone, but one has to build a bridge between the two by bringing
the energy of Prana from Pranmaya kosha down into Annmaya kosha and thus
convert the Annamaya into Pranamaya kosh. Doing this sadhana again and again over
a long time we will reach a stage when Annamaya kosha will be imbued with all the
energy of Pranamaya kosha and Pranamaya kosha will be saturated with the energy of
Annamaya kosha. After this both will become one.
For clear understanding we may call this situation as A. When A rises into
manomaya kosha it achieves oneness with it. Then manomaya descends down and
becomes one with A. This new entity can be named as B. Then B rises to Vigyanmaya
kosha and achieves oneness with it. Vigyanmaya gets down and joins with B. This
joint state can be named as C. Then C rises up into Anandmaya kosha and becomes
one with it. Then Ananadmaya descends down and becomes one this state can be
named as D. Thus D is the state of the oneness of Annamaya, Pranamaya,
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Mamomaya,Vigyanmaya, & Ananadmaya, but still it is Achit. Then after this D
enters into Atma and becomes one with it. Thus Achit D joins with Chit & forms
Atma and in such a state no difference remains between body and Atma. From many
different divisible realms all the divisions disappear and one undifferentiated realm is
achieved. This state is called Sidhavastha. This is also called Kaaljaya or Mritunjaya.
This is way above the Devavastha because in Devavastha amartva is achieved but
victory over death is not. The Devtas fear death and remain away from it. Hence it is
said Devtas also fall under the sway of death. Only they have long life! But
Mritunjaya state is beyond the reach of kaal (time) and thus no death is there.
Sidhahood of sidhas depends upon their achievement of mritunjaya. But still this is
also not the highest state.
The Passage of the soul after death is called 'marnottar jiva gati'. We are talking
of the movement of the soul after death in the case of humans, but not for animals or
birds. Forms below humans have no karma connections as they do not have any ego.
So, without ego connection no karma could be done. We believe that there are 84 lakh
yonis in the world. 21 lakh forms exist in four different categories called
Andaj,Swedaj, Udbhij and Jaryuj. In the case of animals, birds and insects, no special
passage has been explained in our scriptures as they have no gati. Similarly those
great souls, who in this human form itself achieve liberation, also do not have any
movement. In that very state they achieve Brahm. By finishing of the Prarabhda
karma their body also falls. After that they have no karma left which could cause
them any movement.
Sadhaks and Yogis who do karmakand during their lifetime, but without knowledge
arising in the Chit, and who do only prescribed karmas and refrain from un-prescribed
ones; for them the path which their soul takes is called Pitryaan path. Due to this such
souls travel through Dhoom Marg to heavens & reap the fruits of their good deeds.
But those realms are also not eternal. Whenever their good deeds are finished, they
fall back onto this earth for their next birth. Om!
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Death, the Ultimate Reality :Part III, Soul’s movement - Renderings from
Gopinath Kaviraj ji
Akhand Mahayog ka path and Mritu Vigyan
So it is not wrong to say that these realms (heavens) are many and also not eternal.
It is said a soul which falls down from swarg/ heaven takes birth in a good family clan
and this takes place because the balance karmas of the jiva. It can be explained with
an example of a water bottle. When we empty a water bottle of all the water, still
some water sticks inside. Same is the way with ones karma. Though we exhaust our
karma but still some karma sticks to the soul which causes the next birth. It is the
same for souls with bad deeds. They also travel through Dhoom Marg and reach
various Narak (hells), where many different kinds of punishments are meted out to the
soul. But these things can happen in the human body, hence a new body is given to
the soul to experience them and that is called Yaatna dehi. Many souls carry the
marks of such punishments even in their human bodies. In some cases it is a chronic
diseases right from birth. Whether it is heaven or hell both are granted by Yama and
Chitragupta. In both cases rebirth is imminent.
Here the form of heaven we are talking about is of a lower level. It is achieved with
'sakam punya karma'. Above this are higher forms of heaven. These cannot be
achieved by karma without wisdom. There all comforts are available just by thinking
about them. It‟s a place of bhoga (enjoyment). After bhog patan is sure. The lower
forms of heaven are under Indra Devta. Mahar lok, Tapo loka and Satya lok are above
and do not come under the control of Indra. By development of Yog Shakti and
Kramvikas these are achieved. So these are not achieved by pitryaan path where both
good and bad deeds are addressed.
Another path is Devyaan path. It has the common path till some distance and then
gets separated afterward. Whatever movement takes place on this is called Shuklagati.
This is achieved neither with karma without wisdom or wisdom without karma.
Karma without wisdom provides heaven or hell. But wisdom without work provides
no movement! This mixture of wisdom and effort is important.
This mixture can be equal or unequal. In first both are in equal proportions while in
other they are not. If wisdom is not mixing with karma no movement occurs. What
constituent is more depends upon the sadhna of the sadhak. If in his sadhana, karma is
more,then he has to get down at all the in between stations. But when wisdom is
more, than one does not have to get down on the mid stations as the final destination
of Brahmlok is only targeted. But when vishudhgyan is generated then no movement
takes place. After going to brahmlok till all the desires are finished shuddhabrahm is
not achieved. In brahmlok one has to stay as jivanmukta. Souls which enter brahmlok
with lower qualifications they attain Hiranyagarbh salokya. Who are higher qualified
get saroopya. Still higher qualified get samipya and later get Sayujya. At the
mahapralaya when along with brahmand, Hiranyagarbh body is also annihilated then
souls inside it get one with Parabrahm. We have named it Hiranyagarbh here but
every sadhak attain his Isht here.
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Death the Ultimate Reality: Part IV ~ KAIVALYA, Renderings from Gopinath
Kaviraj ji
Kaivalya is when atma leaves the anatama and establishes itself in its own
original form. Samkhya and Patanjali both have used this word. As per these
scriptures, when atma separates itself from the Trigunatmak Prakriti and realizes its
chit form, it is said to have achieved Kaivalya. Its requirement is Vivek Gyan (the
wisdom of discrimination). According to Patanjali atma achieves Pragya with the
help of Ekagra bhoomi. In the most advanced state of Pragya it banishes ignorance
and with the help of Achidatmak satva guna, separates chidatmak purush and is
established in its own form. Rising of pragya and establishment into its own form is
achieved during SAMPRAGYAT SAMADHI. With the help of this samamdhi one
moves from gross to subtle, from part to completion, and then transcending the object
one enters into Vitark and samadhi. Then one enters from karan bhoomi into a
bhoomi which holds all this, which results in Asmita Samadhi. In this state
experience, experiencer and experienced, all three are transcended. But Vishudh Atma
sakshatkaar is still not achieved as without separating the atma bhava from anatam
bhava Vishudh Gyan cannot be attained. Hence after Asmita sakshatkaar, yog kriya is
very essential to achieve Atma sakshatkaar. Without poorn vivek (full discrimination)
khayati it is not possible. From vivek khayati chidalok is acquired and that illumines
the swaroop. After Asmita Samadhi, Nirodh bhava is generated. After this Ekagra
bhoomi is achieved and then Nirodh acquires the form of Chit. Now nirodh remains
in the form of subtle samskaar only. When this nirodh is also removed then one is
established in KAIVALYA. The purusha who is a witness is beyond cause and effect
wherein prakriti (nature) is with cause and effect.
In tantra there are three kinds of Kaivalya. Since Achit has three different forms,
one has to get free of these to achieve Kaivalya. Hence Kaivlaya is also mentioned
three fold here.
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Death the Ultimate Reality :Part V ~ Jivanmukta and Videhmukta, Renderings
Gopinath Kaviraj ji’s Akhand Mahayog ka Path and Mritu Vigyan.
If the ultimate goal of human form is achieved in this very body and that state is
actual, then it is called Jeevanmukti. Videhmukta can be achieved after death but if
one is fortunate enough then he can attain this state in human body itself.
In the path of knowledge, 7 states have been explained. The 4th to 7th are Aproksh
Brahm Gyan, Brahmvid, Brahmvid Variyan, Brahmvid Varishth. The 5th,6th and
7th states are of Jivanmukti. While in 4th Aproksh brahmgyan arises. In this state some
times sakshatkaar is achieved but it is not certain whether in this state one will
achieve jivan mukti or not. After realization, when its effect is not acquired both on
budhi as well as this body, till then Jivanmukti is not possible. For having the effect of
sakshatkaar on ones budhi, Chit shudhi is essential, and for it to affect our body Bhoot
Shuddhi and dehshudhi is needed. Both these shudhis are an essential part of sadhana.
For example without the clouds disappearing from the sky the sun cannot be seen in
its full glory. Similarly without purity of body and mind one cannot have jivanmukti
and experience Brahm. In the 5th state, the world seems as a dream. The experiencer
does not see this world as an ordinary ignorant person but still he deals in it. In the
6th state it, becomes still deeper and one feels it still less. Here gyan (knowledge)
becomes very sharp. In 7th state, the world is not felt even. In this state dealings of this
world are not possible at all. After this only, Dehant takes place. If 5th and 6th states
are called turiya then this is called turiyateet. In 5th and 6th jagrit, swapn and sushupti
remain, while in the 7th they can be experienced as separate.
During jivan mukta state only prarabdh karma is left. This does not mean that in
human body only he will achieve the state. Some souls carry the left over karmas after
death and go to higher realms to finish them off. Only after complete exhaustion of
them, Parma Shanti is achieved. In higher realms, everyone will remain in prabhu-
bhava, this is also not certain. As some people remain with dasya-bhava(bhakti
pradhaan) and who are gyan oriented they get prabhu bhava. Some enter Brahm jyoti.
But all are under bhog. Till bhog is finished moksha cannot be achieved. As per a
normal gyani, acquiring a state of Nirgun Brahm is Paramukti; but as per the
exponents of tantra and agam to arrive at the state of Nishkal Param Shiva is the real
state. It is beyond Samana and Unmani. It's complete equanimity of Shiva and Shakti.
By acquiring total Shivahood freedom of Shakti is not experienced and after acquiring
complete freedom pure intelligence of Shiva may become absent. Thus both states are
incomplete. An equal mixture of the two, and where they are not seen as separate is
the real state which is cherished by Yogis.
Jivanmuktas are actually gurus in this world. They guard the higher knowledge. They
are called Sidhpurusha. They are beyond ego and are not thus touched by karma. As
fire burns whatever comes into it, the same way when one gets power of chit shakti,
all the strings of Maya are burns away!
Videh mukti can be before leaving body or afterwards. Though it can be had during
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4 state but due to body consciousness one cannot grasp it. In Vedanta two kinds of
sadhanas have been explained. 1. Upasana Marg, 2. Vichaar Marg. In the 1st with the
help of upasana, bhootshudhi and chitshudhi, upliftment takes place itself and
Aproksh gyan is generated and one rises from 4th to 5th state. As these states becomes
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stronger and stronger the sadhak rises to the next higher
states……………………………………..Om!
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Death, the Ultimate Reality : Part VI ~ Realization as per Agam, Rendering
Gopinath Kaviraj ji’s Akhand Mahayog ka Path and Mritu Vigyan.
Chit and Ananda or Chit Shakti and Ahladini shakti, are two innermost states
in Brahm. Chit represents indivisible Prakash while Ananad represents Bhaav.
Though both of them are one but still chit is considered inner movement while anand
is considered outer movement. On the same hand between anand and desire, anand is
antarmukh or inwards, while desire is outward moving or bahirmukh. The satva
swaroop of brahm is neither antarmukh nor bahirmukh. It encompasses all. One who
has this much strong dharana can understand the hidden meanings.
After this the next three that come are 1. Kalaa, 2.Tattva, 3.Bhuvan. After this,
subtle mahasrishti gets illuminated which is further followed by grosser fragmented
worlds. Thus from gross to subtle to karan to mahakaran, we arrive at the NISHKAL
state, where there is no kalana or spand or vibration. Brahm satta takes all this in and
this is called poornatva. Agam defines this state as Paramshiva or Param-samvid.
Each atma‟s inherent and natural state is this only. Without the blessing of Guru and
then Shakti of Parameshvar, it is not possible to achieve this state.
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one has to embrace prakriti slowly and slowly. This would be possible only when
from this gross body impurities of elements and chit dissolve. These impurities still
remain even in Asmita Samadhi in the form of attachment or asakti and ego. Without
removing them, Prakriti cannot be made your own.
In the path of Yoga the greatest thing is Aishwarya. This is the highest developed
form of Ichha shakti i.e. desire. After this in the next stage one has to surrender it. As
in that state maha-ichcha arises and one‟s own small ichcha cannot be seen. But this
is not a desireless state. The outgoing stage of this state is Mahakaruna. That is why
vishwakalyan is possible in this state. In its Antarang form (introverted form) one‟s
own vichitra (strange) leela play is experienced.
Kaivalya is eternal and leela is also eternal and beyond both of them is Poorn Nissan
form. In Agam poornatva is to get imbued with this state fully and to act in that leela,
not only performing but also being a witness to the whole performance!...Om!
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Death the Ultimate Reality: Part VII ~ Deh Sidhi, Rendering from Gopinath
Kaviraj ji’s Akhand Mahayog ka Path and Mritu Vigyan
The inevitability of death has been expressed again and again. In Mahabharat,
Dharm in the form of Bak questioned Yudhishthar as to what is the greatest wonder in
this world. He answered that people every day see others dying and going to Yamraj
in Yampuri and still everyone in this world thinks they will not die and stay here
eternally! This according to him is the greatest wonder of this world. In yog shastra
also it is said a general prayer arises in all jeeva that it should be able to remain
permanently in this world.
By Deh, we mean a body made out of Shukra (sperm) and Shonit (ova). To
experience the fruits of the karma performed, this body is given. It is the base and the
principle constituents are karma1, indriya2 and fruits3. As per Nyayaik and
Vaishehsik darshan this is the definition of Deh. Samkhya philosophers talk of
„SAPTDAHSIKLINGAM‟ and agree to the existence of Linga deh while vedant talks
of KARAN DEH.
There is difference in karan and karya, gross deh is of two types and karya also
has two divisions because of the gross and subtle. In puranas and various darshan
shastras, Trividh deh is talked about. The gross body has many impurities but those
can be removed with the help of mantra, medicine, tapasya, upasana, Yog and
knowledge or by some special procedure. With the help of these Procedures this body
though being anitya/ impermanent, can be made nitya and win over death or kaal.
This is not just a thought but has been proved as achievable in various shashtra. One
can see KAAL-DAHAN-TANTRA, MRITUNJAYA-TANTRA and KAYA-
SIDHIVIVRAN for such explanations. Ramlinga Shastri achieved kaya siddhi and
about 150 years earlier, in front of people, merged his body into light. This is a proven
fact. Such recorded facts are many and can be read at different places.
Gross, swaroop, subtle, anvaya and arth tatvaroop, by these five swabhavas in
this five element (Earth, Water, Fire, Air and Space) body with will power, one can
achieve victory over death. A yogi thus gets all the eight siddhis. By getting this
victory over death, a Yogi on one hand gets youthfulness and on the same hand his
body becomes very hard like vajra. Sidh-deh is not affected by worldly rules.
When ajaratva (not getting old) and amratva (not dying) appear in a body together
then it is called Sidh Deh or Divyatanu. Some people even experience old age along
with very long life. Sometimes somebody gets emancipated but still it dies only after
a very long time. When after being kaaljayi the oncoming of old age can be negated
with the help of Sompaan as the devatas have who are eternally young. Then when the
body becomes powerless it is thrown away like old clothing and a new deh is taken
on. The Jeeva is attached to this body by prarabdha which is connected by Age,
Karm and Bhog. When bhog prarabdh is finished the body falls. This is called death.
By certain yog prakriyas falling away of body can be stopped. In the body of a yogi
absence of jara, mritu, disease is talked about.
Various Procedures have been seen for Deh Siddhi in various places but even if it
is maintained for one yug, or mahayug or kalp or mahakalp still it has to be left. So
we can say that deh siddhi concept is also relative. If the causal elements, due to
which it took birth, are not removed from this mortal body, it is bound to die. With
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the help of sompaan (drinking nectar) it can be kept till pralaya (final annihilation).
When it acquires purest satva maya guna and chimney stithi then Parmarthik
Nirpeksh Siddhi arises and in that state there is no question of death at all. Actually
Shodash Kala Purusha‟s, Shodashi kala itself is called amrit or som kala. When that
arises in a body then kaal (death) cannot enter there. This is mrityunjaya or Sidh Deh.
After completion of life, the body falls only at the wish of the yogi. When deh Sidhi is
properly generated then one gets Chinmaya Deh and in this state no patan (down fall)
can happen but Tirobhava occurs because of swatantrya. In poorn samrasya,
deh and atma are like Shiva and Shakti who are in perfect equanimity.
Ras sampradaya followers in the ancient times for jivanmukti sadhana used a kaya
siddhiprocedures. According to them in this body only one should have parmarth.
After leaving this body, thirst for gyan is of no use. But in this body which has
disease, old age, death and various other problems, atam sakshatkaar is not possible.
So before acquiring mahagyan in this very body it is essential to have ashtaguna
sampan (strong body). For this, they utilized mercury which is considered as Shiv
Virya and mica which is called Shakti raj. By certain methods a combination prepared
turned Iron into gold. When that mixture could turn iron to gold then it was used on
this body to turn it into Ras deh.
If one achieves this Deh Sidhi then all the mantra-varga, devtas under Shudh adhwa
all become the yogi‟s servants. To name a few who generated this deh are
Maheshwar, Dattatreya, Shukracharya, Manthal bhairav, Sidhbudh, Nagarjuna,
Nityanath and Bindunath etc.
Of the four feet of Chatushpaad brahma, death is one foot (pad). The other three, give
victory over death, Amarta. The whole world is located in one foot. This tripad
vibhuti is beyond the mind. Brahmtatva is only under preview of yog. The human
body is naturally impure and is purified by yoga only. This body will be devoured by
kaal, till this thought is not removed from the mind, the body and atma cannot unite
and chit jyoti does not appear. That Effulgence is without any vikalp, is shant, is free
and is Itself only. When the mind joins it then the whole world is seen
in chidbhava and all karma are finished and rag-dwesh (attractions and aversions)
annihilated for ever. The body acquires great Light and turns into Shakti itself.
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Death the Ultimate Reality: Part VIII, Ras Vidya, Rendering from Gopinath
Kaviraj jib’s Akhand Mahayog ka Path and Mritu Vigyan
The knower of the Ras vidya‟s first objective was to separate the gross from the
subtle. Then just as per the capacity of the gross body, subtle power was introduced
into it. In other words, this same thing is called joining of yogya with yogya. One‟s
who were adept in this knowledge and were strong willed could separate the subtle
from the gross, they could take it out and then a put it in again. The subtle body
should become so much pure that it should have the capacity or power to enter into
any body which is having desired attributes. It should become so pure that it takes the
form of light and it should shine more than even the outer light. Hence their goal was
to turn this gross unnatural body into that subtle natural body which is beyond rajas
and tamas. As that is an indivisible state so at the time of joining it can withstand the
attrition (sangharsh).
After acquiring the knowledge from parpind to swapind (one‟s own form),
param pad is achieved. This is not possible till vishranti (peaceful establishment)
in atma is attained and Sadguru is cause of it. After this, sakshatkaar is to be
experienced. It is difficult but not impossible. After parampad, samrasya between
param pad and our own body is essential. After this the yogi acquires nirutthan
dasha. According to Acharya Balbhadra, lineage holders are only fit as gurus. They
only have the power to give vishranti to a soul. God in the form of Sadguru showers
karuna which is the basis of kalyaan (ultimate welfare).
First nijavesh arises then mahananda comes after, in which illumination takes
place. Then all the duality melts away and One Satta is experienced. Then nirvana of
the yogi‟s pind occurs or it becomes one with parampad. This state is explained in
Avadhoot Gita. With the help of mahagyan, the param shunya state is realized. All
Sidh Yogis experienced this. If we look at the various paths of different lineages then
we find that all are same in the subtle form. Shunya pad or Sushumana are the same.
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Here four different kinds of Chandras have been explained, 1.Aadichandra,
2.Nijchandra, 3.Unmatchandra, 4.Garalchandra. Rasatmak Nijchandra is sucked
up and joined with Akash chandra, which is in Sahasrar. Thus ras turns into nectar.
This way the yogi drinks garal (venom, poison) chandra and does Pranav dhyan here
and achieves Sidh Deh. As per Baudhis this sadhana is done and explained in another
way of which we are not discussing here....... Om!
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Death the Ultimate Reality: Part IX, Division of work or categorization, Rendering
from Gopinath Kaviraj ji’s Akhand Mahayog ka Path and Mritu Vigyan.
All karmas have a different ways and different attributes. One has to understand
them very thoroughly. Our life can be divided into two parts: 1. Prompting
(stimulation, inciting, moving forward), 2. Reunion (Back into the womb). In Hindi it
can be named as Pravartan and Pratisandhi. From Pratisandhi flow, Pravartan flow
starts. Where the movement of the world or srishti stops that state is
called Chutikshan. After this is a transition phase or Avasthantar. So immediately
after pratisandhi to this avasthantar, the whole state is called Pravartan.
The karma which helps the Janak karma to ripen is called UPPASHTAMBHAK.
Karma which reduces the maturity or power of Janak karma is called UTPEEDAK. Its
aim is to oppose UPASHTAMBHAK karma always and everywhere, so that the
Janak karma may not fructify. Pure Utpeedak opposes pure Upashtambhak and
impure Utpeedak opposes impure Upashtambhak and try to make them powerless.
Best karma is UPGHATAK. They are also like Utpeedak, they try to destroy the fruit
bearing capacity of other karmas. All these karmas can be explained with the help of
an example:
A man throws a stone up in the air. It rises up in air to some distance and then falls
back on to earth.
The force with which it is thrown up in air may be defined as Janak karma.
Weight of the stone is called Upashtambhak karma. It affects the speed.
Resistance of the air is called Utpeedak karma.
Gravitational pull is called Upghatak karma.
At the time of birth some karmas immediately bear fruit. They are called Guru
karma. They can be auspicious or inauspicious. Their cause may be any of the four
different types of karmas explained earlier. By auspicious Guru Karma ROOPLOK
PANCHBHUMI is attained or ARROPLOK four bhumis (realms) are achieved in
dhyan. Its experience can be in the kaamlok also. This comes under mahat. Manah-
karm, whether auspicious or inauspicious come under realm of kaam. These fructify
before all other karmas. This ignorant gaze is also like Guru karma but it can be
annihilated. It can be removed at the time of death even.
Guru karma gives fruit before all other karmas and one can purify it before one‟s
death. Great thinkers name it as ANANTARYA karma. It does not wait for anytime to
give fruit and hence the name. It means, in whichsoever life it is performed, its fruit is
experienced in that very life alone. These are not all like Guru karma, as guru karma
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has been divided into five different categories (Pitra hatya, matri hatya etc.). After
guru karma, MARNAPPAN karma is discussed. For a mumursh JAVAN CHITT is
Marnappan karma only. This is ASAN karma. It controls the present life. What kind
of life will be attained after death is found through this karma only. If guru karma is
not finished by a mumursh then that becomes the most important karma for
him.At the time of death whatsoever is the last thought, that becomes the
cause of the next birth.
Agam Netra Tantra explains it in detail. The subject has been discussed at great length
in Baudh Dharma, (Tibetan culture) and in our Puranic scriptures. Hence we can say
that death is a topic which is discussed very much. At the time of death reading of
scriptures like Bhagwad Mahapuran, Mahabharat, and by doing kirtan we try to
prepare an auspicious atmosphere around the departing soul. By such preparation his
next birth is guarded against inauspicious events. Due to less power in the Asan
Karma, mumursh is too feeble to perform such things himself and hence his well-
wishers perform this duty nearby for him. They thus take care that nothing comes in
his way to stop his higher evolution into his next birth. Hence we can say that the
process of dying is an art and that death itself is a great science.
If Guru Karma and Asan Karma are not pending or leftover, ARCHIT karma
becomes the principle karma. Repeated performances of these turn them into
Samskaars of the jeeva. Hence auspicious karmas should be performed again and
again and inauspicious karmas be put off to a later date again and again. It helps in the
sadgati of the jeeva. If any inauspicious karma has been performed, it should not be
thought of at the time of death or else it will convert into ARCHIT karma of the jeev.
Till now we have discussed Guru karma, Anusmrit Asan karma, Niyamit karma. Any
other karmas which are different from the above three, whether auspicious or
inauspicious; whether of present or of past, all are called UPCHIT karma. But their
power is less than the above three karmas.
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Death the Ultimate Reality ~ Part X-Klisht and Aklisht Karma Rendering from
Gopinath Kaviraj ji‟s Akhand Mahayog ka Path and Mritu Vigyan.
Though ordinary people do not have a good insight into the trade of karma, yet all
generally believe that the web of pain in this life is due to karmas performed by them.
This belief is not baseless. The karma which produces pain and suffering in this world
are all ignorant karma. We can say IGNORANCE is the cause of this world (Srishti or
Cosmos). There are five KLESHAS which have been discussed and they are
AVIDYA (ignorance), ASMITA (ego), RAG (attachment), DWESH (repulsion) and
ABHINIVESH ( fear of death). Out of these AVIDYA is the principle one. From
avidya, asmita (ego) arises which causes raag and dwesh to arise in one‟s CHITT
(mind) and after it, fear of death arises. These five kleshas are pillars on which our life
is built. Avidya means non-discrimination. To see anything as it is not, is avidya and
from this ego arises. Not to understand the difference between SATTA and
CHAITANYA and believe them to be same is called ASMITA, in other words ego.
From here attraction and repulsion (raag and dwesh) are generated. The idea of
leaving the gross body is called ABHINIVESH. From the above five kleshas, karma
arises and from them the fruit of karma arises.
Ignorance producing karmas are of many types; Shukl1, Krishan2, and mixed3.
These are all wordly karma. Snares of the world tighten because of them. With the
help of Vivek Khayati karma snares of world get enfeebled. Yogis mainly divide
karma in above three categories. When vivek khayati is achieved, they disappear.
Karmas at that time are called ASHUKLA-AKRISHNA. With such karma, worldly
snares are not made, rather older ones are also removed. Earlier explained three
karmas are always opposing them. Science of karma is very mysterious. As Shukla
and Krishna do not combine, similarly Ashukla and Akrishan karma also cannot mix
together. If above separations were not kept intact, transition from one state into
another would not have been possible. No karma touches Parmeshwar (God). Hence
karma vigyan is like a fisherman‟s net.
Klisht karma flow is taking place from the times immemorial. Without vivek khayati,
this flow is not stopped. Karmashaya is generated from KLISHT karma and not from
Aklisht karma. Karmashaya and Vasna both are samskars and are generated by
karma. Both are not the same. As per Patanjali, vasana cannot generate bhog. Fruit of
vasana is SMRITI. Karmashayas fruit is pain and pleasure. Both of them work
together.
From karmashaya three types of fruit came forth: BIRTH (taking up of physical
body), BHOG (experience of pain and pleasure), LIFE SPAN (duration of stay in
body). These three comprise what is called PRARABDH. From point of view of gross
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Birth Bhog life span Prarabdh
gaze (drishti), jeev‟s karma are of two type. Present karma is called Kriyamaan karma
which is because of ego. Karma cannot be performed without body through which
samskaar takes birth. Previous life karmas keep collecting in our CHITT from times
immemorial. These are the SMASHTI karma of many lives and are called as
SANCHIT KARMA. Kriyamaan and Sanchit karma join together at the time of death
to give rise to PRARABDH.
Kriyamaan Sanchit
Prarabdha
karma Karma
The „thought train‟ at the time of death, which is the cause of the next birth, is
kriyamaan karma and they arise from samskaars of the sanchit karma bank in chitt.
Normally prarabdh is the cause of one birth alone but sometimes it causes many births
in a row. Karma is under the control of kaal or time. Many karma keep dormant or
sleeping till favourable environment is produced for them to rise up.
If good or bad deeds are too strong then their results are also experienced quickly.
If in a Klisht karma there is an Aklisht karma, it will remain aklisht. Vice-versa is also
true. Every kind of karma has its own record. In our lives, almost everywhere there is
mixture of Vasnas and Karmashaya.
If a soul has travelled from various lower forms into a human body and again falls
back into the lower realm then his base desires of lower realm are responsible for his
change. In such a state, birth takes place due to the effect of Karmashaya, Vasana, and
corresponding lower samskar which arise at that time.
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Death, the Ultimate Reality: Part XI ,
The Importance of Kaal in giving the fruits of Karma, Rendering from Gopinath
Kaviraj ji‟s Akhand Mahayog ka Path and Mritu Vigyan.
Till now we have discussed the fact that our karma (deeds) bear fruit. Now the
question that arises is how does kaal control it? When will that time come when each
fruit of karma is to be experienced? The general rule is if karma is performed with
great focus and effort, then its result is received quickly or in a very short time. This is
further dependent upon two things. First if the performer does karma (deeds) with
great speed and effort the result is experienced quickly, secondly if the aim of the
deed is divine then also chances of quick realization are more.
Three other conditions which matter for quick realization of the fruit of karma are
KAAL VISHESH, STHAN VISHESH AND UPADHI VISHESH .
Which karma will fructify and when can be understood only after clarity in the
concept of JAVAN TATTVA. Meaning of Javan is flow (वेग), which is due to
involvement of CHIT in karma fructification. Depending upon the amount of flow of
SAKRIYA CHIT, yogis have divided it into seven parts. These seven moments or
Kshan are important.
1st moment- Chit is almost nishkriya (not working), no will power, no movement at
all.
2nd moment-Chit starts moving, will power starts asserting and self-awareness arises.
5th, 6th and 7th – The above attributes start weakening and in 7th moment they are
weakest.
During first JAVAN or flow, will power is not experienced at all but it starts
manifesting during 2nd javan. It converts to Self awareness. This further increases in
power through 3rd and become most powerful during 4th javan. After this its power
starts reducing and becomes most powerless during 7th javan. Fruit of the 7th javan is
not received during this life but in the next life. Medium power javan remains till
nirvana. 1st javan fruit is experienced in the same life and Acharyas call it DRISHT
DHARM VEDINYA karm.
If 7th javan is not able to bear fruit somehow, it is destroyed for ever. Then it is also
called BHOOT POORV karm. In special situations, it appears as Janak or
Upashtambhak karm. Bhootpoorv karm may be auspicious or inauspicious. They are
very feeble karma but can generate fruit under certain conditions.
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Death the Ultimate Reality, Part XII ~ Kaal and Mahakaal, Rendering from
Gopinath Kaviraj ji‟s Akhand Mahayog ka Path and Mritu Vigyan
Kaal and Mahakaal, though both are the same yet there is some difference in
them. In the base of the cosmos is kaal (time). Prakriti is ever changing, but its flow
is controlled by kaal. As per Patanjali darshan our nature (prakriti) is result oriented
and these results are of two kinds: SA-DRISHYA PARINAM and VI-DRISHYA
PARINAM. In nature, all the three gunas are in balance. During imbalance alone,
creation takes place. During LAYA, Sadrishya parinam is received as Satya in
Satyaroop, Rajas in Rajasroop, Tamas in Tamasroop. It is also associated with kaal.
During this state, samskaars or karmas ripen and forward movement of creation takes
place. If kaal is not present as the principle force during Sadrishya prainam, in the
absence of pralaya, no indication for start of creation is seen. Though creation is
SWABHAV SIDH for prakriti but still this quality is under the ambit of time or kaal.
Without ripening of the above SADRISHYA, VIDRISHYA, TATVANTAR
PARINAMS do not take place. If TATVANATAR PARINAM is not there then
creation cannot take place. The building block of srishti is KARM or SAMSKAAR.
That is why in MAHABHARAT it is said that kaal devours all bhutas (elements).
DHARAM1: Whichever way our nature or prakriti converts at the start is called
Dharma.
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(Kaal Mahakaal Akhand Kaal)
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lower three realms are submerged in water. At this time, Lord Vishnu goes into Yog
nidra state on his bed of Shehsnaag.
NITYA pralaya and ATYANTIK parlaya are both connected with the pind
while Naimitik and Mahapralaya are connected with Brahmand. Movement of kaal
is crooked. But when one pierces the realm of kaal and enters Mahakaal, this
movement becomes SARAL or straight. Here all the three divisions of kaal are
experienced as one single entity and kaal enters into a central Bindu. Kaal after
moving into mahakaal goes beyond itself and appears as ever present PARAM
PURUSH. As crookedness of kaal is lost, infinite satta of limitless AKASH is shown
without any covering. This is the state of MAHABINDU.
Then the Yogi‟s will reign supreme and he can make any TIME or SPACE to
appear or disappear. Any covering (Avaran) is tamas. With the advent of Light as
darkness is banished, the same way when MAHAPRAKASH dawns and all the veils
are blown asunder or shredded. Rajas is removed. CHIT movement is because of
Rajas, thus CHIT also becomes stable. This is a unmoving state(चाॊचल्मववहीन) of chit
and nothing is incomprehensible here, as movement of chit is the creator of avidya or
ignorance. This state is called IDAM. After mahakaal is mahasrishti and beyond that
is POORAN..…………………OM!
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Death the Ultimate Reality:Part XIII ~ KAAL SAMKARSHAN,Rendering from
Gopinath Kaviraj ji‟s Akhand Mahayog ka Path and Mritu Vigyan.
We find that in our COSMOS two opposing forces are continuously working
together. One of them is called BHAGWAT SHAKTI or ANUGRAH SHAKTI while
the second is called KAAL SHAKTI or TIRODHAN SHAKTI. In complete
Paramtatva these two powers can't be separately differentiated. But when Parmeshwar
contracts Himself and projects as JEEVA, then only these two flows are
perceived. One brings forth JEEV bhav while the other removes it and help in
reversing the process to come to the Source again.
The realm of KAAL has different levels. In each of these levels movement of kaal
and matra is interconnected. This connection depends upon the force of the flow of
kaal. Where due to ACHINTYA SHAKTI, the effect of matra is extremely reduced,
there KAAL SANDHI is illuminated and Light of the MOMENT (KSHAN) is easily
perceived. When KSHAN is established permanently then kaal cannot remain! This
state is called the state of KAAL SAMKARSHAN.
In the normal world, progression of time has to be accepted, but discussion of the
MOMENT (Kshan) does not come under it. Whatever we understand as ANANT
KAAL is nothing but this MOMENT only! i.e. KSHAN. When kaal is totally
removed then ATMA SWAROOP shines in full resplendence. Since kaal and
Deshi.e.Time and Space, always exist together; as the Kaal disappears in the presence
of KSHAN, space also is banished from here. Hence no kaal and no Desh (space)
exist in the present Kshan! Atma (Soul) becomes free of them. Here, the WILL of the
Yogi reigns supreme. Whatever he wills appears by his side. Om!
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Death, the Ultimate Reality-Part XIV: Deh Vichaar,Rendering from Gopinath
Kaviraj ji’s Akhand Mahayog ka Path and Mritu Vigyan.
We are the dwellers of this gross world and we know only this gross body. This
body is made up of PANCH TATTVA (five elements). PARITHVI DEH is made
up of Earth element, JALIYA DEH is of Water element, TAIJAS DEH is of Fire
element, VAYAVIYA DEH is made of Air element and AKASHIYA DEH is made
up of Ether element (space). All these are made as per the same rule. Apart from this
we also talk of SUKSHAM DEH. This body is made up of subtle elements. Sankhaya
philosophy talks of LING DEH, SAPTDASHAIKAM LINGAM, it is a very
popular saying.
Till death, the body that is there is the Gross body. After this, till KAIVALYA is
achieved, whatever body is experienced, that is called LING DEH. The gross body
experiences Bhog but the Ling Deh cannot. The gross life is bound from one side by
getting this gross body at birth and leaving this body by death at the end. After death
till a new body is received the Ling deh is experienced but this deh cannot move on its
own. A special body is provided to the soul (Ling deh) to move from one GROSS
body to another, and this body's name is ATIVAHIK DEH. When the Ling Deh
reaches its required place to experience bhog, then GROSS DEH is generated there.
In this gross body alone Ling enters. This happens in every realm, but the gross body
of every realm is different. Tantrik Yogis call it BHUNAJ DEH. TATTVA
DEH enters this Bhuvnaj deh to experience various fruits of karma (bhog). Neither of
them can experience bhog alone because they carry samskaar of bhog but not the
capacity to experience it! Since there are differences between bhuvanas, the
BHUVANAJ DEH of various realms is also different. Bhuvanaj deh of Vishnulok
will be different from that of Shiva loka and so on. The Bhuvnaj deh of two different
atmas in the same bhuvan will also be different, even though they are SVAJATIYA.
Although the crux behind the tattva deh or linga deh is the same in all, still the
bhuvnaj deh of a tattva deh in different lokas is different. This difference is carried
forward till one achieves KAIVALYA. The base of linga or tattva deh is KALA DEH,
which is YONI swaroop. That is why in Shiv Sutra it has been quoted, „Yoni Vargah
KALASHARIRAM’.
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DEH. All these explanations are true. All of them arise in the evolution of an atma
,when it is on the path of the cleansing of the self. It is not any exaggeration to say
that death occurs only in Gross body. In all other bodies there is no death but only we
are relieved of them (nivritti). The moment one gets beyond the Gross, the veil of life
and death is removed. But chances of upward movement still remain. This way pure
to purer to purest form is achieved. The last stage of purity is the highest form of DEH
BHAV. In such a state on one side is the body, while the other side is beyond body
or DEHATEET. There any difference between Chit and Achit does not exist. In the
aura of MAHAPRAKSH all are seen as one!
Other differences between bodies are also explained. YONIJ and AYONIJ are
generally discussed. Whatever is generated with the union of semen and ova is called
YONIJ. Others are AYONIJ. Both of them differ further in ways of many kinds. In
the higher realms of creation, in some realms birth takes place through sight alone, at
some places through sankalp or thought alone and in some places through touch
alone. ATIVAHIK DEH is different from all these. It is not the body to experience
bhog (fruit of Karma) as it is meant for the carrying of LINGA BODY from one place
to another to experience bhog. SIDH DEH is different from the above. When the
gross body with the help of Yoga and Tapas goes beyond the five elemental effects, it
is known as SIDH DEH. As per Patajali yoga it is called KAYA SAMPAD. Though
it is gross it still behaves as though it is subtle. Followers of Sri Aurobindo talk
of INTEGRATED BODY. This is achieved by joining the gross and subtle bodies
together and a still higher form can be generated thus, if connected to higher lokas.
Sidh deh is not of only one kind.
GYAN DEH is different from all. This is received with the blessings from a Guru
at the time of initiation. This is offered to a sadhak by Guru in the form of a beej.
Then with his sadhana he has to convert it into a fully developed body. If a disciple is
higher qualified then at the time of Diksha he is provided a fully developed deh by
Guru alone. He does not have to work to develop it like a sadhak. To say the least this
deh itself has JAGRIT KUNDALINI.
Next is BHAV DEH. This is a very secret topic but will share some of it at
present. Without delving deep into Truth one can't come anywhere near it, what to say
of understanding it! After getting a Sad Guru, one gets initiation from him and he
gives a mantra to work on. This mantra sadhana is a deeper meaning of NAAM
sadhana only. Thus with the effect of tantra sadhana of mantra given by guru
establishment in SWABHAV is achieved.
Our Self is covered by a curtain of maya from all sides. Without arising of the True
Knowledge this curtain is not removed. When with the help of mantra this is removed
then ATMA stands naked in front and one achieves one‟s own TRUE
NATURE(SVABHAV). This is the speciality of knowledge offered by Guru. Thus it
can also be called atam gyan but to have its DHARANA is extremely difficult. Every
atma has an ANTARANG bhav but it is covered by MAYA. Hence covered by this
mayic or PARKIYA bhav the soul moves from one place to another in search of
ANAND, which was lying inside. Without removing maya or parkiya bhav, one
cannot experience ANAND. When the atma achieves its own Self, then its Parkiya
bhav is removed on its own. Guru‟s only work is to help the sadhak remove this
curtain of maya and establish him in his own Self.
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We don't know who we are? What we want? He doesn't understand what he
lacks and how to remove this feeling. After siddhi of the mantra provided by guru,
this maya is pierced and atma is able to recognize itself. Then only it realizes its
shortcomings or what it lacks and the way to overcome it. We can say that after
cutting off maya one gets the Divine Mother. But we cannot say one gets Her
immediately. When all other ABHAVS are removed then the main ABHAV of
mother is experienced. The Atma then experiences itself as a support less new born
baby and in Her remembrance starts crying, O Mother! O Mother!
Let's discuss it in a little easier way. Mantra sadhana needs knowledge. This cuts
maya and one experiences one‟s own self. Two states are connected to
this. ASHRAYA SATTA and VISHAY SATTA. When maya is cut, then both sides
(directions) of MAYATEET ( beyond the control of Maya) SELF open. This is
called development of BHAV DEH which is nothing but SWABHAV only. From
times immemorial this has been covered by maya. When it is removed then bhav deh
child cries for his Mother. This is called BHAV SADHANA and it keeps going on as
maya has been removed. Just as the child takes birth, the Mother also starts
manifesting. It is like on one side is thirst and on the other side is SHEETAL JAL
(cool water)! Incessant crying for Mother is the bhav sandhana. Actual SADHANA
starts here only. Sadhana before the removal of maya is unnatural because that is
performed with ego. But that also is not a waste as it is instrumental in removal of
maya. Bhav sadhana is not to be taught, no guru is needed for it, no mantra or shastra
is needed for it and no Procedures are needed to be followed here. In this BHAV DEH
alone the sadhak ego connects. Maya deh still exists.
Maya deh is of this world as it is created from prarabdh karma and it gets
annihilated in prarabdh. Maya deh works as per maya jagat and Bhav deh works as
per bhav jagat. With the help of Bhav sadhana BHAV develops and with its effect
MOTHER comes nearer. BHAV is the untransformed state of PREM (LOVE). Full
development of BHAV DEH results in PREM DEH. Then Mother appears before
the sadhak. After experiencing of bhav completely, the child and the Mother meet
each other. We can say that when Prem arises, She takes the child in Her lap. Then
there is no obstruction in between. Then PREM develops more and more. As a result
of it, tej (the Light) of both child and the Mother starts breaking or diffusing (vijalit)
and both start travelling in the same direction. This is the actual Yog, all states before
PREM were just indications of it. When both of them become one that state is
called RAS. Bhavuk, Premik and Rasik are the three states of development. In
bhavavashtha BALAK BHAV, in prem avastha KISHORE BHAV and in ras
avastha NAVYUVAK BHAV. There are many secrets of BHAV DEH, PREM DEH
and RAS DEH.
Everyone has the right to enter Sri Bhagwans Prem Leela, but it is not possible till
bhav deh is achieved. After entering Rasa Avastha one becomes MANAJARI,
then SAKHI and further enters RADHA BHAV. Sidh Deh discussed earlier though
can rise above the effect of KAAL, it transcends old age and death but one cannot
enter the Leela Realm with it. Through BHAV, without treading the path of love one
cannot enter RAS. And without that one can't gain entry into LEELA realm. Sidh
Deh is for worldly pursuits, while RAS Deh is for tasting nectar. Sidh Deh is of maya
realm and RAS Deh is beyond Maya or even Mahamaya…………………Om
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4. From Agyaat Mahatama Prasang by SN Khandelwal.
Letter no: 4
2A Sigra, Banaras,
09-05-1943.
Abode of Devotion,
I was elated receiving your letter. In the earlier letter what I had explained of Uma
Ma‟s realm that is much above the Gyan rajya. The pinnacle of that realm is called the
divine realm. Shri Gurudev made us expereince a part of Uma Ma‟s realm and of the
divine realm. Till our kriya Shakti is not established fully, this experience is purely
dependent upon guru‟s benevolence (कृऩा). Even during that on getting darshan one
cannot enter it. For the yogi only this divine realm is the absolute realization. This is
explained that sometimes it is located in the lap of the Mother. This is the complete
chidanandmayi state. Only a yogi has the right to it. A Sadhak cannot ever achieve it
with his sadhana.
After the end of sadhana, when he is able to take the support of Yog, only then he
can be elevated to Paramdham. A sadhak has no right to sit in the lap of the Mother.
For this strong blessings are needed. The Sadhak‟s highest goal is not her lap but her
feet. This alone is called nondual state or achievement of oneness. Its special details
are desired and may be disclosed later on. After knowing completely the divine
Ahoratrachakra, along with compliance to it, to keep moving towards the absolute
realm is the ultimate goal of a yogi. You already know that after Mahanisha only one
is introduced to the process of Ahoratrachakra. The recurrence (आवतान) of the
eternal Kaalchakra which Shri Shri Gurudev had shown us is much more amazing as
compared to „Kaalchakrayaan‟ of Budhists and „Ashtkaaleen Leela chakra‟ of
Chiatanya.
There are many sub divisions of this day/night circle. It can be divided in to 8 or 12
parts as per different systems. At some places sometime more than 12 divisions have
also been given. As per Paksh its subtle division can be taken as 03 also. All these are
the special progressive divisions detailed by Yogis on their yogpath. This ahoratra
chakra can be 8 petal, 12 petal Prakriti etc. This day/night natural circle can be eight
petals or 12 petals. From the Mahanisha up to 03 o‟clock at night, is one kaal. This
comes under the Mahanisha Kaal as already recognized by you. After this, before
Sunrise is 2nd kaal. From Sunrise to 8 am is another kaal. After this, as per mahanisha,
Mahakshan of mid-day may be taken up to 12 o‟clock during the day.
Termination or expiry of this moment is Mahakshan. After this from the mid-day
to just before evening is another Kaal. Termination/expiry of this is Sandhyakshan.
From here till 8 pm at night is another Kaal. From 8-10pm is another kaal. From 10-
11.30 is another kaal. 11.30-12 „o‟clock at night is Mahanisha Kshan. After Sunrise
till 11.30 am is Kaal-dwaya. This moment is not availed by ordinary yogis. It is
connected with the Mahavirat, we got to know it. Time till 3 am, at night, is excitingly
strong. In a way, it‟s attainment as in a separate/ different form does not happen.
Though it may not be Sushupati but it is something like that. On culmination of this
state, consciousness arises along with the Isht devta. Here there is no difference
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between the Isht and Guru. Even on appearance of Isht, eyes do not get closed.
Whether the Isht here is in the form of Kumar or Kumari, we cannot say. Though not
being an un-manifested state, being counted as the initial state of un-manifestation, in
a way it is a non-gender state. To manifest the child in the form of desireless state,
yogi is both father and mother simultaneously. But during this manifestation,
feminine nature is more predominant in him. Till the sunrise time, this state is
developed in gradually. As the Sun rises, along with it divine eye gets developed step
by step. Here Sun should be taken as Sun of knowledge and the eye which opens
should be taken as eye of knowledge. Actually Sun represents this eye only.
„ददवीवचऺुयाततभ ्’. Yogi with the power of Vama-Shakti located at a particular point
at the base of the little finger of left hand, should make one ray of the newly risen
Sun, flow into thumb of that hand, with the help of a hand form (hast mudra). By
moving this energy into the eyebrow centre aforesaid Eye opens.
During this only it takes the form of a child, young girl and Kumari. Yogi also
takes the same form along with it. It is desired to call this as Sakha bhav kaal. 8-10am
time is Jagdamba‟s youth development period. Then yogi attains movement in the
light of Shishubhav (child of emotion). Actually the play of these two times (kaal)
happen behind the curtain in the innermost quarters of Mahavirat. A yogi with matri
bhav need not know it in details. That yogi‟s aim is to enter into the kaal of 11.30 pm
and offer complete surrender in form of the Mother. After 11.30 is the time of Her
complete youth. Yogi then enters into Mother‟s womb. During the mahakshan of
midnight, Yogi achieves oneness with Her. At this time only, he achieves
completeness of surrender. This oneness is the highest aim of the sadhak. During this
his movement gets stopped. But yogi due to force of Shaktipaat and inconceivable
obligation gets out of Her womb again. To become one with Her and to experience
Her in innumerable ways is his aim. Mahakshan of Madhyan is under the complete
control of Yognidra. Mother at that time is established in the form of Yognidra.
This is beyond maya and attachment. In this state there is no desire. But the yogi
does not want to be without desire. Because in the absence of desire, how can one
taste the nectar of the play of maha iccha (greater desire, i.e. of the Mother). That is
why the yogi going beyond the maha iccha and maya, again taking up both of them,
exhibits it in the form of the Supreme (or shows their supreme form). At that time
Maya only exudes the light of the atma in the form of Mahamaya. This is the
difference between Yognidra and Mahamaya. From 3 am onwards, he gets out of the
womb of the mother and sits in the lap of the Mother in the form of a child. Now the
Mother Herself is Yoganidra. Now the mahamaya bhav is not there. When the effect
of Yoganidra is removed, only then the leela of mahamaya starts. One blue ray of
light emanating from the Sun, falls on the forehead of the child. With it, his eye
opens. The Yogi does not allow the Sun to go till the end. He establishes it in his
heart. This is a daily practice for everyone. For them, a Sun never sets and hence there
is never a night time.
Apart from this, there is a trade of expiration of the ocean, which I am not writing
here. The child form yogi slowly attains youth. After this, comes the newly developed
youthful state. Then comes the night time of 11:30 pm when one has to join
completely all the 16 flows of Mahashakti. Only this is left. After 11.30, mahanisha
kshan starts. Along with it, the yogi‟s youthfulness keeps increasing towards full
development. At midnight or mahanisha kshan, the state of oneness which is achieved
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is actually the feet of the Mother and the state of Her 17th kala. That is shown at
midnight, 12 „o‟ clock. This is called the achieving of the lap of the Cosmic Mother.
From here, it is realized that where the sadhak‟s sadhana (practitioner‟s practice)
ends, at that place the yogi‟s movement dioes not end. The yogi never merges into the
oneness. After probing that improbable, he appears with indescribable strangeness
back from that oneness and creates his own world on the basis of his own power, as
per his own desire and establishes it after embellishing it in a number of ways.
Mahanisha kshan is connected in a special way with Uma Ma‟s world and the
Divine Realm. This letter has become very long. Now today there is no purpose of
writing longer letter. Do not give a copy of this letter to anyone. Understand that same
rule applies to the earlier letters too. I myself have not kept a copy of this or the other
earlier letters even. If possible, copying it, bring it along while coming here. Without
keeping a copy at one‟s end it is not possible to discuss serially. Here everything is
well. Make happy by sending news of everybody‟s well-being. What is the news of
Shobha Ma?
Affectionately,
Gopinath
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Letter no: 9
Receiving your letter got all the information. Till now, the subject discussed is so
intricate that it is extremely difficult to translate it into a language conveying its real
meaning. At every stage technical words have been used. It is very difficult to find
their meanings too. Trying to make an Index book through inductive process and
writing it down. There is no serious connection between this review and the thought
process. Despite all these inconveniences, I have put in a great effort and one is
getting the fruit of this understanding, this can be said. Whatever is being received
represents the expensive form of non-fragmented truth (अखण्डसत्म). Some principles,
I think are just amazing, it‟s thought so. I am able to understand their basics.
Normally, the point from which we start discussion on creation element, actually
one has to go afar from there. Only then, the basics will be known. The same thing
happens in the connection of annihilation too. All these details I will clear through
speech.
I remember discussing the meaning of 108 – 109 with you some time back. Their
divisions are like 100, 101,….108 etc. Last one value is not separate from it. It is
completely non-dual. Actually two series of 100 and 8 were discussed with you
earlier. Karma prevails up to 100. 101 is Bodh (realization), 102 is knowledge, 103 is
Bhav, 104 is Gun (attribute), 105 is Mahabhav, 106 is Mahagyan, 107 is Chitshakti,
108 is Chid. This is the explanation from 101 to 108. Dividing 100, we will know
50+50. In 50, there are atoms from 1-49. 50 is paramanu. Beyond 50 is the boundless
ocean which is called Mahamaya. This is not an under count. The adhishthatri of the
first 50 is Kaalratri. After Yognidra from Bodh to Bhav, is the effect of Yogmaya.
From Gun to Mahabhav is the play of Shudh Maya. After crossing Shudhmaya, great
knowledge dawns as a fruit of which one gets darshans of the feet (of Param Shakti).
Realizing the feet, actually is establishment of Mahamaya form. This is 107 and
after this is chid which is called Purushottam. It is also called Vishudhgan. Here only
the whole count is completed. But it is the statement of Guru Vishudhanand that the
disciple is higher than the Guru. The disciple is 109. First divine, then Guru and then
self. These all are one divine entity only. Whatever difference is there, we shall talk
about it later on. He discussed both Aroh and Avroh. Without understanding the flow
of creation, one cannot understand the flow of annihilation.
Right now I will not discuss the ultimate basics things. Whatever forms, which can
be seen in the creation today, in that, humans can be divided into three basic
categories. Like Yogis, Sadhaks and Ordinary. The ordinary human being takes birth
and dies. Then its physical entity gets diminished. Baba never used the word of death.
Because he said that death is nothing. All these people come under the earlier
explained 50. They lose consciousness and merge into the great mahamaya. All these
souls come and go back, but after going back they do not reappear. In mohmaya, none
of their entity is left behind with which they could have returned. There whole entity
annihilates and merges. But still if those who are to come back and if they don‟t then
who will return? Most of the people of the world come under this category only. They
take birth once and once they die. But those who are sadhaks they remain by piercing
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the mohmaya (attachement & illusion) state. Ordinary people remain in grossness.
But the Sadhak carries some percentage of the awakening. That is why the difference
appears between the two. In the case of a Sadhaks from 51 to 100, one state is
experienced. He cannot get beyond 104. His state is upto 5th. 100 is 1st, 101 is 2nd, 102
is 3rd, 103 is 4th and 104 is 5th level. Apart from a yogi none has the power to pierce
104 and go to the upper levels. Yogi‟s sequence of ascendance is different.
The yogi has to pass Mohmaya and then ascend step by step. As a spider weaves a
web, in the same manner the yogi also weaves his web. From 51 up to 99 is the state
of sequential development of 49 anoos/ atoms/ atoms (atoms). After weaving the web
he gets entangled into it. Then yognidra cannot touch the yogi at all. Till now the
Yogi bereft with the touch of yognidra, coming in the form of Paramanu, he develops
oneness with yognidra. Now the web breaks. The yogi gets free of the web but his
state is still unconscious.
Ordinary humans coming from Yognidra and merge into Mohmaya. The sadhak
comes from bhav (बाव) and gets established into the attribute (गुण). This is called
establishment in chidakash. Yogi comes from abhav (अबाव). He attains establishment
into his own self. Apart from none can attain 105-109. Actually 104 and 108 is one
state only. Still, there is a great difference between the two. Shri Gurudev up to a
moment before his death was in 108 fully. At the time of leaving his body he entered
into 109. If anyone before leaving the body, even for an hour attains 109, a great
event would happen in the whole world. Then Akhand Mahayog will get established.
In the whole world none has attained 109 state while living in the gross body. If
even one yogi attains it while living in gross body then there will be a great change in
the world. This in fact is the real welfare of the whole world. Gurudev Vishudhanand
wanted this. This state alone, which he could not achieve while in the body, is the
realization which he is still working towards. This is his great goal. He could not feel
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satisfaction even after reaching the 108 state or Purushottam. Because of the non-
achievement of complete freedom, one can do self-welfare only but not the welfare of
the whole world. Hence one should realize 109 while alive. After achieving upper
realms and becoming 109, one can perform no welfare of the world. For world
welfare one has to achieve 109 while living here. This is according to the saying of
Shri Aurobindo in his writing: „Descent of Supermental.
From Chidakash nectarian light of chid is continuously falling. All these kalas are
taken up by Kaalratri and Kaalpurush. Their Kaal body is filled up with it. They issue
in the form of particles continuously from the form of light from kaal. These are the
atoms of jeevas. In people, in whom, these jeevanu appear between the navel up to the
forehead, they alone can be called meaningful or significant. The atoms of a Yogi
come from the navel down to the big toe, which is why the feet of the yogi are
superior to his head. From call ratri all the atoms fall in to yognidra. From there they
go into the circle of 1-100. Many things are to be said. I will tell later. Today, I will
end it here only. Reply promptly. Have to say 1-2 things regarding Siddhi Mata. Her
disciple Taru didi was in Vrindavan last year. Then from her mouth her (Sidhimata‟s)
speech started pouring out. Siddhimata‟s stories of austerity were prominent in that
flow. I heard many great things were told in that. This speech from Agra city will
reach Kashi through a gentleman called Upendra Babu. Then I will tell you.
You must have got the news of Vasu Babu‟s sudden demise.
Yours affectionately,
Gopinath.
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Letter no: 10 A
It has been said earlier, that only that disciple of Gurudev who has received beej
from him can be his adhaar or foundation. Hence it is only dependent on personal
merit. Without getting mahanisha karm, and finishing it to enter 103rd bhav, none can
become that adhaar. Hence it is only dependent on personal merit. Kripayukt yogpath
and Kripaheen yogpath both are 103. Karm of knowledge and experience are
restricted up to 102 only. After finishing of jeev bhav some percentage of it still
lingers on. That is why 101 and 102 karmas are only feeling of karma.
Entering into Bhav that feeling of karma and jeevbhav also does not hold. In the
realm of bhav there is no doer. This is a state in which there is no ego that „I am the
doer‟. That is why there is no karma in it. Guru, who gives karma, also becomes
speechless here. Now the guru‟s instructions also do not come. In a way, we can say
that Guru in the form of Prakriti Shakti operates.
Entering into the Kripa yukt (103, with compassion), bhav arises. Now bhav is
principle or cause. When Purush bhav gets completely liberated then one enters into
one‟s own self which is represented by 107. After entering into bhav one moves in
107. The level beyond prakriti or nature is 108 or Guru. He is without end. Here
numbers complete hence it represents completeness. Mystery of 109 can be explained
at present.
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This very pure self, conscious or awakened body is what a disciple gets from his
guru during diksha. This is effulgent form. This is Jagrit (awakened) Kundlini. This is
chaitanya (consciousness). This is the Shakti of the Guru. This does karma in the yog
marg of the disciple. By continuous performance of karma it keeps on getting
empowered. Actually this is Isht. In its fully developed state this is Chit Shakti
Mahamaya or 107. Yogi himself piercing the great knowledge attains this mahamaya
form chit prakriti. This is the awakening of the dormant kundlini or 104. For a Sadhak
this awakening or attainment of the self is desired to be achieved. What yogi disciple
gets at the start of the diksha, a sadhak disciple develops that up to the end of his
sadhana (practice).
There is no way to keep stable in 104 because the flow of nature or temperament
(स्वबाव) is continuously towards 108. Hence a sadhak located on 104 when turns into
a yogi attains movement towards108. This flow only culminates in the endless. Hence
there is no point becoming a yogi like this. This is only a natural trade. Sadhak
becomes unconscious in it. He forgets his own identity. Thus from above it becomes
clear how sadhak and yogi are different. Karm of Yogi alone is Sakarm. Sadhak‟s
karm is not Sakarm. When he attains Sva or self then he does not get any opportunity
to do perform any karm. At that moment only pure chaitanya is left. That is without
any memories, without any mark and is chitsatta matr.
Today I will not write anything more. I will write tomorrow. Keep this letter with
you. Do not give to anyone even to copy it. But read to Shachin Dada at the
appropriate time. Much is left to be written. I will write later. When will Amulya
return? How‟s everything at home? Radhkrishans letter about Panu is encouraging.
Shri Gurudev‟s desire should be realized. I received a letter of Shobha Ma. She has
written that her health is not so good. Makhan is working in Calcutta. Here all are
fine. Reply quickly. Will write about Didis‟ again, elder Ma Younger Ma. Concluded.
Yours affectionately,
Gopinath.
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Letter no: 11
I believe you must have received the letter which I wrote to you yesterday. Today I
am writing again. Normally from my point of view, the various paths which are called
yogmarg in the normal sense of the world are actually not yogmarg. Actually most of
them are different offshoots of sadhana marg only. Very few are connected to yog. In
sadhana marg there are three things: Karm (Action)-Gyan (Knowledge)-Bhakti
(devotion). In yog also all these three are there but there is difference in all three of
them. This difference is exactly clear. In Buddhism, Heenyaan marg is called Sadhana
Marg while Mahayaan path is called Yog marg. As per our school of six philosophical
thoughts, all paths have the sadhana element in them. Even Vedant sadhana in vogue
is also a sadhana path. It is not yog. The sadhak has to awaken the Kundlini. But yogi
does not have to do that. It is the yogis own karm, it has already been conveyed
earlier. While in the case of sadhak, it is not his natural own karma. In the case of the
Yogi it is his own karma that is why he is a rightful recipient of Kriyashakti. During
105 a yogi‟s real form is established. During 108 he becomes complete. But it is not
possible for a normal sadhak. Actually 105 is Akhand (Non-fragmented) yogi bhav. A
khand yogi of 103 may become a siddh but till he arrives in Mahabhav by piercing
different attributes, Akhand bhav cannot awaken in him. These are not the number of
sadhana path. These are the numbers of Yogmarg.
To alleviate others pain is not the goal of a sadhak. But this is the only goal of a
Yogi. This great goal is in a Yogi that is why he pierces 104 and rises up. When yogi
gurus give diksha, they attract the atoms of the disciple into their own body. What
greater sacrifice can there be of taking the whole load of the disciple on to themselves.
Atoms are karm sanskar and impure electrical flow. After separating all of them from
the paramanu of the disciple, the purified paramanus for a moment are left to exist
separately. Parmanus are ever pure. Now after becoming bereft of anoos/ atoms they
become unconscious. Later Guru attaches a part of his pure energy with these
parmanus. These parmanus immediately get conscious. This is referred to as divine
knowledge in the scriptures.
Sadhak Gurus cannot do this. They cannot offer their own body to the disciple.
They can only give a feeling of their form. The Sadhak is also not competent to hold
more than this. The paramanus of a Yogic guru are worth accepting but paramanus of
a Sadhak are not to worth assimilating even. After receiving the feeling of this
Chaitanya, a sadhak disciple performing his practices, changes this feeling into pure
consciousness.
In yogi disciples, the Guru Shakti gets active even during the unconscious state.
The disciple‟s favorable courage/fortitude (ऩुरूषाथा) only helps him. In a sadhak
disciple only his valor and boldness become active. Guru‟s power does not help him.
A sadhak disciple through his own sadhana becomes egoless. Only then complete
awakening of Kundlini is possible. Then even an iota of abhiman (pride) will not
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remain and one complete pure consciousness will prevail. This is the complete
freedom state of a sadhak.
Through both paths, only one objective is achieved i.e. welfare of the whole world.
That may happen to be very small level even. The particles which we have talked
about are the building blocks of the creation. By their effect only a jeev gets insane or
demented. Then varied kinds of emotions arise in him. In that state chit vritti
(thoughts) cannot remain stable. As the striking of air current on the still surface of
the water generates waves, in the same way when the currents of 49 anoos/ atoms
strike on the still mental pond, waves are generated there too. In the gross realm these
paramanus gain strength and multiply. When a normal person dies, then these anoos/
atoms remain here only while paramanus, being nitya, depart.
But anoos/ atoms keep moving in the world and they make the jeevas also move.
From time immemorial this movement is like this only. There is a continuous increase
in the movement of the anoos/ atoms form the begining. This is a mechanical affair
and there is no flaw of anoos in it. They continue performing their own work
independently. Actually, in this there is no flaw of jeevas also. The yogi attracts all
particles from the disciple into his own body. After purifying them he does the work
of world welfare. The more number of disciples are provided deliverance by them, by
that many numbers of souls particles ordination will be done and they will be tamed.
By waking up of Kundlini, all these particles in a sadhak get purified. These anus
joining with his parmanus, provide him energy. A natural action goes on for purifying
these particles in both sadhana path and yogic path. In comparison to the ordinary
people, the number of sadhaks and yogis in the world is comparatively much less.
That is why due to the effect of such action, the welfare of the world is happening at a
smaller scale.
A sadhak cannot perform this much work as his goal and aim involves his own
welfare alone. Many works are surely performed by a yogi. He is always doing good
for others. But his welfare work too is like a drop in the ocean. Complete alleviation
of the pain from the world is also not possible through the working of a yogi. After
millions of years the pain and suffering of the world is as it is. This is because
alleviating the suffering of a small portion of the people cannot be taken as removal of
suffering of the whole creation. Hence it will not be possible to achieve this task by
performing individual redemptions (उिाय). Redemption has to be on the level of the
complete group. Due to this only, the Kripaheen yogmarg came in to existence.
Today there‟s only this much and the rest shall be written later. Choti Ma (Choti
Didi) is not well. This is not being told from a worldly view point. When she was in
Calcutta, from that time only, in sizeable quantity blood was oozing from her body.
Urination and excretion has almost stopped. Only blood is passed out. Blood is
coming out of teeth too. They said it will go on for about three months. I heard this
also that it is the fruit of kripaheen (compassionless) yog. Still she said there is
nothing to worry about. It is vicarious atonement, it seems. Without blood this work
cannot increase. Blood is the karm Shakti (power of action). There are many secrets in
it. Will tell when opportunity arises.
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Do inform me on receipt of this letter and do answer promptly. Regarding Panu, it can
be known only in the first part of July. Right now there are no teachers, director or
VC here these days.
Affectionately,
Gopinath
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Letter no 12
Banaras,
12-06-1945.
Abode of Devotion,
The health of Choti didi (little mother) is amazingly changing at a great speed.
What is Kripaheen yog and what an unprecedented state, actually it can be known by
passing through it only. State 103 is established on Kripaheen path. Effect of
Kripaheen is being seen on the whole of the world. The kripa path is the same as it
was earlier. But it is not going to the point where it‟s actual/ para-sthiti is. All are
collecting in the mahashunya realm of Kripaheen. But normal jeevas cannot
understand it. But form the sight of a real seer, nothing is hidden. Everything can be
seen clearly. During last maha-anshan when the curtain was raised from 105 then it
became known that information is being given before the movement of the time is
obstructed. The yogi has not awakened till now. When he will awaken he will move
straight from 103 to 105 (without moving to 104). In Akhand mahayog there is only
ONE and no TWO. There is nothing besides it. It will not happen even. When the
Yogi will wake up, the whole world will become desireless. Everywhere in every
heart a strong cry of dissatisfaction will arise. Only then the path will open.
This trade will go from 105 to 109. Actually Kripashunya yogi does not have to
move from 105 to 109, via 106, 107 and 108 like the Kripayukt yogi. He will reach
109 directly from 105. Then 106, 107, 108 will also be under him due to the effect of
ordination. Yogi on entering 105, gets connected with the foundation and all the
wealth associated with it in non-fragmented form. This keeps on assimilating in the
Kripaheen yogi. When this assimilation is complete the 106 will appear. Kripaheen
path is a path (way) of thoughtlessness. Fruit of it is also same, thoughtlessness. Its
fruit is effulgence of poorn brahm. Whatever is achieved in the form of siddhi etc. in
Kripayukt path, this fruit is different from that. In the fully developed state of it even
an insect will not be bereft of it. Everything will become complete and they will shine
with complete Brahm.
For this to non-happen to happen in Kripapath, the Kripayukt yogi must attain 108
while in the gross body. Without getting 108 in gross, attaining of 109 in gross is
beyond imagination. In other words, it will not happen. Without attaining 109 in
gross, whatever guru desires will not happen. This can happen in both the Kripaheen
and Kripayukt paths. Both have advantages and disadvantages. On the kripayukt path
there are more disadvantages. That is why during AVAHMAN time on the Kripapath
the goal is not attained. The main reason for it is that partial kindness is an obstruction
on the path of complete kindness. Those who are mahapurush, in whom power of the
Lord is awakened, who before attainment of completeness are Kripayukt, they cannot
say no. On seeing the pain (of others) their heart just melts with it. Then it is not
possible that they won‟t use their power.
Though they do provide kindness at that moment but their store (of divine powers)
becomes impure. For them the path of Mahakripa becomes obstructed. To provide
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even an iota of Kripa on the Kripaheen path is obstructive. The cause of deviation
may be present in front, but still nothing comes to the mind, this is the sign of great
courage, steadiness and patience.
Even if a great compassion seeking state comes in front but no emotion of kripa
arises, that is the symptom of the courage of such a kripaheen yogi. Till such courage
is not there, the foundation will not be blessed with compassion. Till then Mahakripa
will not play on this foundation. Actually the Kripaheen path alone is easily
manageable. This is one thing. Whatever I have been talking till now was from the
point of view of compassion for others. While keeping on the path of Kripa
(compassion), Yogis undergo many sufferings. Whatever accomplishments are there
on the path of kripa, there are also chances of the arising of feelings of achievement.
This breaks the yogi. Hence to arise in the gross body to the level of 108 is so
difficult.
When a yogi is in 109, then creation comes into 108. From Anu (atom) to the great,
all come under 108. On the path of Kripa, a yogi becomes 108 prior to becoming 109.
That is why it is so difficult. The flow of the Kripaheen path is separate. In this, the
yogi becomes 109 from 105. States of 106,107 and 108 come later. That is why in the
present „Half‟ is important. As this „Half‟ slowly loses power, yogi gets energized.
When this „Half‟ is least, the yogi is strongest. In other way we can say that on
establishment of the yogi in 105, the percentage by which he gets connected with the
„Half‟, in the same percentage he gets complete. This is what was explained earlier as
gradual assimilation. In 109 Yogi is complete and „Half‟ disappears.
Affectionately,
Gopinath.
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Letter no. 13
Banaras,
23-06-1945.
I got your letter of 21st just now. It is extremely difficult to understand the action in
the Kripashunya path. This is without doubt true. Because, it‟s explanation is seen
now where. Till now on the path of Karma nobody has achieved Siddhi. If even one
attains a siddhi then the state of affairs of the world would not be like this. On this
path, even if one person attains a siddhi, the whole world will reap its benefit. When a
supermind descends on earth it cannot remain hidden. On such a Kripaheen path,
Siddhi of even one will affect all. The special details of it, I will try to write openly
later. I will write only that much, what I have understood till now.
Ultimately, fully understand karma. The Sadhak and Yogi both have rights of
ownership on their karma. Ordinary people do not have rights over their karma.
Worldly trade we term as Karma. But that is the play of the atoms. They along with
anoo/ atom remain in the realm of Kaalratri. That is not one‟s own karma. That is why
after death, he does not depart with Paramanu. Paramanu is eternal. Anu is not eternal.
An ordinary person‟s param anu is also eternal. That is pure Chidatmak. That is
beyond annihilation. Before death of the physical body one comes under the play of
anu. That is why he returns to the same place from where it had come. He establishes
in Yoganidra or Vishwamatrika. From there appears in Khandmatrika. The Sadhak
and Yogi being rightful owners of their karma pierce the realm (100) of yognidra.
This is piercing of 100 (शतबेद). Its other name is „dawning of knowledge‟ (फोधोदम).
Ordinary people are without consciousness as they have no right over their karma.
They do not have a Sadguru, Diksha, education etc. Without karma, transition does
not happen. Karm is needed. A Yogi with the power of karma achieves the limitless
and he becomes that. But a Sadhak with Karm can attain only Chidakash. Sadhaks
karm power is less while a yogi‟s power is much higher. Actually where the Sadhak
ends, a yogi starts from there. With vishudh-bhav a sadhak attains freedom from
grossness or ignorance to achieve consciousness. But a Yogi receives that from the
start itself. He, instead of getting free of ignorance, in fact, works towards
transformation of ignorance. The Sadhak‟s karm is karma of a jeev. The Yogi‟s karm
is of grandeur. At one place (Sadhak), there is a just feeling of consciousness, whereas
in the other place (Yogi), it is always present and it‟s working itself inside. Hence in
the ordinary person consciousness is not working at all. There is no feeling of it even.
That is why the karm of ordinary people is not a natural karm. He has no competence
to get free of ignorance. The right of karma is received at the time of diksha from the
guru. In ordinary people because of absence of diksha they cannot crossover
attachment and illusion etc. To pierce yog nidra is an extremely far cry.
After death, the atoms of ordinary people get established in yog-nidra is not a
correct statement. In the absence of swakarma, the state of 51-99 is impossible for
them. But still they have to go into 100, yognidra. After this, the Yogi and Sadhak,
both crossover the state of yognidra. That is why an ordinary Jeev (Human) is Pashu
(animal). The anuvarna itself is the snare. Without the consciousness power given by
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Guru it is not possible to reduce the sins. Complete removal of it is impossible.
Attaining the Shiva state is an extremely far cry. After analyzing the creation of the
jeev and process of creation, you may be able to understand this subject with more
clarity.
Like Kripaheen karm, it is not that Karmheen kripa does not descend. But this is
not natural Kripa (compassion). Kripa is only just felt. In ordinary people this is more.
They are not rightful owners of the karm. They beget Karmheen kripa. It has been
seen too. With the effect of this compassion some are taken to higher realms in a very
short time. All Siddhis can be given; different splendors of the yog can be tasted.
Though one may get all the siddhis but they have no value. They are all transient. No
spiritual benefit can be attained out of it. Change does not take place. Actually even
state also does not change. No change in state takes place and no state is also even
achieved.
Normally the terms of Kripa and Karm used in the humanity and the same is
believed for everyone in the world. Total freedom can never be achieved by such
karmas. A completely purified state cannot be even thought of. With effect of Kripa
change is not possible in the established (स्थामी) state even. Natural state attainment is
extremely difficult. There are many level of this transient world. In it the upper most
levels are lighted with knowledge and anand (delight). Even then there is nothing
other than non-eternal here, beyond non-eternal is equivalent to experience of eternal.
This entire realm is transient. Actually, the eternal is also not eternal. This is only a
feeling of eternal. The eternal world is above it where there is no old age, death,
sorrow or affliction. Beyond it is nityateet (beyond eternal). Due to the effect of
mahakaal, a yogi moves from Nitya to Nityateet. Nityateet is the state of Chinmayi
Mahaprakriti, Akhand Guru is complete Brahm. We can say that Guru of state 107-
108 Akhand Guru is Poornbrahm. He is limitless. Total uninterrupted freedom is this
only. Leave the talk of 109 right now. Beyond eternity is a very high state. Till 107
one is controlled. One is controlled by Guru and Lord. Up to 107 is play of Leela. The
Lap of Mahamaya, resting in Nikunj, Nityaleela all these are in Mahaprakriti. But
there is transcendence of this too. After this comes Poornbrahm or 108. This is
Mahasatta and is an eternal state. The Yogis moves with this as their goal. To achieve
it in physical body is not an ordinary task. Achieving it after death, there is no
sweetness. Because it‟s combined effect does not fall on the creation. Then those who
are in state 108, they remain limited to that only. They cannot keep their own
recollections even. There state becomes like Mahanirvaan. This is the state of Poorn
Brahm.
On achieving this state, no world welfare action can be taken. Before entering into
this great non transient state, in the 107 a yogi could perform welfare work in
fragmented form though and does that too. After entering Nirvaan this possibility
does not remain. While living in Mahaprakriti, doing world welfare deeds when one
develops complete renunciation from the world, then one gets free of all such action
and merges into Mahashakti (great power). Now nothing can be performed by the
yogi for the world creation. After achieving completeness, one cannot again fall back.
This is known to all.
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In 108 there is unprecedented co-ordination between both rising and falling which
means both great rising and great falling get co-ordinated. In the gross body piercing
the 107, attaining 108, hope of 109 arises. But in the gross body, achievement of
completeness is extremely difficult. Those great men who while in body performing
karmas, becoming free (mukt) and achieve 107, for them it is extremely difficult to
attain 108 as they cannot become compassionless (kripa shunya). They keep on
playing with the powers of Khand guru‟s grace. With this, time cannot be completely
contracted and hence Akhand completeness cannot descend at all in the world.
This seer which is „I am‟ is 109. This is the disciple. After achieving limitlessness,
in the unlimited point of the unlimited, where the goal is set, that is the disciple or we
can say the chosen or elected one. Till now wherein the guru granted seed was put, in
the one which was the best, in him only this goal is set and that becomes the second
form of Guru. State 108 is complete non-dual state. Whatever is its form (स्वरूऩ) that
is the goal (रक्ष्म). This is called the state of atma-darshan (experiencing the self or
atma). In this Guru himself sees himself.
This, what is explained as seeing of one‟s own self, on exploring it further one
realizes that on one side of it is the 108 Seer and on the other side is 109, the Seen.
We can also that 108, the Seen and 109, the Seer. Actually both are the same thing.
Guru is complete. The utensil form disciple is empty meaning ignorant. Guru is
complete. In this state now Guru enters into the disciple. Simultaneously the body of
the disciple turns into Guru‟s body. Now the earth will be free of disease and death.
The moment Gurus enter like this, they become a mindless & formless entity. Then
only one thing is left. In the earlier said pure consciousness form of disciple, resides
the formless pure consciousness of the guru. This is the joined form of the guru and
the disciple. In different ways, this is the formlessness or gross form of the pure
consciousness; illumination of light of the soul of the pure conscious guru on the
Earth.
Actually, now there is neither any guru nor any disciple here. Now what is left, is
109, the state beyond Guru and disciple. Baba used to refer to it by the word disciple.
This is beyond time. Actually in this state, there is nothing like eternal and non-
eternal. It is a state beyond time. Right from the start of time, a continuous fight is
going on between time and Guru. The moment 109 is achieved, this fight gets over
forever. Then neither kaal exists nor guru. Guru is needed only for the purpose that he
takes the jeev and the world to 108. After this achievement Guru is not needed. Where
there is no darkness, where is there light? Till darkness is there, up to that time one
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needs light. This is the 109 state. Then the whole world will be 108. This is complete;
the Glorious Lotus of Brahm, of innumerable petals, each one is 108. Every part
complete becomes complete. That part also is nothing different from complete. The
bindu of the central part (karnika) of this limitless Grand Lotus is 109.
Today‟s discussion finishes up to here only! Due to dearth of time I could not write
more today. I wrote very quickly, so that the time of today‟s postage is not missed.
Panu‟s talk is remembered by Yagyik Dada. He is asking to tell at the appropriate
time. Here all is well. Please send your well-being letter too.
Affectionately,
Gopinath.
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Letter no 16
On receiving your letter all the news became known. As per your instruction I gave
Rs.4/- for bhog and respect of Shri Shri Gurudev to Virendra Dada on time and Rs.1/-
for Kumari mata at Agastyakunda. Gave Rs.90/- to Panu. Some money is still
balance. Hope by now auspicious marriage of Shriman Kana must have been
celebrated. Shri Shri Gurudev should give him long life and health.
I have not written much on the appearance of Prashant. Now the awaken state has
been pierced and the sleep state piercing is to be achieved. Till now none has pierced
it. Very few people from the world have pierced the awakened state. Still there are
differentiations in it. Still it is not piercing of Saptrishi. Arising of the divine goal is
the representation of the piercing of the awakened state, first 107 and then 108. In the
earlier state of 108 the divine goal arises. After this the secret of the mind is
understood. In the world what we call mind is actually not a natural mind. With a
natural mind only, the sleep state can be pierced. Then a body beyond the gross is
received. The sleep state is the foundation and the highest. From the sleep state only
the awakened state is understood. Manifestation of Jagrit only is the play of the yogis,
which is this dream. Dreams manifest. In them forms are seen. This play continues in
limitless bhav, limitless realm and limitless form. This is what is known as the play of
creation. So what is the secret of the awakened state is the secret of the sleep stage
also. Before piercing of the sleep state, on transcending the awakened state only the
divine goal arises.
Just like guarding a great treasure in a secret place with great effort, this priceless
mind has to be treasured. This is the essence of this mortal body and the glory of
Earth. In its absence, piercing of the sleep state is not possible. In the mortal frame,
till the yogi enters 108 transcending from 107 the chances of piercing Sushupti sleep
state does not exist. This has not been achieved till date. In the eternal body
possibility of piercing of the sleep state is not there. The amar body is eternal and it
has no mind in it. The mouth of its self sidh source (truism) reaches up to 108, this is
true. Hence yogis who could not attain completeness in the physical frame but attain it
after death, all of them are struck in 108. As per their competence some yogis achieve
that. None is able to pierce that great light. That is why there is no end of endless.
That is why not even one person has reached it. While living on this Earth in the
physical frame 108 could not be pierced so achieving 109 is not possible.
Means without ending the endless, to achieve oneness is impossible. Were this
possible, complete Brahm would have been established. Then at least the feeling of
Poorn brahm could have been experienced. To find the secret of mind and to pierce
the sleep state is essential. Those who transcending the mortal frame achieved a
siddha body, they being without blood, are in the mindless state. Those who achieved
this level of atma after leaving the body, or reached till 108, they also being mindless,
they cannot even help in the grand work of Vishudh Satta in person. When in mortal
frame or bloodless body, prashant satta will merge, when 105 will get established,
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then every atma realm will become a helper in the world welfare work of the world
Guru.
(Today‟s letter is being closed here only. Under this letter Kaviraj ji did not sign
because he wrote another letter on the subject dated 08-03-1946. On that also there is
no name.)
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4. Some Useful Tips:
Tantra Sadhana
For a sadhak of Tantra knowing of Yantra details is very essential. Sometime one is
required to perform poojan of already made yantras and sometimes one has to make
new yantras for a specific purpose. Thus it becomes important to know a few things
before a sadhak can seriously understand the whole Procedure. When we have to
make a yantra for a specific karma then you need the following:
1. Ink Preparation:
For making Devta yantra: Agar +Tagar + Kesar + Kastoori + Red & White Chandan
+ Gorochan + Elephant Mad + Rose Water
(ॐवेतारा्चवऩशाचा्चयाऺसा्चसयीसऩ
ृ ा,
अऩसऩान्तुतेसवेवऺ
ृ ादस्भान्च्छवाग्मा।)
Burn a Dhoop at the base of the tree. Offer some money, Jaggery, Rice, Roli, Supari
and offer pranam or prostration to the tree.
Chant following sloka in front of it,
(ॐनभस्तेअभत
ृ सम्बूतेफरवीमाववववियन
फरभामु्चभेदेहीऩाऩान्भेगादहदयू त: ।)
Pray to the tree that you want to take wood form it to make a pen for writing a yantra
on so and so date. On that very day, take bath, dress up and go to the tree, with folded
hands inform that you have come to take some wood form it and with following
mantra break a twig from it chanting,
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Om Hreem Chande Hum Phat Swaha
(ॐचण्डेहूॊपट्स्वाहा।)
Note: Do not cut the twig with knife, either brak with hands or use a stone to cut it.
5.Kaal Nirnaya:
Akarshan 3rd and 13th ; Stambhan 4th and 14th ; Maaran 5th and Full Moon; Ucchatan
2nd and 6th ; Vashikaran 7th ; Mohan 8th and 9th ; Maaran 11th and 12th respectively.
North South
(2, 10)(5, 13)
N-W West S-W
(7,15) (6,14) (4,12)
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Above Hindu Calendar days for specific direction are where the Yoginis reside. While
doing karma one must know in which direction one is facing and the yogini is lying in
which side of the sadhak to know the effect on any practice. Details as below,
The location of the moon in the natal chart at the time of practice will indicate the
result,
If in 1st house – Auspicious; 2nd House – Fulfills desires; 3rd House – Money earned;
4th Hose – Fights; 5th House – Knowledge increased; 6th House – Beneficial; 7th
House – Respect earned; 8th House – Killing Effect; 9th House – Profit; 10th House –
Fulfillment of Desire; 11th House – Profitable; 12th House – disruptive, detrimental.
8.Disha Shool:
Whenever doing any karma do not face the direction shown on the mentioned
particular days.
East – Monday and Saturday; South – Thursday; North – Tuesday and Wednesday;
West – Friday and Sunday.
9.Yog Vichaar:
Nanda1, Bhadra2, Jaya3, Rikta4, Poorna5 are the five kinds of tithis. They have great
connection with specific days of the week. Those combinations bring about great
Sadhana times. Knowing those Sidhi Giving Yoga‟s one can take the maximum
benefit in one's practice.
Nanda 1, 6, 11 Friday
Bhadra 2, 7, 12 Wednesday
Jaya 3, 8, 13 Tuesday
Rikta 4, 9, 14 Saturday
Poorna 5, 10, 15 Sunday
From Tantrasaar
For Shanti Karma: 5th, 2nd, 3rd and 7th on Wed/ Thursday
For Pushti Karma: 6th, 4th and 14th on Thursday/ Monday
Akarshan Karma: 8,9,10 or 11th on Sunday/Friday.
Vidveshan: Amav, 9th, 1st and Poorn on Sat/ Sun.
Immobilizatoin: S.P-5th, 10th& Poorn. Of Mon/ Wed.
Maran: Rikta on Sunday.
During auspicious Planets: Peacefull and Auspicious endeavours.
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Direction for Peaceful endeavours – North facing
Stambhan/ immobilization – West facing; Attraction –South-East; Abhichaar – South
facing; Control – East facing; Maran – Nairritya; Ucchatan – West - North.
S.no
1 2 3 4 5 6
Work
Element
Mudra
Asan
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5. Prayer Mantras:
Ganpati Dhyan:
Saraswati Dhyan:
Om! Dau Shantih Antariksha Gvam Shantih Prithvi Shanti Rapa, Shanti Aushdhaya
Shantih Vanaspatayah Shantir Vishdeva, Shanti Brahma Shanti Sarvagvam Shantih
Shantih Reva Shanti Samah Shanti Redhi.
Guru Stuti:
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Guru Brahma Guru Vishnoh, Guru Dev Maheshwara,
Guru Sakshat Param Brahma, Tasmai Sri Guruve Namah.
Brahma Dhyan
Mantra:
Vishnu Dhyan
Shiv Dhyan
Luxmi Dhyan
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Gayatri Mantra:
(Which ever side is flowing touch that side of the face with hands.)
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Om! Poornamadah, Poornamidam, Poornaat, Poornmudachyate,
Pornasya Poornmadaya, Poornmeva Vashishyate.
Food Mantra:
Prayer to Earth while getting off the bed to put feet on the ground:
GAYATRI MANTRAS:
1.Ganesh Gayatri:
2.Guru Gayatri:
3.Durga Gayatri:
4.Brahma Gayatri:
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5.Vishnu Gayatri:
6.Shiv Gayatri:
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8.Shri Baglamukhi Gayatri Mantra:
c.Others:
2.Brahm Gayatri:
Om Bhuh, Om! Bhuvah, Om! Svah, Om! Maha, Om! Janah, Om! Tapah, Om!
Satyam, Om! Tat Savitur Varenyam Bhargho Devasya Dhi Mahi, Dhiyo Yo
Nah Pracho Dayaat, Om! Aapo Jyoti Raso Amritam Brahm Bhoor Bhavah
Swaroam.
3.Saraswati Gayatri:
4.Hansa Gayatri:
5.Hanumaan Gayatri:
6.Gopal Gayatri:
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d-Planet Gayatri Mantra:
8.Rahu Gayatri:
9.Ketu Gayatri:
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e-Five Elements Gayatri Mantra:
f-Miscellaneous:
1.Indra Gayatri:
2.Pitra Gayatri:
3.Yantra Gayatri:
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