About Tantra - Free  Audiobook - Part 5
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[{'start': '0.320', 'end': '5.120', 'text': 'This information series, "About Tantra",\xa0\nis brought to you by www.notaprophet.org.'}, {'start': '5.760', 'end': '13.120', 'text': 'The place on the Internett to find spiritual\xa0\nguidence powered by Artificial Intelligence.'}, {'start': '13.120', 'end': '14.640', 'text': 'Chakrapuja.'}, {'start': '14.640', 'end': '19.920', 'text': 'Worship with the panchatattva generally\xa0\ntakes place in an assembly called a chakra,'}, {'start': '19.920', 'end': '26.720', 'text': 'which is composed of men(sadhaka) and\xa0\nwomen(shakti), or Bhairava and Bhairavi. The'}, {'start': '26.720', 'end': '34.080', 'text': 'worshippers sit in a circle(chakra), men and women\xa0\nalternately, the shakti sitting on the left of the'}, {'start': '34.080', 'end': '41.120', 'text': 'sadhaka. The Lord of the chakra(chakrasvamin, or\xa0\nchakreshvara) sits with his Shakti in the centre,'}, {'start': '41.120', 'end': '47.280', 'text': 'where the wine-jar and other articles used in\xa0\nthe worship are kept. During the chakra all eat,'}, {'start': '47.280', 'end': '52.240', 'text': 'drink, and worship together, there being\xa0\nno distinction of caste. No pashu should,'}, {'start': '52.240', 'end': '58.720', 'text': 'however, be introduced. There are various\xa0\nkinds of chakra, such as the Vira, Raja, Deva,'}, {'start': '58.720', 'end': '64.480', 'text': 'Maha– Chakras productive, it is said, of various\xa0\nfruits for the participators therein. Chapter'}, {'start': '64.480', 'end': '70.640', 'text': 'VI. of the Mahanirvvana Tantra deals with the\xa0\npanchatattva, and Chapter VIII. gives an account'}, {'start': '70.640', 'end': '77.200', 'text': 'of the Bhairavi and Tattva(or Divya) chakras. The\xa0\nlatter is for worshippers of the Brahma-Mantra.'}, {'start': '77.200', 'end': '78.240', 'text': 'Yoga.'}, {'start': '78.240', 'end': '82.560', 'text': 'This word, derived from the root\xa0\nYuj("to join"), is in grammar sandhi,'}, {'start': '82.560', 'end': '87.680', 'text': 'in logic avayavashakti, or the power of\xa0\nthe parts taken together, and in its most'}, {'start': '87.680', 'end': '93.680', 'text': 'widely known and present sense the union of the\xa0\njiva, or embodied spirit, with the Paramatma,'}, {'start': '93.680', 'end': '100.240', 'text': 'or Supreme Spirit, and the practices by which this\xa0\nunion may be attained. There is a natural yoga,'}, {'start': '100.240', 'end': '107.520', 'text': 'in which all beings are, for it is only by virtue\xa0\nof this identity in fact that they exist. This'}, {'start': '107.520', 'end': '114.000', 'text': 'position is common ground, though in practice too\xa0\nfrequently overlooked."Primus modus unionis est,'}, {'start': '114.000', 'end': '122.320', 'text': 'quo Deus, ratione suæ immensitatis est in omnibus\xa0\nrebus per essentiam, præsentiam, et potentiam;'}, {'start': '122.320', 'end': '131.680', 'text': 'per essentiam ut dans omnibus esse; per præsentiam\xa0\nut omnia prospiciens; per potentiam ut de omnibus'}, {'start': '131.680', 'end': '138.160', 'text': 'disponens." The mystical theologian cited,\xa0\nhowever, proceeds to say:"Sed hæc unio animæ'}, {'start': '138.160', 'end': '143.680', 'text': 'cum Deo est generalis, communis omnibus\xa0\net ordinis naturalis... illa namque de qua'}, {'start': '143.680', 'end': '150.320', 'text': 'loquimur est ordinis supernaturalis actualis et\xa0\nfructiva." It is of this special yaga, though'}, {'start': '150.320', 'end': '157.280', 'text': 'not in reality more"supernatural" than the first,\xa0\nthat we here deal. Yoga in its technical sense is'}, {'start': '157.280', 'end': '162.880', 'text': 'the realization of this identity, which exists,\xa0\nthough it is not known, by the destruction of the'}, {'start': '162.880', 'end': '168.880', 'text': 'false appearance of separation."There is no bond\xa0\nequal in strength to maya, and no force greater'}, {'start': '168.880', 'end': '174.640', 'text': 'to destroy that bond than yoga. There is no better\xa0\nfriend than knowledge(jnana), nor worse enemy than'}, {'start': '174.640', 'end': '181.440', 'text': 'egoism(ahangkara). As to learn the Shastra one\xa0\nmust learn the alphabet, so yoga is necessary for'}, {'start': '181.440', 'end': '187.760', 'text': 'the acquirement of tattvajnana(truth)." The animal\xa0\nbody is the result of action, and from the body'}, {'start': '187.760', 'end': '194.880', 'text': 'flows action, the process being compared to the\xa0\nseesaw movement of a ghatiyantra, or water-lifter.'}, {'start': '194.880', 'end': '199.920', 'text': 'Through their actions beings continually go\xa0\nfrom birth to death. The complete attainment'}, {'start': '199.920', 'end': '206.240', 'text': 'of the fruit of yoga is lasting and unchanging\xa0\nlife in the noumenal world of the Absolute.'}, {'start': '206.240', 'end': '210.000', 'text': 'Yoga is variously named according\xa0\nto the methods employed,'}, {'start': '210.000', 'end': '216.000', 'text': 'but the two main divisions are those of the\xa0\nhathayoga(or ghatasthayoga) and samadhi yoga,'}, {'start': '216.000', 'end': '223.520', 'text': 'of which raja-yoga is one of the forms. Hathayoga\xa0\nis commonly misunderstood, both in its definition'}, {'start': '223.520', 'end': '230.080', 'text': 'and aim being frequently identified with\xa0\nexaggerated forms of self-mortification.'}, {'start': '230.080', 'end': '235.600', 'text': 'The Gherandasanghita well defines it\xa0\nto be"the means whereby the excellent'}, {'start': '235.600', 'end': '241.600', 'text': 'rajayoga is attained." Actual union is not the\xa0\nresult of Hathayoga alone, which is concerned'}, {'start': '241.600', 'end': '246.880', 'text': 'with certain physical processes preparatory\xa0\nor auxiliary to the control of the mind,'}, {'start': '246.880', 'end': '253.520', 'text': 'by which alone union may be directly attained.\xa0\nIt is, however, not meant that all the processes'}, {'start': '253.520', 'end': '260.560', 'text': 'of Hathayoga here or in the books described\xa0\nare necessary for the attainment of rajayoga.'}, {'start': '260.560', 'end': '266.160', 'text': 'What is necessary must be determined according\xa0\nto the circumstances of each particular case.'}, {'start': '266.160', 'end': '273.320', 'text': 'What is suited or necessary in one case may not\xa0\nbe so for another. A peculiar feature of Tan-trika'}, {'start': '273.320', 'end': '279.920', 'text': 'virachara is the union of the sadhaka and his\xa0\nshakti in latasadhana. This is a process which'}, {'start': '279.920', 'end': '285.840', 'text': 'is expressly forbidden to Pashus by the same\xa0\nTantras which prescribe it for the vira. The'}, {'start': '285.840', 'end': '292.160', 'text': 'union of Shiva and Shakti in the higher sadhana\xa0\nis different in form, being the union of the'}, {'start': '292.160', 'end': '298.800', 'text': 'Kundalini Shakti of the Muladhara with the Vindu\xa0\nwhich is upon the Sahasrara. This process, called'}, {'start': '298.800', 'end': '305.120', 'text': 'the piercing of the six chakra, is described\xa0\nlater on in a separate paragraph. Though, however,'}, {'start': '305.120', 'end': '312.560', 'text': 'all Hathayoga processes are not necessary, some,\xa0\nat least, are generally considered to be so. Thus,'}, {'start': '312.560', 'end': '317.840', 'text': 'in the well-known ashtangayoga(eight-limbed\xa0\nyoga), of which samadhi is the highest end,'}, {'start': '317.840', 'end': '323.600', 'text': 'the physical conditions and processes known as\xa0\nasana and pranayama(vide post) are prescribed.'}, {'start': '323.600', 'end': '328.800', 'text': 'This yoga prescribes five exterior(vahiranga)\xa0\nmethods for the subjugation of the body–'}, {'start': '328.800', 'end': '334.320', 'text': 'namelyYama, forbearance or self-control,\xa0\nsuch as sexual continence, avoidance of'}, {'start': '334.320', 'end': '340.400', 'text': 'harm to others(ahingsa), kindness, forgiveness,\xa0\nthe doing of good without desire for reward,'}, {'start': '340.400', 'end': '347.920', 'text': 'absence of covetousness, temperance, purity of\xa0\nmind and body, etc.Niyama, religious observances,'}, {'start': '347.920', 'end': '354.400', 'text': 'charity, austerities, reading of the Shastra and\xa0\nIshvara Pranidhana, persevering devotion to the'}, {'start': '354.400', 'end': '361.680', 'text': 'Lord.Asana, seated positions or postures(vide\xa0\npost).Pranayama, regulation of the breath.'}, {'start': '361.680', 'end': '367.600', 'text': 'A yogi renders the vital airs equable, and\xa0\nconsciously produces the state of respiration'}, {'start': '367.600', 'end': '373.840', 'text': 'which is favourable for mental concentration, as\xa0\nothers do it occasionally and unconsciously(vide'}, {'start': '374.400', 'end': '381.440', 'text': 'post).Pratyahara, restraint of the senses, which\xa0\nfollow in the path of the other four processes'}, {'start': '381.440', 'end': '386.640', 'text': 'which deal with the subjugation of the body.\xa0\nThere are then three interior(yogangga) methods'}, {'start': '386.640', 'end': '391.680', 'text': 'for the subjugation of the mind– namelyDharana,\xa0\nattention, steadying of the mind, the fixing of'}, {'start': '391.680', 'end': '397.120', 'text': 'the internal organ(chitta) in the particular\xa0\nmanner indicated in the works on yoga.Dhyana'}, {'start': '397.840', 'end': '404.000', 'text': 'or the uniform continuous contemplation of\xa0\nthe object of thought; andthat samadhi which'}, {'start': '404.000', 'end': '411.120', 'text': 'is called savikalpasamadhi. Savikalpasamadhi is\xa0\na deeper and more intense contemplation on the'}, {'start': '411.120', 'end': '418.240', 'text': 'Self to the exclusion of all other objects, and\xa0\nconstituting trance or ecstasy. This ecstasy is'}, {'start': '418.240', 'end': '422.800', 'text': 'perfected to the stage of the removal of the\xa0\nslightest trace of the distinction of subject'}, {'start': '422.800', 'end': '429.120', 'text': 'and object in nirvikalpasamadhi, in which there\xa0\nis complete union with the Paramatma, or Divine'}, {'start': '429.120', 'end': '436.720', 'text': 'Spirit. By vairagya(dispassion), and keeping the\xa0\nmind in its unmodified state, yoga is attained.'}, {'start': '436.720', 'end': '441.600', 'text': 'This knowledge, Ahang Brahmasmi("I am the\xa0\nBrahman"), does not produce liberation(moksha),'}, {'start': '442.400', 'end': '449.600', 'text': 'but is liberation itself, Whether yoga is spoken\xa0\nof as the union of Kulakundalini with Paramashiva,'}, {'start': '449.600', 'end': '454.960', 'text': 'or the union of the individual soul(jivatma)\xa0\nwith the Supreme Soul(paramatma), or as the'}, {'start': '454.960', 'end': '459.520', 'text': 'state of mind in which all outward thought is\xa0\nsuppressed, or as the controlling or suppression'}, {'start': '459.520', 'end': '467.040', 'text': 'of the thinking faculty(chittavritti), or as the\xa0\nunion of the moon and the sun(Ida and Pingala),'}, {'start': '467.040', 'end': '474.160', 'text': 'Prana and Apana, Nada and Vindu, the meaning\xa0\nand the end are in each case the same.'}, {'start': '474.160', 'end': '478.320', 'text': 'Yoga, in seeking mental control and\xa0\nconcentration, makes use of certain'}, {'start': '478.320', 'end': '485.440', 'text': 'preliminary physical processes(sadhana), such\xa0\nas the shatkarmma, asana, mudra, and pranayama.'}, {'start': '485.440', 'end': '491.360', 'text': 'By these four processes and three mental acts,\xa0\nseven qualities, known as shodhana, dridhata,'}, {'start': '491.360', 'end': '497.200', 'text': 'sthirata, dhairyya, laghava, pratyaksha,\xa0\nnirliptatva(vide post), are acquired.'}, {'start': '497.200', 'end': '498.880', 'text': 'Shodhana: Shatkarmma.'}, {'start': '498.880', 'end': '504.480', 'text': 'The first, or cleansing, is effected by the six\xa0\nprocesses known as the shatkarmma. Of these,'}, {'start': '504.480', 'end': '509.280', 'text': 'the first is Dhauti, or washing, which is\xa0\nfourfold, or inward washing(antar-dhauti),'}, {'start': '509.280', 'end': '513.680', 'text': 'cleansing of the teeth, etc.(dantadhauti)\xa0\nof the"heart"(hriddhauti), and of the'}, {'start': '513.680', 'end': '520.080', 'text': 'rectum(muladhauti). Antardhauti is also fourfold–\xa0\nnamely, vatasara, by which air is drawn into the'}, {'start': '520.080', 'end': '524.320', 'text': 'belly and then expelled; varisara, by\xa0\nwhich the body is filled with water,'}, {'start': '524.320', 'end': '530.880', 'text': 'which is then evacuated by the anus; vahnisara,\xa0\nin which the nabhi-granthi is made to touch the'}, {'start': '530.880', 'end': '537.600', 'text': 'spinal column(meru); and vahishkrita, in which\xa0\nthe belly is by kakinimudra filled with air,'}, {'start': '537.600', 'end': '543.280', 'text': 'which is retained half a yama, and then\xa0\nsent downward. Dantadhauti is fourfold,'}, {'start': '543.280', 'end': '546.720', 'text': 'consisting in the cleansing of the\xa0\nroot of the teeth and tongue, the ears,'}, {'start': '546.720', 'end': '552.320', 'text': 'and the"hollow of the forehead"(kapalarandhra).\xa0\nBy hriddhauti phlegm and bile are removed.'}, {'start': '552.320', 'end': '557.680', 'text': 'This is done by a stick(dandadhauti) or\xa0\ncloth(vasodhauti) pushed into the throat,'}, {'start': '557.680', 'end': '563.680', 'text': 'or swallowed, or by vomiting(vamanadhauti).\xa0\nMudadhauti is done to cleanse the exit of'}, {'start': '563.680', 'end': '570.080', 'text': 'the apanavayu either with the middle finger\xa0\nand water or the stalk of a turmeric plant.'}, {'start': '570.080', 'end': '577.040', 'text': 'Vasti, the second of the shatkarmma, is twofold,\xa0\nand is either of the dry(shuska) or watery(jala)'}, {'start': '577.040', 'end': '582.720', 'text': 'kind. In the second form the yogi sits in the\xa0\nutkatasana posture in water up to the navel,'}, {'start': '582.720', 'end': '587.920', 'text': 'and the anus is contracted and expanded by\xa0\nashvini mudra; or the same is done in the'}, {'start': '587.920', 'end': '593.920', 'text': 'pashchimottanasana, and the abdomen below the\xa0\nnavel is gently moved. In neti the nostrils'}, {'start': '593.920', 'end': '599.840', 'text': 'are cleansed with a piece of string. Lauliki is\xa0\nthe whirling of the belly from side to side. In'}, {'start': '599.840', 'end': '606.880', 'text': 'trataka the yogi, without winking, gazes at some\xa0\nminute object until the tears start from his eyes.'}, {'start': '606.880', 'end': '612.080', 'text': 'By this the"celestial vision"(divya\xa0\ndrishti) so often referred to in the'}, {'start': '612.080', 'end': '618.000', 'text': 'Tantrika upasana is acquired. Kapalabhati\xa0\nis a process for the removal of phlegm,'}, {'start': '618.000', 'end': '623.600', 'text': 'and is threefold– vatakrama by inhalation\xa0\nand exhalation; vyutkrama by water drawn'}, {'start': '623.600', 'end': '628.800', 'text': 'through the nostrils and ejected through the\xa0\nmouth; and shitkrama the reverse process.'}, {'start': '628.800', 'end': '631.440', 'text': 'These are the various processes by which the body'}, {'start': '631.440', 'end': '635.760', 'text': 'is cleansed and made pure for\xa0\nthe yoga practice to follow.'}, {'start': '635.760', 'end': '637.360', 'text': 'Dridhata: Asana.'}, {'start': '637.360', 'end': '642.160', 'text': 'Dridhata, or strength or firmness, the\xa0\nacquisition of which is the second of the'}, {'start': '642.160', 'end': '645.680', 'text': 'above-mentioned processes, is attained by asana.'}, {'start': '645.680', 'end': '652.480', 'text': 'Asana are postures of the body. The term is\xa0\ngenerally described as modes of seating the body.'}, {'start': '652.480', 'end': '659.280', 'text': 'But the posture is not necessarily a sitting one;\xa0\nfor some asana are done on the belly, back, hands,'}, {'start': '659.280', 'end': '664.480', 'text': 'etc. It is said that the asana are as numerous\xa0\nas living beings, and that there are 8,400,000'}, {'start': '667.200', 'end': '674.480', 'text': 'of these; 1,600 are declared to be excellent, and\xa0\nout of these thirty-two are auspicious for men,'}, {'start': '674.480', 'end': '680.960', 'text': 'which are described in detail. Two of the\xa0\ncommonest of these are muktapadmasana("the'}, {'start': '680.960', 'end': '688.160', 'text': 'loosened lotus seat"), the ordinary position\xa0\nfor worship, and baddhapadmasana. Patanjali,'}, {'start': '688.160', 'end': '694.160', 'text': 'on the subject of asana, merely points out what\xa0\nare good conditions, leaving each one to settle'}, {'start': '694.160', 'end': '699.920', 'text': 'the details for himself according to his own\xa0\nrequirements. There are certain other asana,'}, {'start': '699.920', 'end': '706.160', 'text': 'which are peculiar to the Tantras, such\xa0\nas munddasana, chitasana, and shavasana,'}, {'start': '706.160', 'end': '713.920', 'text': 'in which skulls, the funeral pyre, and a corpse\xa0\nrespectively form the seat of the sadhaka. These,'}, {'start': '713.920', 'end': '719.440', 'text': 'though they may have other ritual objects, form\xa0\npart of the discipline for the conquest of fear'}, {'start': '719.440', 'end': '723.920', 'text': 'and the attainment of indifference,\xa0\nwhich is the quality of a yoga. And'}, {'start': '723.920', 'end': '728.880', 'text': 'so the Tantras pre-scribe as the scene\xa0\nof such rites the solitary mountain-top,'}, {'start': '728.880', 'end': '735.600', 'text': 'the lonely empty house and river-side, and the\xa0\ncremation-ground. The interior cremation-ground'}, {'start': '735.600', 'end': '740.640', 'text': 'is there where the kamik body and its passions\xa0\nare consumed in the fire of knowledge.'}, {'start': '740.640', 'end': '742.080', 'text': 'Sthirata: Mudra.'}, {'start': '742.080', 'end': '746.880', 'text': 'Sthirata, or fortitude, is acquired by the\xa0\npractice of the mudra. The mudra dealt with'}, {'start': '746.880', 'end': '752.880', 'text': 'in works of hathayoga are positions of the\xa0\nbody. They are gymnastic, health-giving,'}, {'start': '752.880', 'end': '759.840', 'text': 'and destructive of disease, and of death, such as\xa0\nthe jaladhara and other mudra. They also preserve'}, {'start': '759.840', 'end': '767.200', 'text': 'from injury by fire, water, or air. Bodily action\xa0\nand the health resulting therefrom react upon the'}, {'start': '767.200', 'end': '773.680', 'text': 'mind, and by the union of a perfect mind and\xa0\nbody siddhi is by their means attained. The'}, {'start': '773.680', 'end': '779.840', 'text': 'Gheranda Sanghita describes a number of mudra,\xa0\nof which those of importance may be selected. In'}, {'start': '779.840', 'end': '786.240', 'text': 'the celebrated yonimudra the yogi in siddhasana\xa0\nstops with his fingers the ears, eyes, nostrils,'}, {'start': '786.240', 'end': '794.640', 'text': 'and mouth. He inhales pranavayu by kakinimudra,\xa0\nand unites it with apanavayu. Meditating in their'}, {'start': '794.640', 'end': '801.360', 'text': 'order upon the six chakra, he arouses the\xa0\nsleeping Kulakundalini by the mantra"Hung'}, {'start': '801.360', 'end': '808.080', 'text': 'Hangsah," and raises Her to the Sahasrara; then,\xa0\ndeeming himself pervaded with the Shakti, and in'}, {'start': '808.080', 'end': '814.960', 'text': 'blissful union(sanggama) with Shiva, he meditates\xa0\nupon himself, as by reason of that union Bliss'}, {'start': '814.960', 'end': '821.600', 'text': 'itself and the Brahman. Ashvinimudra consists of\xa0\nthe repeated contraction and expansion of the anus'}, {'start': '821.600', 'end': '827.440', 'text': 'for the purpose of shodhana or of contraction\xa0\nto restrain the apana in Skatchakrabheda.'}, {'start': '827.440', 'end': '834.400', 'text': 'Shaktichalana employs the latter mudra, which is\xa0\nrepeated until vayu manifests in the sushumna.'}, {'start': '834.400', 'end': '841.360', 'text': 'The process is accompanied by inhalation and the\xa0\nunion of prana and apana whilst in siddhasana.'}, {'start': '841.360', 'end': '843.280', 'text': 'Dhairya: Pratyahara.'}, {'start': '843.280', 'end': '850.000', 'text': 'Dhairya, or steadiness, is produced by pratyahara.\xa0\nPratyahara is the restraint of the senses,'}, {'start': '850.000', 'end': '853.600', 'text': 'the freeing of the mind from all\xa0\ndistractions, and the keeping of'}, {'start': '853.600', 'end': '859.120', 'text': 'it under the control of the Atma. The mind\xa0\nis withdrawn from whatsoever direction it'}, {'start': '859.120', 'end': '865.040', 'text': 'may tend by the dominant and directing\xa0\nSelf. Pratyahara destroys the six sins.'}, {'start': '865.040', 'end': '867.040', 'text': 'Laghava: Pranayama.'}, {'start': '867.040', 'end': '872.480', 'text': 'From pranayama(q.v.) arises laghava(lightness).'}, {'start': '872.480', 'end': '878.000', 'text': 'All beings say the ajapa Gayatri, which is\xa0\nthe expulsion of the breath by Hangkara,'}, {'start': '878.000', 'end': '885.760', 'text': 'and its inspiration by Sahkara, 21,600 times a\xa0\nday. Ordinarily, the breath goes forth a distance'}, {'start': '885.760', 'end': '892.560', 'text': 'of 12 finger’s breadth, but in singing, eating,\xa0\nwalking, sleeping, coition, the distances are 16,'}, {'start': '892.560', 'end': '900.560', 'text': '20, 24, 30, and 36 breadths respectively. In\xa0\nviolent exercise these distances are exceeded,'}, {'start': '900.560', 'end': '906.320', 'text': 'the greatest distance being 96 breadths. Where\xa0\nthe breathing is under the normal distance,'}, {'start': '906.320', 'end': '911.840', 'text': 'life is prolonged. Where it is above that,\xa0\nit is shortened. Puraka is inspiration,'}, {'start': '911.840', 'end': '918.720', 'text': 'and rechaka expira-tion. Kumbhaka is the retention\xa0\nof breath between these two movements. Kumbhaka'}, {'start': '918.720', 'end': '924.160', 'text': 'is, according to the Gheranda Sanghita of\xa0\neight kinds: sahita, suryyabheda, ujjayi,'}, {'start': '924.160', 'end': '930.800', 'text': 'shitali, bhastrika, bhramari, murchchha, and\xa0\nkevali. Pranayama similarly varies. Pranayama'}, {'start': '930.800', 'end': '936.720', 'text': 'is the control of the breath and other vital\xa0\nairs. It awakens shakti, frees from disease,'}, {'start': '936.720', 'end': '943.040', 'text': 'produces detachment from the world, and bliss. It\xa0\nis of varying values, being the best(uttama) where'}, {'start': '943.040', 'end': '950.800', 'text': 'the measure is 20; middling(madhyama) when at 16\xa0\nit produces spinal tremor; and inferior(adhama)'}, {'start': '950.800', 'end': '957.280', 'text': 'when at 12 it induces perspiration. It is\xa0\nnecessary that the nadi should be cleansed,'}, {'start': '957.280', 'end': '964.560', 'text': 'for air does not enter those which are impure.\xa0\nThe cleansing of the nadi(nadi-shuddhi) is either'}, {'start': '964.560', 'end': '971.840', 'text': 'samau« or nirmanu– that is, with or without,\xa0\nthe use of vija. According to the first form,'}, {'start': '971.840', 'end': '978.720', 'text': 'the yogi in padmasana does gurunyasa according to\xa0\nthe directions of the guru. Meditating on"yang,"'}, {'start': '979.520', 'end': '987.680', 'text': 'he does japa through Ida of the vija 16 times,\xa0\nkumbhaka with japa of vija 64 times, and then'}, {'start': '987.680', 'end': '995.520', 'text': 'exhalation through the solar nadi and japa of\xa0\nvija 32 times. Fire is raised from manipura and'}, {'start': '995.520', 'end': '1002.800', 'text': 'united with prithivi. Then follows inhalation\xa0\nby the solar nadu with the vahni vija 16 times,'}, {'start': '1002.800', 'end': '1009.280', 'text': 'kumbhaka with 64 japa of the vija, followed\xa0\nby exhalation through the lunar nadi and japa'}, {'start': '1009.280', 'end': '1016.160', 'text': 'of the vija 32 times. He then meditates on the\xa0\nlunar brilliance, gazing at the tip of the nose.'}, {'start': '1016.160', 'end': '1025.120', 'text': 'and inhales by Ida with japa of the vija"thang"\xa0\n16 times. Kumbhaka is done with the vija vang 64'}, {'start': '1025.120', 'end': '1030.640', 'text': 'times. He then thinks of himself as flooded by\xa0\nnectar, and considers that the nadi have been'}, {'start': '1030.640', 'end': '1038.080', 'text': 'washed. He exhales by Pingala with 32 japa of\xa0\nthe vija lang, and considers himself thereby as'}, {'start': '1038.080', 'end': '1044.720', 'text': 'strengthened. He then takes his seat on a mat of\xa0\nkusha grass, a deerskin, etc., and, facing east'}, {'start': '1044.720', 'end': '1051.280', 'text': 'or north, does pranayama. For its exercise\xa0\nthere must be, in addition to nadi shuddhi,'}, {'start': '1051.280', 'end': '1057.440', 'text': 'consideration of proper place, time, and food.\xa0\nThus, the place should not be so distant as to'}, {'start': '1057.440', 'end': '1064.560', 'text': 'induce anxiety, nor in an unprotected place, such\xa0\nas a forest, nor in a city or crowded locality,'}, {'start': '1064.560', 'end': '1070.400', 'text': 'which induces distraction. The food should be\xa0\npure, and of a vegetarian character. It should'}, {'start': '1070.400', 'end': '1078.240', 'text': 'not be too hot or too cold, pungent, sour, salt,\xa0\nor bitter. Fasting, the taking of one meal a day,'}, {'start': '1078.240', 'end': '1084.640', 'text': 'and the like, are prohibited. On the contrary,\xa0\nthe Yogi should not remain without food for more'}, {'start': '1084.640', 'end': '1091.440', 'text': 'than one yama(three hours). The food taken should\xa0\nbe light and strengthening. Long walks and other'}, {'start': '1091.440', 'end': '1097.760', 'text': 'violent exercise should be avoided, as also–\xa0\ncer-tainly in the case of beginners– sexual'}, {'start': '1097.760', 'end': '1103.760', 'text': 'intercourse. The stomach should only be half\xa0\nfilled. Yoga should be commenced, it is said,'}, {'start': '1103.760', 'end': '1110.480', 'text': 'in spring or autumn. As stated, the forms of\xa0\npranayama vary. Thus, sahita, which is either'}, {'start': '1110.480', 'end': '1116.320', 'text': 'with(sagarbha) or without(nirgarbha) vija,\xa0\nis, according to the former form, as follows:'}, {'start': '1116.320', 'end': '1122.720', 'text': 'The sadhaka meditates on Vidhi(Brahma), who is\xa0\nfull of rajoguna, red in colour, and the image of'}, {'start': '1122.720', 'end': '1130.320', 'text': 'akara. He inhales by Ida in six measures(matra).\xa0\nBefore kumbhaka he does the uddiyanabandha mudra.'}, {'start': '1130.320', 'end': '1135.680', 'text': 'Meditating on Hari(Vishnu) as sattvamaya\xa0\nand the black vija ukara, he does kumbhaka'}, {'start': '1135.680', 'end': '1142.000', 'text': 'with 64 japa of the vija; then, meditating on\xa0\nShiva as tamomaya and his white vija makara,'}, {'start': '1142.000', 'end': '1149.440', 'text': 'he exhales through Pingala with 32 japa of the\xa0\nvija; then, inhaling by Pingala, he does kumbhaka,'}, {'start': '1149.440', 'end': '1156.160', 'text': 'and exhales by Ida with the same vija. The process\xa0\nis repeated in the normal and reversed order.'}, {'start': '1156.160', 'end': '1158.000', 'text': 'Pratyaksha: Dhyana.'}, {'start': '1158.000', 'end': '1164.240', 'text': 'Through dhyana is gained the third quality of\xa0\nrealization or pratyaksha. Dhyana, or meditation,'}, {'start': '1164.240', 'end': '1172.000', 'text': 'is of three kinds:sthula, or gross;jyotih;sukshma,\xa0\nor subtle. In the first the form of the Devata is'}, {'start': '1172.000', 'end': '1178.880', 'text': 'brought before the mind. One form of dhyana for\xa0\nthis purpose is as follows: Let the sadhana think'}, {'start': '1178.880', 'end': '1185.120', 'text': 'of the great ocean of nectar in his heart. In\xa0\nthe middle of that ocean is the island of gems,'}, {'start': '1185.120', 'end': '1190.800', 'text': 'the shores of which are made of powdered gems.\xa0\nThe island is clothed with a kadamba forest in'}, {'start': '1190.800', 'end': '1197.040', 'text': 'yellow blossom. This forest is surrounded\xa0\nby Malati, Champaka, Parijata, and other'}, {'start': '1197.040', 'end': '1202.880', 'text': 'fragrant trees. In the midst of the Kadamba\xa0\nforest there rises the beautiful Kalpa tree,'}, {'start': '1202.880', 'end': '1208.880', 'text': 'laden with fresh blossom and fruit. Amidst\xa0\nits leaves the black bees hum and the koel'}, {'start': '1208.880', 'end': '1214.960', 'text': 'birds make love. Its four branches are the\xa0\nfour Vedas. Under the tree there is a great'}, {'start': '1214.960', 'end': '1220.160', 'text': 'mandapa of precious stones, and within it\xa0\na beautiful bed, on which let him picture'}, {'start': '1220.160', 'end': '1226.000', 'text': 'to himself his Ishtadevata. The Guru will\xa0\ndirect him as to the form, raiment, vahana,'}, {'start': '1226.000', 'end': '1231.760', 'text': 'and the title of the Devata. Jyotirdhyana is\xa0\nthe infusion of fire and life(tejas) into the'}, {'start': '1231.760', 'end': '1238.960', 'text': 'form so imagined. In the muladhara lies the\xa0\nsnake-like Kundalini. There the jivatma, as it'}, {'start': '1238.960', 'end': '1246.160', 'text': 'were the tapering flame of a candle, dwells. The\xa0\nsadhaka then meditates upon the tejomaya Brahman,'}, {'start': '1246.160', 'end': '1253.360', 'text': 'or, alternatively, between the eyebrows on\xa0\npranavatmaka, the flame emitting its lustre.'}, {'start': '1253.360', 'end': '1259.200', 'text': 'Sukshmadhyana is meditation on Kundalini\xa0\nwith sham-bhavi mudra after She has been'}, {'start': '1259.200', 'end': '1263.760', 'text': 'roused. By this yoga(vide post) the\xa0\natma is revealed(atmasakshatkara).'}, {'start': '1265.520', 'end': '1267.680', 'text': 'Nirliptatva: Samadhi.'}, {'start': '1267.680', 'end': '1272.160', 'text': 'Lastly, through samadhi the quality\xa0\nof nirliptatva, or detachment,'}, {'start': '1272.160', 'end': '1278.480', 'text': 'and thereafter mukti(liberation) is attained.\xa0\nSamadhi considered as a process is intense'}, {'start': '1278.480', 'end': '1284.080', 'text': 'mental con-centration, with freedom from\xa0\nall sangkalpa, and attachment to the world,'}, {'start': '1284.080', 'end': '1288.960', 'text': 'and all sense of"mineness," or\xa0\nself-interest(mamata). Considered'}, {'start': '1288.960', 'end': '1293.200', 'text': 'as the result of such process it is\xa0\nthe union of Jiva with the Paramatma.'}, {'start': '1293.200', 'end': '1295.280', 'text': 'Forms Of Samadhi Yoga.'}, {'start': '1295.280', 'end': '1300.720', 'text': 'This samadhi yoga is, according to the Gheranda\xa0\nSanghita, of six kinds.Dhyanayogasamadhi,'}, {'start': '1302.320', 'end': '1308.960', 'text': 'attained by shambhavi mudra, in which, after\xa0\nmeditation on the Vindu-Brahman and realization'}, {'start': '1308.960', 'end': '1314.080', 'text': 'of the Atma(atmapratyaksha), the latter\xa0\nis resolved into the Mahakasha.Nadayoga,'}, {'start': '1315.040', 'end': '1318.880', 'text': 'attained by khechari mudra, in which\xa0\nthe frenum of the tongue is cut,'}, {'start': '1318.880', 'end': '1322.720', 'text': 'and the latter is lengthened until it\xa0\nreaches the space between the eyebrows,'}, {'start': '1322.720', 'end': '1329.360', 'text': 'and is then introduced in a reversed position into\xa0\nthe mouth.Rasanandayoga, attained by kumbhaka,'}, {'start': '1329.360', 'end': '1335.360', 'text': 'in which the sadhaka in a silent place closes\xa0\nboth ears and does puraka and kumbhaka until'}, {'start': '1335.360', 'end': '1340.800', 'text': 'he hears the word nada in sounds varying in\xa0\nstrength from that of the cricket’s chirp to'}, {'start': '1340.800', 'end': '1346.480', 'text': 'that of the large kettledrum. By daily practice\xa0\nthe anahata sound is heard, and the jyotih with'}, {'start': '1346.480', 'end': '1351.440', 'text': 'the manas therein is seen, which is ultimately\xa0\ndissolved in the supreme Vishnu.Layasiddhiyoga,'}, {'start': '1352.800', 'end': '1359.040', 'text': 'accomplished by the celebrated yonimudra\xa0\nalready described. The sadhaka, thinking of'}, {'start': '1359.040', 'end': '1366.880', 'text': 'himself as Shakti and the Paramatma as Purusha,\xa0\nfeels himself in union(sanggama) with Shiva,'}, {'start': '1366.880', 'end': '1372.880', 'text': 'and enjoys with him the bliss which is\xa0\nshringararasa, and becomes Bliss itself, or the'}, {'start': '1372.880', 'end': '1379.040', 'text': 'Brahman.Bhakti Yoga, in which meditation is made\xa0\non the Ishtadevata with devotion(bhakti) until,'}, {'start': '1379.040', 'end': '1383.600', 'text': 'with tears flowing from the excess of bliss,\xa0\nthe ecstatic condition is attained.Rajayoga,'}, {'start': '1384.960', 'end': '1390.560', 'text': 'accomplished by aid of the manomurchchha\xa0\nkumbhaka. Here the manas detached from all'}, {'start': '1390.560', 'end': '1397.520', 'text': 'worldly objects is fixed between the eyebrows in\xa0\nthe ajnachakra, and Kumbhaka is done. By the union'}, {'start': '1397.520', 'end': '1404.400', 'text': 'of the manas with the atma, in which the jnani\xa0\nsees all things, rajayogasamadhi is attained.'}, {'start': '1404.400', 'end': '1405.840', 'text': 'Shatchakra-bheda.'}, {'start': '1405.840', 'end': '1411.280', 'text': 'The piercing of the six chakra is one of the most\xa0\nimportant subjects dealt with in the Tantras,'}, {'start': '1411.280', 'end': '1417.120', 'text': 'and is part of the practical yaga process of which\xa0\nthey treat. Details of practice can only be learnt'}, {'start': '1417.120', 'end': '1422.720', 'text': 'from a Guru, but generally it may be said that the\xa0\nparticular is raised to the universal life, which'}, {'start': '1422.720', 'end': '1429.120', 'text': 'as chit is realizable only in the sahasrara in the\xa0\nfollowing manner: The jivatma in the subtle body,'}, {'start': '1429.120', 'end': '1434.880', 'text': 'the receptacle of the five vital airs(pancha\xa0\nprana), mind in its three aspects of manas,'}, {'start': '1434.880', 'end': '1441.120', 'text': 'ahangkara, and buddhi; the five organs of\xa0\naction(panchakarmendriya) and the five organs'}, {'start': '1441.120', 'end': '1447.680', 'text': 'of perception(panchajnanendriya) is united\xa0\nwith the Kulakundalini. The Kandarpa or Kama'}, {'start': '1447.680', 'end': '1453.360', 'text': 'Vayu in the muladhara a form of the Apana\xa0\nVayu is given a leftward revolution and the'}, {'start': '1453.360', 'end': '1459.760', 'text': 'fire which is round Kundalini is kindled. By the\xa0\nvija"Hung," and the heat of the fire thus kindled,'}, {'start': '1459.760', 'end': '1464.880', 'text': 'the coiled and sleeping Kundalini is wakened.\xa0\nShe who lay asleep around svayambhu-linga,'}, {'start': '1464.880', 'end': '1469.360', 'text': 'with her coils three circles and a half\xa0\nclosing the entrance of the brahma-dvara,'}, {'start': '1469.360', 'end': '1473.760', 'text': 'will, on being roused, enter that door\xa0\nand move upwards, united with the jivatma.'}, {'start': '1473.760', 'end': '1480.240', 'text': 'On this upward movement, Brahma, Savitri,\xa0\nDakini-Shakti, the Devas, vija, and vritti,'}, {'start': '1480.240', 'end': '1485.440', 'text': 'are dissolved in the body of Kundalini. The\xa0\nMahimandala or prithivi is converted into the'}, {'start': '1485.440', 'end': '1492.320', 'text': 'vija"Lang," and is also merged in Her body. When\xa0\nKundalini leaves the muladhara, that lotus which,'}, {'start': '1492.320', 'end': '1497.840', 'text': 'on the awakening of Kundalini had opened and\xa0\nturned its flower upwards, again closes and'}, {'start': '1497.840', 'end': '1505.200', 'text': 'hangs down-wards. As Kundalini reaches the\xa0\nsvadhishthana-chakra, that lotus opens out,'}, {'start': '1505.200', 'end': '1512.320', 'text': 'and lifts its flower upwards. Upon the entrance\xa0\nof Kundalini, Mahavishnu, Mahalakshmi, Sarasvati,'}, {'start': '1512.320', 'end': '1518.400', 'text': 'Rakini Shakti, Deva, Matrikas, and vritti,\xa0\nVaikunthadhama, Golaka, and the Deva and Devi'}, {'start': '1518.400', 'end': '1525.680', 'text': 'residing therein are dissolved in the body of\xa0\nKundalini. The prithivi, or"earth" vija"Lang,"'}, {'start': '1525.680', 'end': '1532.880', 'text': 'is dissolved in apas, and apas converted into the\xa0\nvija vang remains in the body of Kundalini. When'}, {'start': '1532.880', 'end': '1538.960', 'text': 'the Devi reaches the manipura chakra all that\xa0\nis in the chakra merges in Her body. The Varuna'}, {'start': '1538.960', 'end': '1545.920', 'text': 'vija"vang" is dissolved in fire, which remains\xa0\nin the body of the Devi as the Vija"rang." This'}, {'start': '1545.920', 'end': '1552.080', 'text': 'chakra is called the Brahma-granthi(or knot of\xa0\nBrahma). The piercing of this chakra may involve'}, {'start': '1552.080', 'end': '1558.720', 'text': 'considerable pain, physical disorder, and even\xa0\ndisease. On this account the directions of an'}, {'start': '1558.720', 'end': '1564.480', 'text': 'experienced Guru are necessary, and therefore\xa0\nalso other modes of yoga have been recommended'}, {'start': '1564.480', 'end': '1570.880', 'text': 'for those to whom they are applicable: for in such\xa0\nmodes activity is provoked directly in the higher'}, {'start': '1570.880', 'end': '1577.680', 'text': 'centre and it is not necessary that the lower\xa0\nchakras should be pierced. Kundalini next reaches'}, {'start': '1577.680', 'end': '1584.400', 'text': 'the anahata chakra, where all which is therein\xa0\nis merged in Her. The vija of Tejas,"rang,"'}, {'start': '1584.400', 'end': '1592.000', 'text': 'disappears in Vayu and Vayu converted into its\xa0\nvija"Yang" merges into the body of Kundalini.'}, {'start': '1592.000', 'end': '1598.880', 'text': 'This chakra is known as Vishnu-granthi(knot of\xa0\nVishnu). Kundalini then ascends to the abode of'}, {'start': '1598.880', 'end': '1605.520', 'text': 'Bharati(or Sarasvati) or the vishuddha chakra.\xa0\nUpon Her entrance, Arddha-narishvara Shiva,'}, {'start': '1605.520', 'end': '1612.000', 'text': 'Shakini, the sixteen vowels, mantra, etc., are\xa0\ndissolved in the body of Kundalini. The vija'}, {'start': '1612.000', 'end': '1618.640', 'text': 'of Vayu,"yang," is dissolved in akasha, which\xa0\nitself being transformed into the vija"hang,"'}, {'start': '1618.640', 'end': '1624.560', 'text': 'is merged in the body of Kundalini. Piercing the\xa0\nlalana chakra, the Devi reaches the ajnachakra,'}, {'start': '1624.560', 'end': '1630.400', 'text': 'where Parama Shiva, Siddha-Kali, the Deva, guna,\xa0\nand all else therein, are absorbed into Her body.'}, {'start': '1630.400', 'end': '1638.480', 'text': 'The vija of akasha,"Hang," is merged in the manas\xa0\nchakra, and mind itself in the body of Kundalini.'}, {'start': '1638.480', 'end': '1644.800', 'text': 'The ajnachakra is known as Rudra-granthi(or knot\xa0\nof Rudra or Shiva). After this chakra has been'}, {'start': '1644.800', 'end': '1650.640', 'text': 'pierced, Kundalini of Her own motion unites\xa0\nwith Parama Shiva. As She proceeds upwards'}, {'start': '1650.640', 'end': '1658.240', 'text': 'from the two-petalled lotus, the niralamba\xa0\npuri, pranava, nada, etc., are merged in Her.'}, {'start': '1658.240', 'end': '1664.960', 'text': 'The Kundalini has then in her progress upwards\xa0\nabsorbed in herself the twenty-four tattva'}, {'start': '1664.960', 'end': '1671.120', 'text': 'commencing with the gross elements, and then\xa0\nunites Herself and becomes one. with Parama'}, {'start': '1671.120', 'end': '1677.520', 'text': 'Shiva. This is the maithuna(coition) of the\xa0\nsattvika-pancha-tattva. The nectar which flows'}, {'start': '1677.520', 'end': '1684.240', 'text': 'from such union floods the kshudrabrahmanda\xa0\nor human body. It is then that the sadhaka,'}, {'start': '1684.240', 'end': '1688.800', 'text': 'forgetful of all in this world,\xa0\nis immersed in ineffable bliss.'}, {'start': '1688.800', 'end': '1695.040', 'text': 'Thereafter the sadhaka, thinking of the vayu\xa0\nvija"yang" as being in the left nostril,'}, {'start': '1695.040', 'end': '1701.440', 'text': 'inhales through Ida, making japa of the vija\xa0\nsixteen times. Then, closing both nostrils, he'}, {'start': '1701.440', 'end': '1708.000', 'text': 'makes japa of the vija sixty-four times. He then\xa0\nthinks that the black"man of sin"(Papapurusha) in'}, {'start': '1708.000', 'end': '1712.960', 'text': 'the left cavity of the abdomen is being dried\xa0\nup(by air), and so thinking he exhales through'}, {'start': '1712.960', 'end': '1720.800', 'text': 'the right nostril Pingala, making japa of the vija\xa0\nthirty-two times. The sadhaka then meditating upon'}, {'start': '1720.800', 'end': '1728.880', 'text': 'the red-coloured vija"rang" in the manipura,\xa0\ninhales, making sixteen japa of the vija,'}, {'start': '1728.880', 'end': '1735.760', 'text': 'and then closes the nostrils, making sixteen\xa0\njapa. While making the japa he thinks that the'}, {'start': '1735.760', 'end': '1742.720', 'text': 'body of"the man of sin" is being burnt and\xa0\nreduced to ashes(by fire). He then exhales'}, {'start': '1742.720', 'end': '1749.200', 'text': 'through the right nostril with thirty-two japa. He\xa0\nthen meditates upon the white chandravija"thang."'}, {'start': '1749.200', 'end': '1755.120', 'text': 'He next inhales through Ida, making japa of the\xa0\nvija sixteen times, closes both nostrils with'}, {'start': '1755.120', 'end': '1762.160', 'text': 'japa done sixty-four times, and exhales through\xa0\nPingala with thirty-two japa. During inhalation,'}, {'start': '1762.160', 'end': '1767.840', 'text': 'holding of breath, and exhalation, he should\xa0\nconsider that a new celestial body is being'}, {'start': '1767.840', 'end': '1774.640', 'text': 'formed by the nectar(composed of all the letters\xa0\nof the alphabet, matrika-varna) dropping from the'}, {'start': '1774.640', 'end': '1780.800', 'text': 'moon. In a similar way with the vija"vang," the\xa0\nformation of the body is continued, and with the'}, {'start': '1780.800', 'end': '1787.520', 'text': 'vija"lang" it is completed and strengthened.\xa0\nLastly, with the mantra"So’hang," the sadhaka'}, {'start': '1787.520', 'end': '1793.440', 'text': 'leads the jivatma into the heart. Thus Kundalini,\xa0\nwho has enjoyed Her union with Paramashiva,'}, {'start': '1793.440', 'end': '1799.600', 'text': 'sets out on her return journey the way she came.\xa0\nAs she passes through each of the chakra all that'}, {'start': '1799.600', 'end': '1806.000', 'text': 'she has absorbed therefrom come out from herself\xa0\nand take their several places in the chakra.'}, {'start': '1806.000', 'end': '1811.280', 'text': 'In this manner she again reaches the muladhara,\xa0\nwhen all that is described to be in the'}, {'start': '1811.280', 'end': '1819.040', 'text': 'chakras(see pp. lvii-lxiii) are in the positions\xa0\nwhich they occupied before her awakening.'}, {'start': '1819.040', 'end': '1825.440', 'text': 'The Guru’s instructions are to go above the\xa0\najna-chakra, but no special directions are given;'}, {'start': '1825.440', 'end': '1831.520', 'text': 'for after this chakra has been pierced the\xa0\nsadhaka can reach the brahmasthana unaided.'}, {'start': '1831.520', 'end': '1836.400', 'text': 'Below the"seventh month of Shiva"\xa0\nthe relationship of Guru and sishya'}, {'start': '1836.400', 'end': '1841.120', 'text': 'ceases. The instructions of the seventh\xa0\namnaya is not expressed(aprakashita).'}, {'start': '1842.560', 'end': '1844.000', 'text': 'Sin and Virtue.'}, {'start': '1844.000', 'end': '1850.000', 'text': 'According to Christian conceptions, sin is a\xa0\nviolation of the personal will of, and apostasy'}, {'start': '1850.000', 'end': '1856.640', 'text': 'from, God. The flesh is the source of lusts\xa0\nwhich oppose God’s commands, and in this lies its'}, {'start': '1856.640', 'end': '1863.280', 'text': 'positive significance for the origin of a bias of\xa0\nlife against God. According to St. Thomas, in the'}, {'start': '1863.280', 'end': '1868.560', 'text': 'original state, no longer held as the normal,\xa0\nthe lower powers were subordinate to reason,'}, {'start': '1868.560', 'end': '1875.280', 'text': 'and reason subject to God."Original sin" is\xa0\nformally a"defect of original righteousness," and'}, {'start': '1875.280', 'end': '1884.480', 'text': 'materially"concupiscence." As St. Paul says(Rom.\xa0\nvii. 8, 14), the pneumatic law, which declares war'}, {'start': '1884.480', 'end': '1891.120', 'text': 'on the lusts, meets with opposition from the"law\xa0\nin the members." These and similar notions involve'}, {'start': '1891.120', 'end': '1898.480', 'text': 'a religious and moral conscious judgment which is\xa0\nassumed to exist in humanity alone. Hindu notions'}, {'start': '1898.480', 'end': '1904.960', 'text': 'of papa(wrong) and punya(that which is pure, holy,\xa0\nand right) have a wider content. The latter is'}, {'start': '1904.960', 'end': '1911.200', 'text': 'accordance and working with the will of Ishvara(of\xa0\nwhom the jiva is itself the embodiment), as'}, {'start': '1911.200', 'end': '1917.600', 'text': 'manifested at any particular time in the general\xa0\ndirection taken by the cosmic process, as the'}, {'start': '1917.600', 'end': '1924.160', 'text': 'former is the contrary. The two terms are relative\xa0\nto the state of evolution and the surrounding'}, {'start': '1924.160', 'end': '1930.320', 'text': 'circumstances of the jiva to which they are\xa0\napplied. Thus, the impulse towards individuality'}, {'start': '1930.320', 'end': '1936.000', 'text': 'which is necessary and just on the path of\xa0\ninclination or"going forth"(pra-vritti marga),'}, {'start': '1936.000', 'end': '1940.800', 'text': 'is wrongful as a hindrance to the attainment\xa0\nof unity, which is the goal of the path of'}, {'start': '1940.800', 'end': '1947.200', 'text': 'return(nivritti marga) where inclinations should\xa0\ncease. In short, what makes for progress on the'}, {'start': '1947.200', 'end': '1953.120', 'text': 'one path is a hindrance on the other. The matter,\xa0\nwhen rightly undertsood, is not(except, perhaps,'}, {'start': '1953.120', 'end': '1957.920', 'text': 'sometimes popularly) viewed from the juristic\xa0\nstandpoint of an external Lawgiver, His commands,'}, {'start': '1957.920', 'end': '1963.840', 'text': 'and those subject to it, but from that in which\xa0\nthe exemplification of the moral law is regarded'}, {'start': '1963.840', 'end': '1970.080', 'text': 'as the true and proper expression of the jiva’s\xa0\nown evolution. Morality, it has been said, is the'}, {'start': '1970.080', 'end': '1977.280', 'text': 'true nature of a being. For the same reason wrong\xa0\nis its destruction. What the jiva actually does is'}, {'start': '1977.280', 'end': '1983.120', 'text': 'the result of his karmma. Further, the term jiva,\xa0\nthough commonly applicable to the human embodiment'}, {'start': '1983.120', 'end': '1989.280', 'text': 'of the atma, is not limited to it. Both papa and\xa0\npunya may therefore be manifested in beings of a'}, {'start': '1989.280', 'end': '1995.040', 'text': 'lower rank than that of humanity in so far as what\xa0\nthey(whether consciously or unconsciously) do is'}, {'start': '1995.040', 'end': '2001.040', 'text': 'a hindrance to their true development. Thus,\xa0\nin the Yoga Vashishtha it is said that even'}, {'start': '2001.040', 'end': '2007.360', 'text': 'a creeping plant acquired merit by association\xa0\nwith the holy muni on whose dwelling it grew.'}, {'start': '2007.360', 'end': '2015.280', 'text': 'Objectively considered, sin is concisely defined\xa0\nas duhkhajanakam papam. It is that which has been,'}, {'start': '2015.280', 'end': '2022.800', 'text': 'is, and will be the cause of pain, mental or\xa0\nphysical, in past, present, and future births.'}, {'start': '2022.800', 'end': '2028.480', 'text': 'The pain as the consequence of the action\xa0\ndone need not be immediate. Though, however,'}, {'start': '2028.480', 'end': '2033.680', 'text': 'the suffering may be experienced as a result later\xa0\nthan the action of which it is the cause, the'}, {'start': '2033.680', 'end': '2039.280', 'text': 'consequence of the action is not really something\xa0\nseparate, but a part of the action itself– namely,'}, {'start': '2039.280', 'end': '2045.520', 'text': 'that part of it which belongs to the future. The\xa0\nsix chief sins are kama, krodha, lobha, moha,'}, {'start': '2045.520', 'end': '2051.600', 'text': 'mada, matsaryya– lust, anger, covetousness,\xa0\nignorance or delusion, pride and envy.'}, {'start': '2051.600', 'end': '2058.160', 'text': 'All wrong is at base self-seeking, in ignorance\xa0\nor disregard of the unity of the Self in all'}, {'start': '2058.160', 'end': '2064.640', 'text': 'creatures. Virtue(punya), therefore, as the\xa0\ncontrary of sin, is that which is the cause of'}, {'start': '2064.640', 'end': '2071.360', 'text': 'happiness(sukhajanakam punyam). That happiness\xa0\nis produced either in this or future births,'}, {'start': '2071.360', 'end': '2077.520', 'text': 'or leads to the enjoyment of heaven(Svarga).\xa0\nVirtue is that which leads towards the unity'}, {'start': '2077.520', 'end': '2083.440', 'text': 'whose substance is Bliss(ananda). This\xa0\ngood karmma produces pleasant fruit, which,'}, {'start': '2083.440', 'end': '2090.160', 'text': 'like all the results of karmma, is transitory.\xa0\nAs Shruti says:"It is not by acts or the pindas'}, {'start': '2090.160', 'end': '2096.480', 'text': 'offered by one’s children or by wealth, but by\xa0\nrenunciation that men have attained liberation."'}, {'start': '2096.480', 'end': '2101.600', 'text': 'It is only by escape from karmma through\xa0\nknowledge, that the jiva becoming one'}, {'start': '2101.600', 'end': '2108.000', 'text': 'with the unchanging Absolute attains lasting\xa0\nrest. It is obvious that for those who obtain'}, {'start': '2108.000', 'end': '2114.400', 'text': 'such release neither vice nor virtue, which\xa0\nare categories of phenomenal being, exist.'}, {'start': '2114.400', 'end': '2114.880', 'text': 'Karmma.'}, {'start': '2114.880', 'end': '2122.400', 'text': 'Karmma is action, its cause, and effect. There\xa0\nis no uncaused action, nor action without effect.'}, {'start': '2122.400', 'end': '2127.280', 'text': 'The past, the present, and the future are\xa0\nlinked together as one whole. The ichchha,'}, {'start': '2127.280', 'end': '2133.760', 'text': 'jnana, and kriya shakti manifest in the jivatma\xa0\nliving on the worldly plane as desire, knowledge,'}, {'start': '2133.760', 'end': '2140.720', 'text': 'and action. As the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad\xa0\nsays:"Man is verily formed of desire. As is his'}, {'start': '2140.720', 'end': '2146.880', 'text': 'desire, so is his thought. As is his thought,\xa0\nso is his action. As is his action, so is his'}, {'start': '2146.880', 'end': '2152.240', 'text': 'attainment." These fashion the individual’s\xa0\nKarmma."He who desires goes by work to the'}, {'start': '2152.240', 'end': '2159.520', 'text': 'object on which his mind is set.""As he thinks,\xa0\nso he becometh." Then, as to action,"whatsoever'}, {'start': '2159.520', 'end': '2167.120', 'text': 'a man sows that shall he reap." The matter is not\xa0\none of punishment and reward, but of consequence,'}, {'start': '2167.120', 'end': '2173.680', 'text': 'and the consequence of action is but a part of\xa0\nit. If anything is caused, its result is caused,'}, {'start': '2173.680', 'end': '2178.640', 'text': 'the result being part of the original action,\xa0\nwhigh continues, and is transformed into the'}, {'start': '2178.640', 'end': '2185.040', 'text': 'result. The jivatma experiences happiness for\xa0\nhis good acts and misery for his evil ones.'}, {'start': '2185.040', 'end': '2191.520', 'text': 'Karmma is of three kinds– viz., sanchita karmma–\xa0\nthat is, the whole vast accumulated mass of the'}, {'start': '2191.520', 'end': '2197.520', 'text': 'unexhausted karmma of the past, whether good\xa0\nor bad, which has still to be worked out. This'}, {'start': '2197.520', 'end': '2204.000', 'text': 'past karmma is the cause of the character of\xa0\nthe succeeding births, and, as such, is called'}, {'start': '2204.000', 'end': '2211.680', 'text': 'sangskara, or vasana. The second form of karmma\xa0\nis prarabdha, or that part of the first which is'}, {'start': '2211.680', 'end': '2217.920', 'text': 'ripe, and which is worked out and bears fruit in\xa0\nthe present birth. The third is the new karmma,'}, {'start': '2217.920', 'end': '2222.480', 'text': 'which man is continually making by his\xa0\npresent and future actions, and is called'}, {'start': '2222.480', 'end': '2229.760', 'text': 'vartamana and agami. The embodied soul(jivatma),\xa0\nwhilst in the sangsara or phenomenal world,'}, {'start': '2229.760', 'end': '2235.760', 'text': 'is by its nature ever making present karmma\xa0\nand experiencing the past. Even the Devas'}, {'start': '2235.760', 'end': '2241.920', 'text': 'themselves are subject to time and karmma.\xa0\nBy his karmma a jiva may become an Indra.'}, {'start': '2241.920', 'end': '2248.880', 'text': 'Karmma is thus the invisible(adrishta), the\xa0\nproduct of ordained or prohibited actions'}, {'start': '2248.880', 'end': '2252.960', 'text': 'capable of giving bodies.\xa0\nIt is either good or bad,'}, {'start': '2252.960', 'end': '2258.400', 'text': 'and together these are called the impurity\xa0\nof action(karmma mala). Even good action,'}, {'start': '2258.400', 'end': '2263.520', 'text': 'when done with a view to its fruit, can never\xa0\nsecure liberation. Those who think of the'}, {'start': '2263.520', 'end': '2269.840', 'text': 'reward will receive benefit in the shape of that\xa0\nreward. Liberation is the work of Shiva-Shakti,'}, {'start': '2269.840', 'end': '2274.720', 'text': 'and is gained only by brahmajnana, the\xa0\ndestruction of the will to separate life,'}, {'start': '2274.720', 'end': '2280.560', 'text': 'and realization of unity with the Supreme. All\xa0\naccompanying action must be without thought of'}, {'start': '2280.560', 'end': '2287.040', 'text': 'self. With the cessation of desire the tie\xa0\nwhich binds man to the sangsara is broken.'}, {'start': '2287.040', 'end': '2293.040', 'text': 'According to the Tantra, the sadhana and\xa0\nachara(q.v.) appropriate to an individual'}, {'start': '2293.040', 'end': '2298.400', 'text': 'depends upon his karmma. A man’s tendencies,\xa0\ncharacter, and temperament is moulded by his'}, {'start': '2298.400', 'end': '2305.040', 'text': 'sanchita karmma. As regards prarabdha-karmma,\xa0\nit is unavoidable. Nothing can be done but to'}, {'start': '2305.040', 'end': '2310.800', 'text': 'work it out. Some systems prescribe the\xa0\nsame method for men of divers tendencies.'}, {'start': '2310.800', 'end': '2317.280', 'text': 'But the Tantra recognizes the force of karmma, and\xa0\nmoulds its method to the temperament produced by'}, {'start': '2317.280', 'end': '2324.160', 'text': 'it. The needs of each vary, as also the methods\xa0\nwhich will be the best suited to each to lead'}, {'start': '2324.160', 'end': '2330.000', 'text': 'them to the common goal. Thus, forms of worship\xa0\nwhich are permissible to the vira are forbidden'}, {'start': '2330.000', 'end': '2336.400', 'text': 'to the pashu. The guru must determine that\xa0\nfor which the sadhaka is qualified(adhikara).'}, {'start': '2336.400', 'end': '2338.000', 'text': 'Four Aims Of Being.'}, {'start': '2338.000', 'end': '2343.680', 'text': 'There is but one thing which all seek– happiness–\xa0\nthough it be of differing kinds and sought in'}, {'start': '2343.680', 'end': '2350.400', 'text': 'different ways. All forms, whether sensual,\xa0\nintellectual, or spiritual, are from the Brahman,'}, {'start': '2350.400', 'end': '2356.560', 'text': 'who is Itself the Source and Essence of\xa0\nall Bliss, and Bliss itself(rasovai sah).'}, {'start': '2356.560', 'end': '2362.320', 'text': 'Though issuing from the same source– pleasure\xa0\ndiffers in its forms in being higher and lower,'}, {'start': '2362.320', 'end': '2368.560', 'text': 'transitory or durable, or permanent. Those\xa0\non the path of desire(pravritti marga) seek'}, {'start': '2368.560', 'end': '2374.160', 'text': 'it through the enjoyments of this world(bhukti)\xa0\nor in the more durable, though still impermanent'}, {'start': '2374.160', 'end': '2380.080', 'text': 'delights of heaven(svarga). He who is on the\xa0\npath of return(nivritti marga) seeks happiness,'}, {'start': '2380.080', 'end': '2385.360', 'text': 'not in the created worlds, but in everlasting\xa0\nunion with their primal source(mukti);'}, {'start': '2385.360', 'end': '2391.520', 'text': 'and thus it is said that man can never be truly\xa0\nhappy until he seeks shelter with Brahman,'}, {'start': '2391.520', 'end': '2396.880', 'text': 'which is Itself the great Bliss(rasam\xa0\nhyevayam labdhva anandi bhavati).'}, {'start': '2396.880', 'end': '2402.560', 'text': 'The eternal rhythm of the Divine Breath is\xa0\noutwards from spirit to matter and inwards'}, {'start': '2402.560', 'end': '2408.640', 'text': 'from matter to spirit. Devi as Maya evolves\xa0\nthe world. As Mahamaya She recalls it to'}, {'start': '2408.640', 'end': '2415.200', 'text': 'Herself. The path of outgoing is the way of\xa0\npravritti; that of return nivritti. Each of'}, {'start': '2415.200', 'end': '2422.480', 'text': 'these movements is Divine. Enjoyment(bhukti)\xa0\nand liberation(mukti) are each Her gifts. And'}, {'start': '2422.480', 'end': '2427.840', 'text': 'in the third chapter of the work cited it is said\xa0\nthat of Vishnu and Shiva mukti only can be had,'}, {'start': '2427.840', 'end': '2434.320', 'text': 'but of Devi both bhukti and mukti; and this is\xa0\nso in so far as the Devi is, in a peculiar sense,'}, {'start': '2434.320', 'end': '2440.800', 'text': 'the source whence those material things come\xa0\nfrom which enjoyment(bhoga) arises. All jiva'}, {'start': '2440.800', 'end': '2445.760', 'text': 'on their way to humanity, and the bulk of\xa0\nhumanity itself, is on the forward path,'}, {'start': '2445.760', 'end': '2450.560', 'text': 'and rightly seeks the enjoyment which is\xa0\nappropriate to its stage of evolution.'}, {'start': '2450.560', 'end': '2456.880', 'text': 'The thirst for life will continue to manifest\xa0\nitself until the point of return is reached and'}, {'start': '2456.880', 'end': '2464.160', 'text': 'the outgoing energy is exhausted. Man must, until\xa0\nsuch time, remain on the path of desire. In the'}, {'start': '2464.160', 'end': '2470.880', 'text': 'hands of Devi is the noose of desire. Devi herself\xa0\nis both desire and that light of knowledge which'}, {'start': '2470.880', 'end': '2477.200', 'text': 'in the wise who have known enjoyment lays bare\xa0\nits futilities. But one cannot renounce until one'}, {'start': '2477.200', 'end': '2483.200', 'text': 'has enjoyed, and so of the world-process itself\xa0\nit is said: that the unborn ones, the Purushas,'}, {'start': '2483.200', 'end': '2488.240', 'text': 'are both subservient to Her(prakriti),\xa0\nand leave Her by reason of viveka.'}, {'start': '2488.240', 'end': '2494.000', 'text': 'Provision is made for the worldly life which is\xa0\nthe"outgoing" of the Supreme. And so it is said'}, {'start': '2494.000', 'end': '2499.680', 'text': 'that the Tantrika has both enjoyment(bhukti)\xa0\nand liberation(mukti). But enjoyment itself'}, {'start': '2499.680', 'end': '2505.360', 'text': 'is not without its law. Desire is not to be\xa0\nlet loose without bridle. The mental self is,'}, {'start': '2505.360', 'end': '2511.280', 'text': 'as is commonly said, the charioteer of the body,\xa0\nof which the senses are the horses. Contrary'}, {'start': '2511.280', 'end': '2517.600', 'text': 'to mistaken notions on the subject, the Tantras\xa0\ntake no exception to the ordinary rule that it is'}, {'start': '2517.600', 'end': '2523.520', 'text': 'necessary not to let them run away. If one would\xa0\nnot be swept away and lost in the mighty force'}, {'start': '2523.520', 'end': '2529.360', 'text': 'which is the descent into matter, thought and\xa0\naction must be controlled by Dharmma. Hence the'}, {'start': '2529.360', 'end': '2535.280', 'text': 'first three of the aims of life(trivarga) on the\xa0\npath of pravritti are dharmma, artha, and kama.'}]