BISISTA ASANA
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Pranayama
Recaka Kumbhaka
Paddadhi 73
Bandha
Mula Bandha
Yoga Sikh Upanishad
Japa
Om Nithyananda ParamaShivoham
- Sit with feet together.
- Arms under legs, raise up feet to face.
- Fingers interlocked, palms over forehead.
Visualize yourself excelling in everything
Gaze
Mudra
Shambhavi Mudra
Mandala Brahmana-
Upanishad Verse 3.5
Asana
BISISTA ASANA
Āpta Pramāṇa
Yoga Asanamala Sacitra 67
दोऊ पगथली जोडी संपुट करै
हाथ दोऊ पगा बिचि आणि तलै करि
बारै ल्याई कूहण्या माहिली संधि
राषै
पाछै दोऊ हाथा की करी पग उंचाई
काकसी सषा परि राषै
पग ललाट मोडी ज्यु लगावै
द्रष्टि नासा अग्र
आसण कौगुण पवन समाहित होइ
doū pagathalī joḍī sampūṭa
karai
hātha doū pagā bici āṇi talai
karī bārai lyāī kūhaṇyā māhilī
saṃdhi rāṣai
pāchai doū hāthā kī karī
paga uṃcāī kākasī saṣā pari
rāṣai
paga lalāṭa moḍī jyu lagāvai
draṣṭi nāsā agra
āsaṇa kauguṇa pavana
samāhita hoi 67
AKASHIC REVELATION
Sit in long position. Bring
both feet together and insert
the arms below the legs.
Now raise both legs upwards
as to bring the feet over the
face. Fingers are interlocked
and palms are placed over
the forehead.
Pranayama
RECAKA KUMBHAKA
Śāstra PramāṇaSrimat
Sarvajnanottra Agama Yoga
Pada 19
ततोर्ध्वं रेचयेत् वायुं
मृदुनिश्वास संयुतम् ॥ १९॥
रेचकस्त्वेष विख्यातः
प्राणसंशयकारक ।
tatordhvam recayet va'yum
mr'du nis'vasa samyutam |
recakastves"a vikhya'tah
pra'n.a sams'aya ka'rakah ॥
19॥
AKASHIC REVELATION
The sadhaka should empty
the stomach by slowly
exhaling the prana. This
mode of Pranayama is
known as Recaka which is
instrumental in driving the
prana out.
Mudra
SHAMBHAVI MUDRA
Śāstra Pramāṇa
Mandala Brahmanopanishad
3.5
लक्ष्येऽन्तर्बाह्यायां
दृष्टौ निमेषोन्मेषवर्जितायां च
इयं
शांभवी मुद्रा भवति ।
सर्वतन्त्रेषु गोप्या
महाविद्या भवति । तज्ज्ञानेन
संसारनिवृत्तिः । तत्पूजनं
मोक्षफलदम् ॥ ५ ॥
lakṣye'ntarbāhyāyāṃ dṛṣṭau
nimeṣonmeṣavarjitāyāṃ ca iyaṃ
śāṃbhavī mudrā bhavati |
sarvatantreṣu gopyā mahāvidyā
bhavati |
tajjñānena saṃsāranivṛttiḥ |
tatpūjanaṃ mokṣaphalam ॥ 5 ॥
AKASHIC REVELATION
Fixing the gaze inwards into
the inner space and with the
eyes opening out, but devoid
of the acts of opening and
closing of the eyelids, this
Shambhavi-mudra is
assumed. This mahā-vidya
(the great ultimate source
knowledge) is, of all the
Tantras, what is kept a
profound secret. With the
experiential knowledge of
this, is attained freedom and
completion from the state of
worldly existence.By its
worship, is bestowed the
fruit of liberation.
Bandha
MULA BANDHA
Śāstra Pramāṇa
Yoga Sikhopanishad 104-105
गुदं पाष्ण्र्या तु संपीड्य
वायुमाकुञ्चयेद् बलात् । वारं वारं यथा
चोर्ध्वं समायाति समीरणः ॥ १०४ ॥
प्राणापानौ नान्दबिन्दू मूलबन्धेन
चैकताम् । गत्वा योगस्य संसिद्धिं
यच्छतो नात्र संशयः ॥ १०५ ॥
gudaṃ pārṣṇyā tu saṃpīḍya
vāyumākuñcayed balāt ।vāraṃ
vāraṃ yathā cordhvaṃ
samāyāti samīraṇaḥ ॥ 104 ॥
prāṇāpānau nāndabindū
mūlabandhena caikatām। gatvā
Yogasya saṃsiddhiṃ yacchato
nātra saṃśayaḥ ॥ 105 ॥
AKASHIC REVELATION
Pressing the anus with the
heel, (the practitioner) should
forcibly draw up the vital air in
such a way that the air would
move upwards stage by stage.
The Prana and Apana (vital
airs), as also the Nada
(Intellect) and the Bindu (mind),
becoming one by means of the
Mula-bandha, bestow the
successful accomplishment of
Yoga. Herein there is no doubt.
129.