PADMASANA
This text was machine-transcribed from the printed book and may contain errors. Select the words and choose “Report a mistake”.
PRANAYAMA
SITALI KUMBHAKA
HATHATATVA KAUMUDI 10. 18
Śitali
BANDHA
MAHAMUDRA BANDHA
SHIVA SAMHITA
VERSE 4. 16-17
JAPA
OM NITHYANANDA
MAHASADASHIVOHAM
VISUALIZE YOURSELF AS LORD SHIVA
GAZE
MUDRA
ŚAMBHAVI MUDRA
MANDALA BRAHMANA-
UPANISHAD 3. 5
- SIT AND PLACE FEET ON TOP OF OPPOSITE THIGHS.
- PLACE PALMS ON RESPECTIVE KNEES.
- ENGAGE ALL THREE BANDHAS AND GAZE TO NOSE.
ASANA
PADMASANA
ŚĀSTRA PRAMĀṆA - शास्त्र प्रमाण
YOGA CUDAMANYUPANISHAD
1. 4-5
आसनं द्विविधं प्रोक्तं पद्मं वज्रासनं
तथा ॥ ४ ॥
ऊर्ध्वोरुपरि चेद्धत्ते उभे पादतले यथा ।
पद्मासनं भवेदेतत् सर्वपापप्रणाशनम् ॥
५ ॥
ĀSANAM DVIVIDHAṂ PROKTAṂ
PADMAṂ VAJRĀSANAṂ TATHĀ ॥ 4 ॥
ŪRDHVORUPARI CEDDHATTE UBHE
PĀDATALE YATHĀ |
PADMĀSANAṂ BHEVEDETAT
SARVAPĀPAPRAṆĀŚANAM ॥ 5 ॥
AKASHIC REVELATION
POSTURES ARE SAID TO BE OF TWO
KINDS: THE PADMASANA AND THE
VAJRASANA. WHEN ONE PLACES THE
SOLES OF HIS FEET OVER THE TWO
THIGHS (CROSSWISE, THE RIGHT SOLE
OVER THE LEFT THIGH AND THE LEFT
SOLE OVER THE RIGHT THIGH), THIS
BECOMES THE PADMA POSTURE,
WHICH DESTROYS ALL SIN.
PRANAYAMA
SITALI KUMBHAKA
APTA PRAMANA
HATHATATVAKAUMADI 10. 16
वक्त्रेण सीत्कारपूर्वकं वायुं गृहीत्वा
यथाशक्ति
कुम्भयित्वा नासाभ्यां रेचयेत् ।
तेन क्षुत्तृष्णालस्यनिद्रा न जायन्ते
सीत्कारप्राणायाममाह - वक्त्रेणेति ॥
VAKTREṆA SĪTKĀRAPŪRVAKAṂ VĀYUṂ
GṚHĪTVĀ YATHĀŚAKTI KUMBHAYITVĀ
NĀSĀBHYĀṂ RECAYET |
TENA KṢUTTṚṢṆĀLASYANIDRĀ NA
JĀYANTE SĪTKĀRAPRĀṆĀYĀMAMĀHA-
VAKTREṆETI ॥
AKASHIC REVELATION
ONE DRAWS THE TONGUE OUT TO PRESS
THEM AGAINST THE TEETH AND TAKES
THE AIR IN. THEN HE SLOWLY LEAVES
THE AIR OUT THROUGH THE ROOF OF
NOSE AS BEFORE TILL HE FEELS THE
SENSATION AT THE TIP OF THE HAIR
AND NAILS.
MUDRA
ŚAMBHAVI MUDRA
ŚĀSTRA PRAMĀṆA - शास्त्र प्रमाण
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 MOKṢAPHALADAM ॥ 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 ŚAMBHAVI-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
MAHAMUDRA BANDHA
ŚĀSTRA PRAMĀṆA - शास्त्र प्रमाण
DHYANABINDUPANISAD 91-93
शोधनं मलजालानां घटनं चन्द्रसूर्ययोः ॥ ९१ ॥
सानां शोषणं सम्यङ् महामुद्राभिधीयते ॥ ९२ ॥
वक्षोन्यस्तहनुर्निपीड्य सुषिरं योनेश्च
वामाङ्घ्रिणा
हस्ताभ्यामनुधारयन् प्रविततं पादं तथा
दक्षिणम् ।
आपूर्य श्वसनेन कुक्षियुगलं बध्वा शनै रेचयेदेषा
पातुकनाशिनी ननु महामुद्रा नृणां प्रोच्यते ॥ ९३ ॥
ŚODHANAṂ MALAJĀLĀNĀṂ GHAṬANAṂ
CANDRASŪRYAYOḤ ॥ 91 ॥
RASĀNĀṂ ŚOṢAṆAṂ
SAMYAṄ MAHĀMUDRĀBHIDHĪYATE ॥ 92 ॥
VAKṢONYASTAHANURNIPĪḌYA SUṢIRAṂ YONEŚCA
VĀMĀṄGHRĪṆĀ
HASYĀBHYĀMANUDHĀRAYAN PRAVITATAṂ
PĀDAṂ TATHĀ DAKṢIṆAM |
ĀPŪRYA ŚVASANENA KUKṢIYUGALAṂ BADHVĀ
ŚANAI RECAYEDEṢĀ
PĀTAKANAŚINĪ NANU MAHĀMUDRĀ NṜṆĀṂ
PROCYATE ॥ 93 ॥
AKASHIC REVELATION
THE CLEANSING (WITH THE
PRANAYAMA) OF THE HEAPS OF
IMPURITIES (IN THE NADIS), THE
BRINGING ABOUT OF THE UNION
BETWEEN THE MOON AND THE SUN,
THE COMPLETE DRYING UP OF THE
BODILY FLUIDS, RASAS (VAATA, PITTA
AND KAPHA), IS KNOWN AS THE
MAHĀMUDRĀ. WITH THE CHIN LAID
ON THE CHEST, PRESSING THE ABYSS OF
THE GENITALS WITH THE LEFT FOOT,
HOLDING WITH THE TWO HANDS THE
OUTSTRETCHED RIGHT LEG, FILLING
WITH BREATH THE PAIR OF BELLIES
AND HOLDING IT UP, ONE SHOULD
SLOWLY EXHALE IT. THIS INDEED IS
SAID TO BE THE SIN-DESTROYING
MAHA-MUDRA FOR MEN.