SIDDHASANA
This text was machine-transcribed from the printed book and may contain errors. Select the words and choose “Report a mistake”.
Pranayama
Samana Kumbhaka
Kumbhaka Paddhati 62
Bandha
Mula Bandha
Yoga Sikh Upanishad
Japa
Om Nithyananda ParamaShivoham
- Maintain the same position as Muktasana.
- Switch gaze to third eye.
Visualize Swamiji, The Supreme Pontiff of Hinduism
Gaze
Mudra
Shambhavi Mudra
Mandala Brahmana-
Upanishad Verse 3.5
Asana
SIDDHASANA
Āpta Pramāṇa
Hatharatnavali 3.23 – 29
स्थाणुः संयमितेन्द्रियोऽचलदृशा पश्यन् भ्रुवोरन्तरं
चैतन्मोक्षकपाट भेदनकरं सिद्धासनं प्रोच्यते
॥ २५॥ मतान्तरे तु
मेढ्रादुपरि निःक्षिप्य सव्यं गुल्फं तथोपरि ॥
गुल्फान्तं तु निःक्षिप्य सिद्धाः सिद्धासनं
विदुः ॥ २६॥ एतत्सिद्धासनं प्राहुरन्ये
वज्रासनं विदुः ॥ मुक्तासनं वदन्त्यन्ये
प्राहुर्गुप्तासनं परे ॥ २७॥ ब्रह्मचारी
मिताहारी त्यागी योगपरायणः ॥ अब्दादूर्ध्वं
भवेत्सिद्धो नात्र कार्या विचारणा ॥ २८॥
sthāṇuḥ myamitendriyo'caladṛśā paśyan
bhuvorantaram caitanmokṣakapāṭa bhedanakam
siddhāsanam procyate ॥25॥ matāntare tu -
meḍhrādupari niḥkṣipya savyam gulpham tathopari
॥gulphāntaṃ tu niḥkṣipya siddhāḥ siddhāsanam
viduḥ ॥26॥ etatsiddhāsanaṃ prāhuranye
vajrāsanaṃ viduḥ ॥muktāsanaṃ vadantyanye
prāhurguptāsanaṃ pare ॥27॥brahmacārī mitāhārī
tyāgī yogaparāyaṇaḥ ॥
abdādūrdhva bhavetsiddho nātra kāryā vicāraṇā ॥
28॥
AKASHIC REVELATION
One should press the heel firmly
against the perineum and place the
other foot over the genitals. He
should remain straight and steady,
control the senses, and keep the
gaze fixed between the eyebrows.
This is siddhasana, which opens the
door to liberation (moksa). 25 One
places the left ankle over the genital
and the other ankle over the first
one. According to the siddhas, this
is siddhasana. 26
This same siddhasana is variously
known as vajrasana, muktasana and
guptasana by others. 27
There is no doubt that one, who
observes celibacy, consumes
moderate food, is detached (to
worldly objects) and devoted to yoga,
attains success after one year. 28
Pranayama
SAMANA KUMBHKAKA
Āpta Pramāṇa
Kumbhaka Paddhatih 62
नाभावापूर्य वायुश्-चेद्-देहे
व्याप्य विधरितः
कुम्भिते ज्वलनं ध्यायेत्
समानस्र्य तु कुम्भकः
nābhāvāpūrya vāyuś-ced-
dehe vyāpya vidhāritaḥ
kumbhite jvalanaṃ dhyāyet
samānasya tu Kumbhakaḥ
AKASHIC REVELATION
When this vayu is filled up
into the navel and held
with concentration on fire,
it is Samana-Kumbhaka.
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
śāmbhavī 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
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 sampīḍya
vāyumākuñcayed balāt |vāraṃ
vāraṃ yathā cordhvaṃ
samāyāti samīraṇaḥ ॥ 104 ॥
prāṇāpānau nāndabindū
mūlabandhena caikatāṃ| 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.
113.