Granthi

Granthi - Knot. Gunas - Literally means qualities or attributes. According to the Samkhya philosophy, Prakriti (nature), in contrast with Purusha (soul), consists of three gunas known as sattva, rajas, and tamas.

granthi: Sanskrit word meaning knot; attachment. guhya: Sanskrit word meaning "hidden" or "secret" guhyavidya (Sanskrit word meaning "secret science"): Kriya Yoga, which is personally from the teacher to the qualified disciple.

granthi: lit. "knot." Psychospiritual blockages of energy or currents within the body, the removal of which is necessary for self-realization. gross body: physical body.

Granthi ("knot") - any one of three common blockages in the central pathway (sushumnâ-nâdî) preventing the full ascent of the serpent power (kundalinî-shakti); ...

Rudra granthi - psychic knot or block between ajna and sahasrara chakras ...

The Vishnu Granthi (knot) can be broken through in this manner so that Vishnu Loka is revealed.

Granthi: Blockages of energy within the body. Literally, a "knot". In order to experience self-realization, the knots must be released. Grihastha: A person at the second of the four stages of life, the stage of the householder. Gunam: Inner beauty.

This Chakra is called the Brahmagranthi (or knot of Brahma). The piercing of this Chakra may involve considerable pain, physical disorder, and even disease.

At first in his Brahmagranthi there is produced soon a hole or passage.

The practice of bandhas addresses the granthis. Moola bandha(7) lifts energy and begins the process of bringing repressed experiences into conscious awareness.

Near this Linga is the golden region known as Kula and the presiding deity is Dakini (Shakti). Brahma Granthi or the knot of Brahma is in this Chakra. Vishnu Granthi and Rudra Granthi are in the Anahata and Ajna Chakras.

Mula bandha is said to cut through brahma granthi, the energetic knot of our resistance to change, which lies in mula-dhara chakra. On the physical level, practicing mula bandha creates attentiveness in the supportive musculature of the pelvis.

lead to immediate salvation - it is not a question of tomorrow but (in our case there is a big 'But') the karmas that we have performed in the previous births are sitting inside our mind like a knot, hard knot in the form of Brahma-granthi, ...

The concepts of kundalini, Granthi and Nadis as enumerated by our ancient rishis and munis have also been looked into. Each Chakra then has been described with emphasis on the mental and physical issues.

See also: Body, Mind, Yoga, Brahma, Prana