Nada Yoga
Swami Satyananda Saraswati
From lectures to students of the first International Yoga Teachers Training Course at Munger, 1967-68.
Nada Bindu Upanishad
Shurangama Sutra
The ÅšÅ"raá¹…gama SÅ"tra, often spelled Shurangama Sutra or Surangama Sutra in English, is a Mahayana sutra and one of the main texts used in the Chán school in Chinese Buddhism.
THE NADA
Earlier on in these talks, we mentioned that the reason for the performing the seven steps of Hatha yoga was to enable the aspirant to hear the inner sounds: the Dada.
nada: lit. "sound; tone; vibration." Metaphysically, the mystic sounds of the Eternal, of which the highest is the transcendent or Soundless Sound, Paranada, the first vibration from which creation emanates.
Nada ("sound"): the inner sound, as it can be heard through the practice of nada yoga or kundalini yoga.
Nada: Inner sounds that may be heard during advanced stages of meditation; nada may take the form of sounds such as bells, the blowing of a conch, and thunder.
Nada - Anahata Sound.
Nadi - Astral tube that carries Prana.
Nahabat - Music tower---a small octagonal building, the first floor room of which was the Holy Mother's residence during her stay at the Dakshineshwar temple gardens.
Nada that is heard through the ears is of ten kinds. The first is the sound ‘Chini' (like the pronunciation of the word); the second is ‘Chini-chini'; the third is the sound of a bell; the fourth is that of a conch; ...
NADA: Mystic sound.
NIRODHA: Control or restraint.
NIRVANA: Liberation; final emancipation.
NIRVIKALPA-SAMADHI: Superconscious state where there is no modification of the mind or Triputi.
NADA:
Spontaneous inner sounds that may be heard during advanced stages of meditation; nada may take the form of sounds such as bells, the blowing of a conch, and thunder.
NADI:
A channel in the subtle body through which the vital force flows.
NADA YOGA
The unitive discipline of the inner sound, a practice closely associated with original Hatha-Yoga
PANCADASHANGA YOGA ...
Nada"Anahata Sound.
Nadi"Astral tube that carries Prana.
Nasikagra Drishti"Vision at the tip of the nose.
Nauli"Purificatory exercise of abdominal region.
Neti"The exercise for cleaning the nostrils.
Nididhyasana"Profound meditation.
With practice at Nada Yoga, your listening skills will improve, and you will become more sensitive not only to music and sound, but to the subtle emotions and energies within yourself and in others.
This vibration is called nada or nadam, cosmic music. Plato called it the "music of the spheres", the music of Nature. It is known as OM. It is the voice of silence. OM is the eternal name of the Absolute consciousness, I-AM.
Mantra meditation is often called " Mantra Yoga", considered to be a part of "Nada Yoga", which means the "yoga of sound".
This Pranayama increases psychic sensitivity and awareness of subtle sound vibrations, this proves to be useful for Nada Mediatation. This is useful in removing stress and mental problems like anxiety, depression, anger etc.
The five elements that form the foundation of each class are: scripture, bhakti (devotion to God), ahimsa (nonviolence and compassion), nada yoga (deep listening), and meditation (connection with the unchanging reality within).
Achievement of mental stability arouses the dormant divine power in human being called kundalini. Arousal of the dormant divine power enables hearing the subtle sounds (nada) and absorption of the mind in the state of samadhi.
This draws a strong connection between healing on both a mental, emotional, and physical level using the Hamsa Gayatri. According to the Hamsa Upanishad of the Shukla Yajur Veda, when hamsa is absorbed in nada (sound), ...
 See also: Yoga, Mind, Body, Meditation, Ananda
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