Vachaspati describes Measured by 36 Matras, is the first attempt (Udghata), which is mild. Twice that is the second, which is middling. Thrice that is the third, which is the intense. This is the Pranayama as measured by number.
1. Sri Vachana BhUshaNam 2. Mumukshuppadi 3. Tattvathrayam 4. AchArya Hrudhayam 5. Jn~Ana Saaram 6. PramEya Saaram 7. PeriyAzhwAr Thirumozhi 8. RaamAnuja NooRRanthAdhi
(B) Three granthams known as PramANa Thirattu are: ...
It is a Kavacha; a kind of armour that you put on. This armour will protect you from danger of every kind. It will protect you and also all those whom you want to be protected.
They are to be practiced by thought ( Manasa), Word ( Vacha) and Deed ( Karmana) till a yogi is SET ( established) in these virtues as indicated in following sutras.
If you fear that you have many enemies, do Devi Kavacha Path. This japa brings about a subjective change in the practitioner.
With constant following of the truth and the commensurate behaviour, one gets vachasiddhi. That means without performing any religious rites, the results of the karma accrue to him and to others due to his speech and blessings.
Asteya (Honesty): ...
- The following purification mantra is e.g. used when one takes a bath (from the Garuda Purana, cited in Hari-bhakti-vilâsa 3.47); It belongs to the nârâyana kavacha shield of mantra's used to ward of fear (see 6.8: 4-6).
The basic texts of Raja Yoga are Patanjali's Yoga Sutras, the Yogabhashya of Vyasa and the Tattvavaisharadi of Vachaspati Mishra. Hatha Yoga was formulated by Gorakshanatha, who lived around 1200 C.E.
Let us recall the age-old dictum from Ramayana 'Pran Jayi Par Vachan Na Jayi'. (One should keep his word even at the cost of his life). King Dasaratha died crying for Rama but never compromised with the Truth.
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