{"id":491,"date":"2018-05-29T13:41:58","date_gmt":"2018-05-29T13:41:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/matsyendranatha.com\/?p=491"},"modified":"2018-05-29T13:41:58","modified_gmt":"2018-05-29T13:41:58","slug":"the-signs-of-the-progress-in-pra%e1%b9%87ayama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/matsyendranatha.com\/?p=491","title":{"rendered":"The signs of the progress in pr\u0101\u1e47\u0101y\u0101ma"},"content":{"rendered":"

Different texts give the different signs of the progress in pr\u0101\u1e47\u0101y\u0101ma<\/em>. The most famous is the division of the levels into the duration of the breath holding, namely \u0915\u0928\u093f\u0937\u094d\u0920 kani\u1e63\u1e6dha<\/em> (short period), \u092e\u0927\u094d\u092f\u092e madhyama<\/em> (medium) and \u0909\u0924\u094d\u0924\u092e uttama<\/em> (high). The yogin<\/em> controls sweating (\u0938\u094d\u0935\u0947\u0926 sveda<\/em>) on the first one, trembling in the body (\u0915\u092e\u094d\u092a kampa<\/em>) on the middle and on the highest, according to the Ghera\u1e47\u1e0da Sa\u1e43hit\u0101<\/em> (5-56), “earth abandonment” is happening or levitation (\u092d\u0942\u092e\u093f \u0924\u094d\u092f\u093e\u0917 bh\u016bmi ty\u0101ga<\/em>). In other texts for example, in the description of the third stage, it is said about “fatigue”, “melancholy” (\u0935\u093f\u0937\u093e\u0926 vi\u1e63\u0101da<\/em>), but since “triumph” (\u091c\u092f jaya<\/em>) is used in relation to the three conditions, so it is about “conquering the gravity”, above “fatigue”, i.e. in contrast to the lightness. Therefore \u092d\u0942\u092e\u093f \u0924\u094d\u092f\u093e\u0917 bh\u016bmi ty\u0101ga<\/em> can be understood not necessarily as a physical levitation, but more often as an “easy state,” although in some cases one cannot exclude the other.<\/p>\n

Some t<\/em>antras<\/em>, for example, the \u0100gamarahasya-tantra<\/em> or M\u0101rka\u1e47\u1e0deya-pur\u0101\u1e47a<\/em> (Ch. 36) give a similar description, the K\u016brma-pur\u0101\u1e47a<\/em> (2.36, 21-26) says about the four processes of progress in pr\u0101\u1e47\u0101y\u0101ma<\/em>. They are as following:<\/p>\n

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  1. \u0927\u094d\u0935\u0938\u094d\u0924\u093f dhvasti<\/em> \u2013 the cessation of attachment to the fruits of good and bad actions.<\/li>\n
  2. \u092a\u094d\u0930\u093e\u092a\u094d\u0924\u093f pr\u0101pti<\/em> \u2013 independence from such conditions as k\u0101ma, lobha, moha<\/em>; abandonment of the wishes of the ordinary (\u0910\u0939\u093f\u0915 aihika<\/em>) and other (\u0905\u092e\u0941\u0937\u094d\u092e\u093f\u0928\u094d amu\u1e63min<\/em>) worlds. Acquisition of the abandonment of all desires (\u0938\u094d\u092f\u093e\u0924\u094d\u0938\u0930\u094d\u0935\u0915\u093e\u092e\u093f\u0915\u0940 sy\u0101tsarvak\u0101mik\u012b<\/em>).<\/li>\n
  3. \u0938\u0902\u0935\u093f\u0926\u094d sa\u1e43vid<\/em> \u2013 knowledge (comprehension) of the past (\u0905\u0924\u0940\u0924 at\u012bta<\/em>), the future (\u0905\u0928\u093e\u0917\u0924 an\u0101gata<\/em>), nearest and remote objects, the moon, the sun, the planets, etc. (of the macrocosm).<\/li>\n
  4. \u092a\u094d\u0930\u0938\u093e\u0926 pras\u0101da<\/em> \u2013 realisation of “mercy”, “divine grace” thanks to which the mind, feelings, senses and five pranas are appeased.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    There is a description of the other four elements closely associated with the four aforementioned in the pur\u0101\u1e47a<\/em>, for example in the V\u0101yu-pur\u0101\u1e47a<\/em> (11.4 – 11) and in the cases where they are quoted by tantras accordingly.<\/p>\n

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    1. \u0936\u093e\u0928\u094d\u0924\u093f \u015b\u0101nti<\/em> \u2013 getting rid of imperfections (\u092a\u093e\u092a p\u0101pa<\/em>).<\/li>\n
    2. \u092a\u094d\u0930\u0936\u093e\u0928\u094d\u0924\u093f pra\u015b\u0101nti<\/em> \u2013 perfection in speech, elimination of the problems associated with the father, mother and other relatives (\u092a\u093f\u0924\u0943\u092e\u093e\u0924\u0943\u092a\u094d\u0930\u0926\u0941\u0937\u094d\u091f\u093e\u0928\u093e\u0902 <\/span>pit\u1e5bm\u0101t\u1e5bpradu\u1e63\u1e6d\u0101n\u0101\u1e43<\/em>).<\/span><\/li>\n
    3. \u0926\u0940\u092a\u094d\u0924\u093f d\u012bpti<\/em> \u2013 enlightened vision, the vision of the past and the future, comprehension of the objects of the universe (the sun, the moon, etc.).<\/span><\/li>\n
    4. \u092a\u094d\u0930\u0938\u093e\u0926 pra\u015b\u0101da<\/em> \u2013 an appeasement of the five <\/span>pr\u0101\u1e47a<\/em>, the mind, the senses and their objects of perception.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      Different texts give the different signs of the progress in pr\u0101\u1e47\u0101y\u0101ma. The most famous is the division of the levels into the duration of the breath holding, namely \u0915\u0928\u093f\u0937\u094d\u0920 kani\u1e63\u1e6dha (short period), \u092e\u0927\u094d\u092f\u092e madhyama (medium) and \u0909\u0924\u094d\u0924\u092e uttama (high). The … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[41,27,31],"class_list":["post-491","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-praayama","tag-natha","tag-praayama","tag-yoga"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/matsyendranatha.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/491","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/matsyendranatha.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/matsyendranatha.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matsyendranatha.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matsyendranatha.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=491"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/matsyendranatha.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/491\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":492,"href":"https:\/\/matsyendranatha.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/491\/revisions\/492"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/matsyendranatha.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=491"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matsyendranatha.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=491"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matsyendranatha.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=491"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}