{"id":722,"date":"2020-02-08T09:58:03","date_gmt":"2020-02-08T09:58:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/matsyendranatha.com\/?p=722"},"modified":"2020-02-08T13:56:39","modified_gmt":"2020-02-08T13:56:39","slug":"reflections-on-the-origin-of-the-name-of-the-three-bandhas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/matsyendranatha.com\/?p=722","title":{"rendered":"Reflections on the origin of the name of the three bandhas"},"content":{"rendered":"

Why do the three famous bandhas<\/em>, that are often used in pr\u0101\u1e47\u0101y\u0101ma<\/em>, have the following names:\u00a0j\u0101landhara-bandha<\/em>,\u00a0u\u1e0d\u1e0diy\u0101na-bandha<\/em>,\u00a0m\u016bla-bandha<\/em>?<\/p>\n

Personally, I believe that these names in ha\u1e6dhayoga<\/em>, like many other things, could come from tantrism<\/em>. The aim of these bandhas<\/em> in yoga<\/em> is to unite the pr\u0101\u1e47as<\/em> within the su\u1e63um\u1e47\u0101<\/em> channel, which leads to the control of pr\u0101\u1e47a<\/em> and consciousness (i.e. contemplation). There are four famous \u015baktip\u012b\u1e6dhas<\/em> in tantrism<\/em>, such as\u00a0k\u0101mar\u016bp\u0101<\/em>,\u00a0j\u0101landhara<\/em>,\u00a0u\u1e0d\u1e0diy\u0101na<\/em> and\u00a0p\u016br\u1e47\u0101giri<\/em>. Many tantras<\/em> describe them not only as geographical places in India and as those that are in the central triangle of yantras<\/em>, but also as located in our body, in various cakras<\/em>. For example, k\u0101mar\u016bp\u0101<\/em>, which is associated with Sat\u012b’s<\/em> yoni<\/em> (one of the main places for tantra practitioners) is located in Guwahati of Assam State. In a way, this is the main place for tantrikas<\/em> and \u015baktas<\/em>, so when we say ‘m\u016bla<\/em>‘, we can translate this as \u201croot\u201d and as \u201cmain.\u201d According to Yoga-c\u016b\u1e0d\u0101ma\u1e47yupani\u1e63ad<\/em> (7), Gorak\u1e63a-\u015batakam<\/em> (10), Sidhda-sidhd\u0101nta-padhdati<\/em> (2-1) and a number of other texts, this p\u012b\u1e6dha<\/em> in our body is in the area of \u200b\u200bm\u016bl\u0101dh\u0101ra-cakra<\/em>. This fully corresponds to what associated with m\u016bla-bandha<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Take other examples with pithas<\/em>, for example, in Kaulaj\u00f1\u0101nanir\u1e47aya<\/em> (8.20-22) j\u0101landhara-p\u012b\u1e6dha<\/em> is located in the root cakra<\/em>, although according to the SSP<\/em>, it is located in the head region. In any case, j\u0101landhara-bandha<\/em> is what directs upward the flow of pr\u0101\u1e47a going into the cakras<\/em>, like u\u1e0d\u1e0diy\u0101na-bandha<\/em>, which means the movement of pr\u0101\u1e47a<\/em> in su\u1e63um\u1e47\u0101<\/em> and upwards. Obviously, it is connected with u\u1e0d\u1e0diy\u0101na-p\u012b\u1e6dha<\/em>, regardless of the fact that different texts have it in different ways. This special p\u012b\u1e6dha<\/em> in tantrism<\/em>, the center of any yantra<\/em>, is also venerated by the Gurus<\/em>, from whom comes the tradition in which this practice is used. For Buddhists, this is also a very significant place where many great masters came from. If we talk about \u0101j\u00f1\u0101-cakra<\/em>, then it means “following the will of the Guru<\/em>“, his transmission. But, for this we must direct ourselves from the bottom up to him. This is the dissolution of their lower nature in the Divine, thereby sublimating this nature. Of course, when we do\u00a0u\u1e0d\u1e0diy\u0101na-bandha<\/em>, we work on the entire abdomen, lifting pr\u0101\u1e47a<\/em> up through su\u1e63um\u1e47\u0101<\/em>. The fourth, p\u016br\u1e47\u0101giri-p\u012b\u1e6dha<\/em>, is also located differently according to different texts, somewhere in the crown of the head, somewhere in an\u0101hata-cakra<\/em>, etc. It means the completeness arising from the fusion of different energies. Usually, p\u012b\u1e6dhas<\/em>\u00a0in tantrism<\/em>, as sacred places in India, are associated with the performance of some sacred processes in our body. If we say this in relation to yoga<\/em>, then our fragmented, imperfect vital energy (asiddha-pr\u0101\u1e47a<\/em>) becomes perfect (siddha-pr\u0101\u1e47a<\/em>) when it makes a \u201cpilgrimage\u201d to different areas within su\u1e63um\u1e47\u0101<\/em>. Thus, we are immersed in dhy\u0101na<\/em> within ourselves.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Why do the three famous bandhas, that are often used in pr\u0101\u1e47\u0101y\u0101ma, have the following names:\u00a0j\u0101landhara-bandha,\u00a0u\u1e0d\u1e0diy\u0101na-bandha,\u00a0m\u016bla-bandha? Personally, I believe that these names in ha\u1e6dhayoga, like many other things, could come from tantrism. The aim of these bandhas in yoga is … 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":[158],"tags":[159,75,160,36,31],"class_list":["post-722","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bandha","tag-bandhas","tag-cakras","tag-pihas","tag-tantra","tag-yoga"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/matsyendranatha.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/722","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=722"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/matsyendranatha.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/722\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":724,"href":"https:\/\/matsyendranatha.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/722\/revisions\/724"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/matsyendranatha.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=722"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matsyendranatha.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=722"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matsyendranatha.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=722"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}