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close the nostrils. Having known Vayu, the abovementioned bindu and Satwa-prakriti as well as the six Chakras (plexuses), one sbould enter the SukaMandala (viz., Sahasraram or Pineal gland, the sphere of happiness). There are six plexuses (Chakras). Muladhara (Sacral plexus) is in the anus; Swadhisthtata (Prostatic plexus) is near the genital organ; Manipriraka (Epigastric plexus) is in the navel; Anähata (Cardiac plexus) is in the heart; Vishudhi (Laryngeal Pharyngeal plexus) is at the root of the neck, and Agneya (Cavernous plexus) is in the head (between the two eyebrows). Having known these six Mandalas (spheres), one should enter the Sukhamandala (Pineal gland), drawing up the Vayu and should send it (Vayu) upwards. He who practises thus (the control of) Vayu becomes one with Brahmanda (the macrocosm), He should practise (or master) Vayu, bindu, Chitta and Chackra.
Yogis attain nectar through Samadhi alone. Just as the fire latent in (sacrificial) wood does not appear without churning, so the fire of wisdom does not arise without Abhyasa yoga (or the practice of yoga). The fire placed in a vessel does not give light outside. When the vessel is broken, its light appears without. One's body is spoken of as the vessel, and the seat of "That" is the fire [or ligbt] within; and when it [the body] is broken through the words of a guru, the light of Brahma-gyana [Higher wisdom] becomes
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