Key of Knowledge

SR No.: 006702
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Champat Rai Jain
Publisher: ZZZ Unknown
Publication Year: 1919
Total Pages: 1204
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 25 MB

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THE KEY OF KNOWLEDGE.
the muladhara to the plexus in the head; but in order to do so, the Spiritual current must pass upwards through the hollow tube of the Sushumna, energizing all the nervous plexi on the way, thus enlivening him from within. When the current reaches the brain, the individual becomes perfect like Shiva. Man can achieve this muchcoveted consummation by mentally bathing at this confluence of the Ganges, the Jumna and the Saraswati daily, if possible, constantly. The supposed Tribeni at Allahabad, in the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh, is an ingenious symbolism for this confluence of the three spiritual currents, though its esoteric import being unknown to the generality of men, it is now resorted to by all classes of Hindus as a place of pilgrimage.*
The garland of skulls worn by Shiva is probably iutended to suggest the destructive element in pure Self-contemplation, since all kinds of good and evil tendencies have to be destroyed for spiritual emancipation. It is worthy of note that virtue is as much a cause of bondage as vice, though the fruit of the former is pleasant and of the latter bitter, and, at times, very painful.
The constant consort of this great god, Shiva, is Parvati, who is the daughter of Himalayas. But it would be foolish to take the Himalayas as a mountain; the goddess represents that highly desired state of the soul which arises from steady, immutable dhyâna (concentration of mind). According to the 'Per
* For the secret import of the names of the other sacred places of the Hindus and for a proper appreciation of Hindu Mythology in general, the reader is referred to the comprehensive work, "The Permanent History of Bharatavarsha,' by K. Narayana Iyer, B.A.