Theory of Karman in Indian Thought

SR No.: 011109
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Koshelya Walli
Publisher: Bharat Manisha
Publication Year: 1977
Total Pages: 377
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 17 MB

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the head. When this is done, the dying person should remember the Divine and repeat the holy syllable of AUM which represents Brahma. Such a person when he departs from the body attains to the supreme aid. In the paper on 'fasa' और परमपद' 2 there is an elaborate attempt to describe the Karmas of a dying person. In this paper it has been pointed out that the closing of the nine doors of the body can be successfully attempted by the yogic kriya. It is said that with the help of a particular mudra, the rectal avenue may be easily supressed. A practice of the mudra for a short while creates in this body a sense of concentration when a knowledge of the outer world is prevented from coming into being. In due time it is followed by what is technically known as (withdrawal of the senses) but it should be remembered that before the action of this mudra commences, the person should practise prāṇāyāma beginning with pūraka followed by Kumbhaka. After the air is suspended, the action of the mudra should be commenced. If kumbhaka is performed successfully, the Samanavayu becomes strong. In consequence of this, the entire nervous system of the body (higher, lower and oblique nāḍīs) becomes unified and equalised with the Suşumnā. At that time, the vital energies flowing in those Nadīs come to be equilibrated and assumes the form of the prāna. This is technically known as the equilibrium of the nāḍīs. There after the person has to meditate on the suşumnā as an upward flowing stream. The suṣumna is within the centre of the physical body. It rises from the navel region upto the Brahmarandhra and even beyond it to the centre of Šakti. As a result of this practice all nāḍīs and all the granthis beginning with the heart are suspended and under the influence of meditation comes into the full bloom and begins to flow upwards. The vital energy in the different centres like the heart, throat and palate etc. have lost the straight motion
: 1. Bhagavad Gita VIII. 11. to 12.
2. भारतीय संस्कृति और साधना, Vol. I. pp. 463-475