Synthesis of Yoga in Lingayatism

SR No.: 250387
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: N G Mahadevappa
Publisher: N G Mahadevappa
Total Pages: 16
Language: English
Classification: Article & Yoga
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hasrära, which su
r
rounds the śünya-linga. Sometimes six synonyms
e
ly, Brahma (Abhava), Visnu, Rudra. Isvara Sadi
vix lingas, respectiv
(Śäntyatīta)37.
This does not mean
that there are seven Lingas in each person and inn
have innumerable L i ngas. If that were so, it would contradict the I. theism. Nor does it in c an that Linga exists only in special narts
it w o u ld contradict the theory of omnipresent Linga. W nens is that one Lin e a existing in different cakras has different names3
on the cakras a r e the subtle forms of sakti, it should become clear ng is surrounded by th e same sakti. The cakras are only places ciling which one can nnystically intuit Linga. One who reali buvalu (space
o r cid-bayalu (spiritual space) is certain that ther nart o f the body and another so far as the existence of L
Tantada S iddhalinga Sivayogi, a great yogi of the 15" centur il there be any differen c e between a tree and its branches? Can there
ference between a body and its organs? ... For one who consumes the prasina band, mouth and al1 o ther organs of the body are pervaded by Linga”39.
inoi or ser-varga-lingi (one who has established Linga all ov person) experiences brillian t light, which he identifies with Linga". That is why Vacana writers call it Jyotirlinga.
According to some, m e ditation may begin with drstiyoga or gazing a stalinga placed on one's p a lm after its worship. The gazi concentration such that the im a ge of the iştalinga in imprinted on the mind. This
to meditation . When the image of the istalinga imprinted on mind occupies the whole b o d y it is called prāṇalinga. The extension of medita results in the individual soul 's identification with Linoa 42
The five airs (prāņa, a p āna, samāna, udāna and vyāna) operate in two way: annan who has not undergon e training in asana, prānāyāma and various bandhas. t onerate in such a way that h e is dominated by various selfish desires and is Jo morally astray, whereas the same airs can be spiritually helpful in a man who undergone Hatha-yogic discipline. But Şat-sthala-yoga, which aime spiritual benefits without prescribing the complicated, laborious and time-consum
thayogic discipline, has disco vered drstiyoga, which is based on the theory that