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followed on the basis of self-surrender (saraņa) and devotion (bhakti) coupled with the necessary energy of self-realisation (šakti). It emphasizes a synthesis of discipline and devotion. The Kaivalyakalavallari of Sarpabhūşana Sivayogi is a poetic presentation of the four types of Yoga, showing their inherent defects. 88
Hathayoga may enable one to control the bodily and mental functions and make it possible for one to get paranormal powers. It does not lead us to the path of spiritual progress. In his advice to Gorakşa, Allama Prabhu exhorts him to give up the acrobatics of physical and mental exercises, which may stupefy human beings but will not lead to the path of spiritual progress Men practising Hathayoga cannot be convinced of their folly, as a blind man cannot see his image in the mirror.89
The same can be said of those practising Mantrayoga. Those who practise Mantrayoga through the incantations of hymns, like Om, Om namaḥ śivāya etc., practise suitable Āsanas and at specific times of the day. But it will lead to mechanical development of certain types of mental habit and not to the final spiritual progress. In the Layayoga one practises concentration of mind on an image of a God or any object of concentration by the physiological processes, idā, pingaļā and nāļi.“ This is a lower form of concentration which is analogous to
38. Sri Sarpabhusana Sivayogi : Kaivalyakalpavallari III Yogaprasthāna 39. Prabhulingalile of Câmarasa. edited by Basavanal, Goraksana
gati. 19-stanza 20. (Kannada) "tannanariyada mandamatigaliginnu
peraranthasta vembudu kannakanada kuruda kannadividida terananie.. 40. gati 19-stanza 20, nohadali māyāprapamcina d-hasiddhiya padeda
nimbi gâhivindali vajrapindas arira phalisidode ühisuvodă pralayanu samdehavillade geluveyo sud u dehasiddhiyanenutalā prabhu khandeyava
bisuta. 41. Jnanajyoti - edited by Shri Santalingswāmy and Prof. B. C. Javali
(1963) p. 24. Yoga and givayoga (Kannada). Also refer to Sivayoga pradipike of Shri Channa Sadasiva Yogindra with commentary Virašaiva-grantha-prakašika No. 9 (1913) p. 14.
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