Siddha Siddhanta Paddhati

Author(s): Kalyani Mallik
Publisher: Poona Oriental Book House Poona

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When the sound, i.e., ar is heard in the Brahmasthāna, the sankhini nerve showers nectar ; thereby the six cakras are purified (liberated) and knowledge' is manifested. By this 'lamp of knowledge' one can know God, and on knowing Him one should offer to Him the flower' which is his mind and thus worship Him. God should be known as the Self, because the formless is manifest everywhere in form. Also a man by breathing 1600 times a day, utters the hairsa mantra, thereby saying "I am He" (1.29). Siva resides in the space between the eyebrows in the form of jyoti i.e. light and the brahmasthāna (mentioned above) is free from either heat or cold.
3. AMARAUGHA PROBODHA This MS. is that of a work by Gorakhnāth. It mentions the names of Ādināth, Minanāth and Chaurangināth as siddhas.
The distinctive features of the four yogas, laya, hatha, mantra, and rīja are mentioned. The rājayoga is divided into two sections --- ośadhi and ūdhyāt maka. Hatha is also of two kinds. Perfection and stability of the body or Effects cannot be attained without rājayoga (1.8). The aghori who performs various acts, is unable to obtain a perfect body. The mind should be controlled to enable one to control the vital air (1.9).
Note : This couplet is also found in Hathayoga Pradipika (4.14) with a slight variation in the second line, where sahajoli is mentioned.
Next is mentioned a book, 'Sri Samputa,' in which Siva tells Parvati, his consort, that 'time' is not greater than the 'soul.' Medicines cannot save one ; the great physicians, Caraka and others have all died. Bindu and Nāda are the two great medicines which are present in every human being ; those who have no Guru and are unaware of these, naturally face death (1.12, 13).
There is only one Amaraugha which is known as Rajayoga (1.17).
The four kinds of śişyas and the four yogas are then described. How Käyasiddhi is obtained (1.28), what are the mahāmudrā and mahābandha, where is kedār, and what is trivēni (1.35), how the four pīțhas are penetrated by the vital air (1:39) etc., are all given.