Synthesis of Yoga in Lingayatism

Author(s): N G Mahadevappa
Publisher: N G Mahadevappa

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e a rs, eyes, nose, tongue and Objects n
22 st be offered to Linga32 It is important not only =
O f fer things or senses or antah as prasāda of Linga. Th i s does not take aw mental and physical hea l th, nor does it make him that his mind stops the in f lux of the fresh Goa
4. Prāṇalingi-sthala: In the first three
S t ag es the aspirant learns that th separate reality, but a par t O r body (anga) of in obiect it must be offered to L inga as a token of devotional stage he must learn the P r o c ess of realising it. The only
e a meditation, to which the
rlier three are stepping-stones discipline in meditation a n d
is called anubhāva-bhalı Astänga-yoga of
P atanjali and Hath
a tañjali and Hatha-yoga presi prāņāyāma as a prerequ i site of meditation. The Lipov. complex, laborious and tim e -consuming nature of asanae small results, have prescr ibed only one of the five z padmasana, svastikäsana,
a tacandrasana and parvarisicon worship one's istalinga, a n d
by this, the time and labour of other asanas and time de V o ted for worshipping the stalira Moreover, very few pränav a zza forms" are prescribed.
One who wants to lea rn the technique of meditation ha posture such as padmasarza O r Darvankäsana, make his empty his mind of all its C o n cepts, ideas, desires, etc. com prānalinga (individual soul
a n d experience the brilliant lioh 36 forms of prānāyāma including
Bardhas such as lalandhara. Allama Prabhu, who
w a s an adept in yoga of the Nāth.
L cakras, surrounding the six
ingas residing in the different pi bottom of the spine is ācār t u s a in the centre of the ädhämmen guru-linga in the centre of th e Svadhisthana-cakra: a little above centre of manipūraka cakra Jarisama-linga is in the centre of in the heart; prasāda-linga is in th e Centre of visuddhi-cakre cakra between the eye brows . A t the top of the brain there is a sev.