Sanskrit Texts by Lord Shiva: The Siva Sanghita, The Satha Chakra and The Brahma Sanghita
Book Specification
Item Code: | NAL020 |
Author: | Swami Satyeswaranada |
Publisher: | The Sanskrit Classics, Publisher |
Language: | Transliteration with English Translation |
Edition: | 2014 |
ISBN: | 9781877854521 |
Pages: | 326 (27 B/W Illustrations) |
Cover: | Hardcover |
Other Details | 9.0 inch x 6.0 inch |
Weight | 460 gm |
Book Description
The following letter is one of eighty-one letters written by Swami Satyananda Giri to the author during his monastic training from 1950 to 1971. Swami Satyananda Giri was initiated by Hangsa Swami Kebalananda and he was the chief monastic disciple and spiritual successor of Swami Sriyukteswar Giri in India.
Satyananda lived in the hermitages at the Karar Asram, Puri (from 1919 to 1921), at Ranchi (from 1922 to 1941), and at Sevayatan (from 1943 to 1971). When he was not at the hermitage, he would go around the country to help spiritual seekers from these hermitages and to visit other branches. He was a divine yogi, poet, musician, educationist and philanthropist. He held multiple positions and responsibilities as follows:
He was appointed "Asram Swami" (the monk of the hermitage) at Puri Karar Asram in 1921 by Sriyukteswar.
During the years 1922 to 1941, he was the principal of Ranchi Brahmacharya Vidyalaya (school). He was the founder and Executive Secretary General of Yogod a Sat Sanga (YSS) Society of India (1936 to 1941). He was a life member of YSS and the third president of Sadhu Sova (from 1952 to 1971), a society of Swamis, founded by his mentor Swami Sriyukteswar. In addition, he was the first president (from 1953 to 1971) of Sat Sang Mission, Sevayatan (Seva means "service," ayatan means "house"; Sevayatan, then, means "Service Center"). The hermitage Sevayatan, where Satyananda lived the last twenty seven years of hislife,offers many programs, such as a postgraduate teacher training college, junior technical school, boys' high school, basic education for boys, junior high school for girls, hospital with outdoor and indoor facilities, library, press, and a yoga temple. Some of these programs are financially sponsored by the State Government of West Bengal. The institutions mentioned are residential.
The author started his monastic training under Satyananda during his teen years, simultaneously continuing to study for eight years at Satyananda's brother disciple Paramhansa Yogananda's hermitage, YSS.
Satyananda was asked specifically by Babaji, the divine Himalayan Yogi, to train young Satyeswarananda, the author, in Kriya and to give appropriate monastic training. Later, the author lived several years with Babaji in the Himalayas to study further intricacies of Kriya Science.
I | The Dedication | V |
II | The List of Publication | VII |
III | The List of Illustrations | XVI |
IV | Introduction to the Author | 1 |
V | Handwritten Letter of Swami Satyananda | 3 |
VI | Mr. Sunil Kumar Ghosh | 11 |
VII | Notes - Complete Works of Lahiri Mahasay | 13 |
VIII | Letter from the University of Calcutta | 13 |
Part 1 : The Siva Sanghita | ||
Chapter 1 | Advice on the Dissolution (Laya Prakaran) | 15-39 |
1 | Invocation - Mangalacharan | 15 |
2 | Introduction - Abataranika | 16 |
3 | Difference of Opinion of the Scriptures | 16 |
4 | All of These People Reincarnate Again and Again in This World | 17 |
5 | Determination of the Self | 17 |
6 | Bijnanbad, Sunyabad and Sankhya Opinion | 18 |
7 | According the Sankhya : Seswar O Niriswarabad | 18 |
8 | These Philosophers Incarnate in the World Again and Again | 19 |
9 | The Predominance of the Yoga Discipline - Pradhaanya | 19 |
10 | The Results and Demerits of the Jnankanda and Karmakanda | 20 |
11 | The Field of Action of Knowledge (Jnankanda vritanta) | 22 |
12 | The Description of Creation by Illusion (Maya) | 31 |
Chapter 2 | Advice on the Essence of Spirituality (Tattwa-jnan-upadesh ) | 40-55 |
1 | The Description of the Sun, the Moon, the Ocean and Others in the Physical Body (the Entire World in the Condensed Form) | 40 |
2 | The Description ofthe Main Nerves Among the Three Hundred Fifty Thousand in the Human Body | 43 |
3 | The Description of the Coccygeal Center the Muladhar Baman | 45 |
4 | The Description of the Other Nerves | 48 |
5 | The Place for Digesting Food | 48 |
6 | The Cause of Receiving the Physical Body | 49 |
7 | Liberation of the Individualjiva | 52 |
8 | The Conclusion | 55 |
Chapter 3 | The Practice of Yoga (Yogabhyasa) | 56-98 |
1 | The Place of Prana | 56 |
2 | The Name of Prana as per the vrittis (waves) | 57 |
3 | The Place of Prana and Apana and their Kriyas | 57 |
4 | The Necessity of Having a Guru | 59 |
5 | The Rules to Adopt for the Success in Yoga | 60 |
6 | The Tantrik way of Practicing Pranayam | 61 |
7 | The Yoga is a Spiritual Discipline | 64 |
8 | The Definition of Yoga | 65 |
9 | The Pranayam | 66 |
10 | How the Word Pranayam is Produced | 66 |
11 | What is Prana? | 67 |
12 | What is Ayam? | 68 |
13 | Three Parts in Practicing Pranayam | 68 |
14 | Types of Kumbhaka | 68 |
15 | Types of Pranayam | 69 |
16 | The Difference Between the Vedic Pranayam and the Kriya Pranayam | 70 |
17 | The Mantras | 71 |
18 | The Tantra and The Yoga | 73 |
19 | The Beginning Stage of Yoga (1) (Arambhabastha) | 77 |
20 | The Steps of Winning the Air - bayu (Breath) | 81 |
21 | The Means of Removing the Hindrances of Yoga Practice | 83 |
22 | The Means of Destruction of Merits (punya) and Demerits (pap), as well as Receiving the Powers (bibhuti) | 83 |
23 | The Happening Stage of Yoga (2) (Ghatabastha) | 85 |
24 | The Familiarity Stage of Yoga (3) (Parichayabastha) and Entering into Other's Body (Parakayavyuha | 87 |
25 | The Law of Providence | 88 |
26 | The Final Stage of Yoga (4) (Nispatabastha) | 90 |
27 | The Means of Curing Diseases | 91 |
28 | Drinking the Air (Bayu) Placing the Tongue in the Head (Talu) | 91 |
29 | Drinking the Air (Bayu) by the Sitali Mudra (The Cooling Kriya) | 91 |
30 | Inhaling the Five Kinds of Air by Other Processes | 92 |
31 | Curing the Diseases and Receiving the Powers (Bibhuti) | 93 |
32 | The Discussion on the Yoga Postures and their Differences: Asan kathan 0 tadbheda varnan | 94 |
33 | (1) The Siddhasan - The Posture of Success | 94 |
34 | (2) The Aggressive Posture and Raising the West Respectively, Ugrasana 0 Paschimottanasan | 97 |
Chapter 4 | Discussion on the Mudra (Kriya) (The Mudra Kathan) | 99-145 |
1 | The Yoni Mudra and its Results | 99 |
2 | The Yoni Mudra According to the Science of the Original Kriya Yoga | 105 |
3 | Ten Different Kinds of Mudra Are Necessary to Practice to Please Kundalini | 108 |
4 | The Names ofTen Mudras (Kriyas) | 108 |
5 | The Maha Mudra and its Results | 109 |
6 | The Mahabandha and its Results | 113 |
7 | The Mahabedha and its Results | 114 |
8 | The Necessity of the Three Mudras (Maha Mudra, Mahabandha, and Mahabedha) | 115 |
9 | The Khechari Mudra and its Results | 116 |
10 | The Khechari Mudra or the Talabya Kriya in the Original Kriya yoga | 119 |
11 | The Jalandharbandha and its Results | 124 |
12 | The Mulabandha and its Results | 125 |
13 | The Biparitkarani Mudra (Reversing) and its Results | 126 |
14 | The Uddan Banddha and its Results | 128 |
15 | The Bajroli Mudra and its Results | 129 |
16 | The Tantriks of Bengal | 133 |
17 | The Yantra-Mantra-Tantra | 134 |
18 | In the Light of the Original Kriya Science | 139 |
19 | The Amaroli and the Sahajoli Mudra | 140 |
20 | The Advice on the Amaroli Mudra | 140 |
21 | The Advice on the Sahajoli Mudra | 141 |
22 | The Advice on the Unified Way to Practice the Bajroli, the Amaroli, and the Sahajoli Mudra | 141 |
23 | The Saktichalan Mudra and its Results | 143 |
Chapter 5 | The Discussion of the Science of Yoga (The Yoga Bigjnan Varnan) | 146-218 |
1 | The Obstructions of Enjoyments (Bhogarupa) | 146 |
2 | The Dharma (Religion) is Obstructions | 148 |
3 | The Obstructions of Knowledge (Jnanrup Bighna) | 149 |
4 | The Obstructions From Eating (Bhojanrup bighna) | 150 |
5 | The Means of Attaining Attunement in Oneness (Samadhi) Soon | 150 |
6 | The Four Kinds of Yoga, the Four Kinds of Seekers and the Description of the Four Yogas | 151 |
7 | The Description of the Four Kinds of Seekers (Sadhaka chatustay) | 152 |
8 | (1) The Sign of the Beginner (Mridu Sadhak) and his Quality of Deserving (Adhikari) | 152 |
9 | (2) The Sign of the Middle (Madhyam Sadhak) and his Quality of Deserving (Adhikari | 153 |
10 | (3) The Sign of the Intermediate (Atimatra Sadhak) and his Quality of Deserving (A dhikari) | 153 |
11 | (4) The Sign of the Finalist (Atimatratama Sadhak) and his Quality of Deserving (Adhikari) | 154 |
12 | Worshiping One's Image and its Results (Pratikopasana o tatphal) | 156 |
13 | Seeing the Self and the Means of Inquiring Into the Inner Sound (Atma sakshatkar 0 Nadanusandhanerupay) | 158 |
14 | Seeing the Self and the Quest of the Inner Sound | 158 |
15 | In the Original Kriya yoga | 158 |
16 | The Rules of Accepting the Yoga Discipline | 161 |
17 | The Means of Success of Breath - Bayu Siddhir Upaya | 162 |
18 | The Fast Results Producing Yoga and the Means of Getting Rid of Hunger and Thirst | 163 |
19 | The Means of Tranquilizing the Heart (Chitta Sthairjya Upaya) | 163 |
20 | The Means of Seeing the Radiant Light (Jyotirmoy darsan) | 164 |
21 | Meditation on Voidness and its Results (Sunnyadhyan 0 Tatphal) | 164 |
22 | Seeing the Light at the Tip ofthe Nose | 165 |
23 | Seeing the Light Focusing on the Area Between the Eyebrows | 165 |
24 | Meditation Lying on the Ground on Flat Position (like a dead corpse) and its Results | 165 |
25 | Seeing the Light by Focusing Between the Eyebrows | 166 |
26 | The Science of Six Centers and Meditation The Science of Six Centers and the Nervous System | 166 |
27 | The Description of the Coccygeal Center (the Muladhar Barnan) | 167 |
28 | The Results of Meditation on the Coccygeal Center (the Muladhara) | 171 |
29 | The Results of Meditation on the Sacral Center (the Swadhisthana) | 173 |
30 | The Results of Meditation on the Lumbar Center (the Manipura) | 174 |
31 | The Results of Meditation on the Dorsal Center (the Anahata) | 175 |
32 | The Results of Meditation on the Cervical Center (the Bisuddhakhya) | 177 |
33 | The Results of Meditation on the Medulla Oblongata Center (the Ajna) and the Description of Ida, Pingala, and Susumna | 178 |
34 | According to the Kriya Yoga | 181 |
35 | The Results of Meditation on the Thousand Petal Center (the Sahasrar) | 182 |
36 | The Description of the Thousand Petals (the Sahasrar), Meditation, the Raja Yoga, the Spinal Cord, the Power of the Kundalini and the Aperture (Brahmarandhra) | 187 |
37 | The Kriya Kundalini - Pranayam | 192 |
38 | The Location of the Moon at the Thousand Petal and its Meditation | 201 |
39 | The Results of Meditation of the Moon Inside the Thousand Petal Center (the Sahasrar) | 202 |
40 | The Description of the Thousand Petals (the Sahasrar) and the Results of its Meditation | 203 |
41 | The Raja Yoga and its Results | 205 |
42 | The Rajadhiraj Yoga and Advice on How to Practice | 206 |
43 | The Description of Sadhana (Meditation) with the Mantra | 212 |
44 | The Rules of Chanting Mantra | 212 |
45 | The Results of the Chanting of Mantra | 213 |
46 | The Conclusion (the Upasanhar) | 216 |
Part-2: The Satha Chakra | ||
The Six Centers: According to Tantra | 219-252 | |
1 | The Adhar Padma (the Root) - the Coccygeal Center | 224 |
2 | The Swadhisthan Padma - the Sacral Center | 229 |
3 | The Manipur Padma - the Lumbar Center | 232 |
4 | The Anahat Padma - the Dorsal Center | 234 |
5 | The Bisuddhakhya Padma - the Cervical Center | 238 |
6 | The Ajna Padma - In Between the Eyebrows Center | 241 |
7 | The Sahasrar Padma - the Thousand Petal Center | 245 |
The Six Centers: According to The Kriya | 253-292 | |
1 | The Names of the Breaths | 256 |
2 | Description of the Diagram of the six center | 258 |
3 | Explanation of the Chakras | 261 |
4 | Description of the Chakras | 267 |
5 | The Adhar Padma (the Root) - the Coccygeal Center | 267 |
6 | The Swadhisthan Padma - the Sacral Center | 270 |
7 | The Manipur Padma - the Lumbar Center | 272 |
8 | The Anahat Padma - the Dorsal Center | 276 |
9 | The Bisuddhakhya Padma - the Cervical Center | 281 |
10 | The Ajna Padma - In Between the Eyebrows Center | 285 |
11 | The Sahasrar Padma - the Thousand Petal Center | 286 |
12 | The Kula Kundalini. | 288 |
Part-3: The Brahma Sanghita | ||
The Brahma Sanghita | 293-308 |