Re: Prāṇa - In or Out?
hariḥ oṁ
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namasté
From post 13 above:
patañjali’s yogadarśana ( his sūtra-s) chapter 2 ( sādhana pada ), 50th sūtra , We can see space, time, and number called out. It says the following:
sa tu bāhyābhyantara stambha vṛttir deśakāla saṃkhyābhiḥ paridṛṣṭo dīrgha sūkṣmaḥ || 50
patañjali-ji continues in the 51st sūtra and offers the 4th prāṇāyām:
bāhyābhyantaraviṣayākṣepī caturthaḥ || 51
- bāhya = outside, external
- abhyantara = inside, internal
- viṣaya = space, period of duration, range ; special sphere or department , peculiar province
- akṣepī = (a+kṣepa ) = not + moving to and fro , hense no movement
- caturthaḥ = the 4th
the 4th, space or duration , no movement , internal or external.
When we connect this to the 50th sūtra aformentioned in post 13:
the breath in prāṇāyām has an external component, an internal component and there is a place where it is fixed or suspended.
The breath becomes long and subtle over time ( practice).
The 51st sūtra says,
the 4th prāṇāyām occurs in the space where there is neither movement inside ( internal ) or outside ( external).
That is, this 4th (caturthaḥ ) occurs when the movement ( inside and outside) are transcended.
This 4th is quite significant. It too is called turīya (from the word caturthaḥ) and is considered the 4th, transcendental consciousness - beyond wake, dream and sleep levels ; it is akṣepī , without movement
and we can consider it a particual place or providence viṣaya.
The next post will go further into this ~space~ .
praṇām
Last edited by yajvan; 27 November 2015 at 09:39 PM.
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