Yogic Thought

Tag: Mind

  • 54. Mind – Yajña, Fire altar and Prajāpati

    yajñyo yajñyena kalpatāmYajña is created by Yajña yajñena yajñamayajanta devāhGods accomplished Yajña through Yajña Yajña, this element of effort with smallest karmic footprint, is at the core of yogic thought, and spirals down into an egg-from-the-chick conundrum at the beginning of creation.  It folds onto itself – yajna is created by yajna – as fundamental…

  • 53. Prāṇayāma – the Mind, and its Prāṇic nature

    prāṇá vai visve devʰáḥPrana is all “gods”[controlling breath is to control the “god” forces](Taittiriya Samhita 5.4.6) brahmaṇas patir etā saṃ karmāra ivādhamat “Brahmaṇaspati filled these gods with breath as a blacksmith (with his bellows); in the first age of the gods the existent was born of the non-existent.”(Rig Veda 10.72.2) prāṇá evá paśubandʰáḥ  Prana indeed is…