Laghu YOGA VASISHTHA - HolyBooks.com

LAGHU YOGA VASISTHA
Pranayama 97, such as Puraka, etc. done in a solitary
place and with a cheerful heart and by meditation
on the Jnana within. If the Vritti-jnana of the mind
is destroyed and the Susupti stage is reached
through much meditation upon the true nature of
the sound uttered at the end of Pranava, then will
Prana be arrested. If the tip of the tongue be
reversed and raised up to the uvula, thereby
making the air go up the gullet, then will Prana he
checked. If Vritti-jnana ends by making the Prana
flow twelve inches from the tongue on the upward
path, then will Prana be controlled. If in the middle
of the two eyebrows, the vision of the pupils be
destroyed through the mind's quiescence and
Vikalpa-jnana ends, then will Prana be controlled.
Through these paths as well as through the grace
and diverse words and initiations of the Guru and
through the destruction of the many Sankalpas and
illusory differences, the fluctuation of Prana will be
controlled. Through the practice; without effort, of
these Yoga means, freedom from rebirth will
97 Pranayama is the control of Prana or breath by Puraka (inhalation),
Rechaka (exhalation) and Kumbhaka (cessation).
469