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LAGHU YOGA VASISTHA
„Now listen to what is taught regarding the path of
Yoga, which enables one to master Kundalini Sakti.
To the Jiva rejoicing in the name of Puriashtaka,
Kundalini is like a flower, the seat of the Vasanas.
If, through the practice of Puraka (inspiration), the
aforesaid Kundalini Sakti is replenished and
caused to shine with a resplendent light, then the
body acquires the stability of Maha Meru, and
becomes strong. Then, if the Intelligence pervading
this body which is filled with Prana through
inspiration takes an upward course, it will make
that body become a walker of the skies. With the
agility of a serpent, Kundalini Sakti will rise up
erect like a plantain-stalk. Having drawn into itself
(from on high) all the Nadis that bind up the body
like strings, it will cause them to inflate from
below, as does a bladder although immersed in
water. Thus, through intense practice of Yoga, the
Yogis rise up into the air, and roam therein, though
connected with the body), as a fish that pecks at,
and is caught by the bait upon the rod of an angler.
If this Kundalini Sakti gets into Sushumna, going
up the Brahmarandhra, and having reached a
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