Words on the Way - Muz Murray Mantra Yoga Master

the Divine.’
Quotes: “Nada Yoga is the science of using vibration to
connect with God, or Brahman, the one without a second, or
the all-pervading consciousness. Brahman manifests in this
universe as vibration. This first manifestation of the Absolute
is referred to as Om or Nada Brahman. It is the immutable
essence underlying all creation.”
—Yogi Hari 1
Refs: 1 The Bhajans, Kirtans, Shlokas and Chants —Yogi Hari (Nada Productions Inc., USA,
1999)
Nådi nah-dee) (nah
Var: Naadi, nadi, (nad),
Synon: rtsa (Tib.)
Sense: ‘An energy circuit, or ‘channel’ of the subtle psychic
nervous system.’
Root: Nad—‘sound.’ Thus the nadis are ‘sound and energy
transmitting channels’ or ‘pathways’ suffusing the prå~amaya
koçha or subtle mental energy field that interpenetrates and
surrounds the physical body.
Yoga and Tantra schools determine there are 72,000 nådis in
this system. But this figure is often taken to mean an uncountable
number. However, the Sutras calculate the number as 80,000.
The Katha Upanishad maintains that there are 101 nadis
emanating from the heart centre, the most important being am®ita
nådi rising to the crown (sahasrara
sahasrara). It is stated that when energy
moves in this channel ‘one rises to immortality.’ Other texts speak
of 108 nadis spreading from the secret hrit chakra, just below the
heart and servicing the higher spiritual centres: for this reason 108
is deemed the holiest number in yoga philosophy.
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