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    Hatha Yoga Pradipika
    Hatha Yoga Pradipika
    Hatha Yoga Pradipika
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    Hatha Yoga Pradipika

    By Swami Swatmarama

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    The Haṭha Yoga Pradīpikā is a timeless fifteenth-century Sanskrit guide on haṭha yoga written by Svātmārāma. The author and famous yogi unites the teaching's lineage to Matsyendranath of the Nathas. One of the most influential texts on haṭha yoga ever written.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDigiCat
    Release dateMay 29, 2022
    ISBN8596547021261

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      Hatha Yoga Pradipika - Swami Swatmarama

      Swami Swatmarama

      Hatha Yoga Pradipika

      EAN 8596547021261

      DigiCat, 2022

      Contact: [email protected]

      Table of Contents

      On āsanas

      Asanas

      Swastika-āsana

      Gomukha-āsana

      Virāsana

      Kurmāsana

      Kukkuta āsana

      Utāna Kurma-āsana

      Dhanura āsana

      Matsya-āsana

      Paschima Tāna

      Mayura-āsana

      Sava-âsana

      The Siddhâsana

      Padmâsana

      The Simhâsana

      The Bhadrâsana

      Foods injurious to a Yogi or Yogini

      On Pranayama

      Methods of performing Pranayama

      The Dhauti

      The Basti

      The Neti

      The Tratika

      The Nauli

      The Kapala Bhati

      Gija Karani

      Manomani

      Different kinds of Kumbhakas

      Surya Bhedana

      Ujjayi

      Sitkari

      Sitali

      The Bhastrika

      The Bhramari

      The Murchha

      The Plavini

      Indications of success in the practice of Hatha Yoga

      On Mudras

      The Mudras

      The Maha Mudra

      The Maha Bandha

      The Maha Vedha

      Kechari Mudra

      The Uddiyana Bandha

      The Mula Bandha

      The Jalandhara Bandha

      The Viparita Karani

      The Vajroli

      The Sahajoli

      The Amaroli

      The Sakti chalana

      On Samadhi

      The Sambhavi Mudra

      The Unmani

      The Taraka

      The Khechari

      End of the Khechari

      Arambha Avastha

      The Ghata Avastha

      The Parichaya Avastha

      On āsanas

      Table of Contents

      Salutation to Âdinātha (Siva) who expounded the knowledge of Hatha Yoga, which like a staircase leads the aspirant to the high pinnacled Rāja Yoga.

      Yogin Swātmārāma, after saluting her Gurû Srinātha explains Hatha Yoga for the attainment of Rāja Yoga.

      Owing to the darkness arising from the multiplicity of opinions people are unable to know the Rāja Yoga. Compassionate Swātmārāma composes the Hatha Yoga Pradipikā like a torch to dispel it.

      Matsyendra, Goraksa, etc., knew Hatha Vidyā, and by their favor Yogi Swātmārāma also learnt it from them.

      The following Siddhas (masters) are said to have existed in former times:- Sri Adinātha (Siva), Matsyendra, Nātha, Sābar, Anand, Bhairava, Chaurangi, Mina Nātha, Goraksanātha, Virupāksa, Bilesaya.

      Manthāna, Bhairava, Siddhi Buddha, Kanthadi, Karantaka, Surānanda, Siddhipāda, Charapati.

      Kāneri, Pujyapāda, Nityanātha, Niranjana, Kapāli, Vindunātha, Kāka Chandiswara.

      Allāma, Prabhudeva, Ghodā, Choli, Tintini, Bhānuki, Nardevā, Khanda Kāpālika, etc.

      These Mahāsiddhas (great masters), breaking the sceptre of death, are roaming in the universe.

      Like a house protecting one from the heat of the sun, Hatha Yoga protects its practisers from the burning heat of the three Tāpas; and, similarly, it is the supporting tortoise, as it were, for those who are constantly devoted to the practice of Yoga.

      A yogi or yogini desirous of success should keep the knowledge of Hatha Yoga secret; for it becomes potent by concealing, and impotent by exposing.

      The Yogi or Yogini should practice Hatha Yoga in a small room, situated in a solitary place, being 4 cubits square, and free from stones, fire, water, disturbances of all kinds, and in a country where justice is properly administered, where good people live, and food can be obtained easily and plentifully.

      The room should have a small door, be free from holes, hollows, neither too high nor too low, well plastered with cow-dung and free from dirt, filth and insects. On its outside there should be bowers, raised platform (chabootrā), a well, and a compound. These characteristics of a room for Hatha Yogis and Hatha Yoginis have been described by adepts in the practice of Hatha.

      Having seated in such a room and free from all anxieties, one should practice Yoga, as instructed by his or her gurû .

      Yoga is destroyed by the following six causes:-- Over-eating, exertion, talkativeness, adhering to rules, i.e., cold bath in the morning, eating at night, or eating fruits only, company of men, and unsteadiness.

      The following six bring speedy success:-- Courage, daring, perseverance, discriminative knowledge, faith, aloofness from company.

      The ten rules of conduct are: ahimsâ (non-injuring), truth, non-stealing, continence, forgiveness, endurance, compassion, meekness, sparing diet, and cleanliness.

      The ten niyamas mentioned by those proficient in the knowledge of Yoga are: Tapa, patience, belief in God, charity, adoration of God, hearing discourses on the principles of religion, shame, intellect, Tapa and Yajna.

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