Yoga Sagar

SR No.: 014011
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Paramhamsa Satyananda
Publisher: Bihar School of Yoga Munger
Publication Year: 1994
Total Pages: 436
Language: English
Classification: Seminar & Articles
File Size: 24 MB

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ahamannam ahamannam (3:10:5). I am nothing but matter, the atoms, the molecules and the basic energy. He returns to his teacher and says, "Oh sir, I have got the answer. Please let me know." Annaaddhyeva khalvimaani bhootaani jaayante. Annena jaataani jeevanti. Annam prayantyabhisanvishanteeti. Tadvijnaaya punareva Varunam pitaramupasasaara. Adheehi, bhagavo Brahmeti. (3:2:2-6). "Sir, please let me know if I am right. I think this entire universe is nothing but anna and its manifestation, atoms and molecules and its manifestation, energy and its manifestation."
This is precisely the same conclusion which we came to fifteen years back in science. The teacher promptly says, "Yes, wonderful, you have done a beautiful job, but please go ahead. Find out where the anna comes from." So the student goes and continues his tapas. Sa tapoatapyata. Sa tapastaptvaa. (3:2:10-11).
What is the second realization he comes to? There were two bodies. One was a person lying in shavasana; the other was a dead body. What is the difference? Atoms and molecules, anna, everything is the same. But there is an enlivening principle, and that is prana, the life entity. Praano Brahmeti vyajaanaat. (3:3:1). That is what the student learns. He again returns to the teacher and the teacher promptly sends him back. "Fine, wonderful, you have gone one step further, but you have to go still deeper. Find out from where prana comes."
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Eight years ago one patient came to us in a state of coma after a very serious accident. He stayed in the hospital and for one month, two months, three months, six months he remained in the state of coma. The people who were taking care of him, felt that he was living, but his life was of no use. The prana was there, the body was there, but there was something missing. That was the thinking process. Mano Brahmeti vyajaanaat. Manaso hyeva khalvimaani bhootaani jaayante. Manasaa jaataani jeevanti. Manah prayantyabhisanvishanteeti. Tadvijnaaya punareva Varunam pitaramupasasaara. Adheehi bhagavo Brahmeti. (3:4:1-6).
Varuna was the teacher, Bhrigu was the student. Bhrigu went to Varuna and said, "Sir, it is the mind that is most important. It is the mind that we are all made of." The teacher said, "Very fine, but please think if it is the mind that is ultimate or if there is something beyond that." A brilliant boy was making good grades, but unfortunately he had a problem,
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