Prana- Pervaded Universe

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Mahamahopadhyaya Yogacharya Dr Ashoke Kumar Chatterjee, author of this book was born in 1933 in West Bengal. The sudden demise of his mother when he was away in service intensely agonized him. He grew averse to material pursuits and became spiritually inclined. He received initiation in Kriyayoga in April 1961. He reached the pinnacle of Kriyayoga within a short span.

His three Gurus were stalwarts in this discipline. His first Guru was Sri Annada Charan Shastri (Bhattacharya) disciple of Panchanan Bhattacharya, an elevated disciple of Yogiraj Sri Shama Churn Lahiree. After Sastriji's demise, Dr Chatterjee obtained initiation from Sundarlal Lalaji of Varanasi, disciple of Harinarayan Paladhi, who was the disciple of Yogiraj and later from Sri Satyacharan Lahiri, grandson of Yogiraj.

Today Mahamahopadhyaya Yogacharya Dr Ashoke Kumar Chatterjee is acknowledged as a World Kriyayoga Master.

The different sects, cults, religions of this world have all professed about the stilling of the mind. Desires are fulfilled only if the mind is still. The one who longs for deity visualization, he can achieve it by stilling the mind. But the spiritual attainment of the Gita is different the mind has to be freed from all aspirations, the mind has to lose its entity, and such a state has to be arrived at. As long as the mind exists, desire, non-desire exist, for this reason respite from the cycle of births and deaths is not possible. For this, mind requires to be stilled. Expectations. words, mind fail to be ceased, nothing can be effected then, so much so worldly activities also cannot be accomplished properly, man will transform into being inhuman. Now the question is what is the mind and what is the process by which it can be stilled? The kinetic motion of Prana is the mind. Naturally the mind is still. But due to various reasons the mind has become restless and kinetic. Hanuman or Vayu prevails in this body- chariot as the still Vayu or air. Pranavayu is still in the Sahasrara Cakra, attains dynamism when there is a descent. Prana attains five names in five regions of the body - Prana, Apana, Samana, Udana and Vyana. If these five Pranas exist in an equanimous state then kineticism of the mind is absent. If air, bile, phlegm maintain an equilibrium the body remains disease-free. Again for the simplest reason gains aberration for instance if one catches a cold, the phlegmatic part attains an exacerbation. Thus one should stay carefully to prevent any aberration. In this manner to avoid aberration of five Pranas assistance from Prana is required. The principal sadhana is Pranayama. Prana and Apana Vayus (airs) are settled through Pranayama, Samana Vayu is stilled through Navikriya and Udana and Vyana airs are settled through Mahamudra. Through these steps of sadhana the five internal airs are stilled and through Yonimudra soul-realisation occurs.

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