Sunday, April 5, 2009

Samyama on the Kuma Nadi YS III - 32

Yoga Sutra III- 32- KURMANADYAM STHAIRYAM - By samyama on the kurma nadi (a subtle tortoise-shaped tube located below the throat, motionlessness in the meditative posture is achieved.

Swami Satchidananda translated the above sutras without commentary.

For the above sutra the only commentary from "How to Know God - The Yoga Aphorisms of Patanjali" translated and commented on by Swami Prabhavananda and Christopher Isherwood is:

"The motionlessness, for example, of the snake or the lizard. This enables the yogi to meditate undisturbed by the involuntary movement of the body."

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