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Dear BhakthAs :

Sriman SribhAshyam is the Director of the Yogakshemam Institute in NIce , 
France
and is the son of one of the greatest Yoga Teachers and Practioners of Yoga 
Saasthram ,
Sriman T.Krishnamacharya (1888-1989). He lived for 101 years as Swamy 
Desikan .
Sriman Krishnamacharya"s  famous students are two of his own children 
(Sriman Desikachar
and Sriman Krishnamachari , jis youngest son  ) and his brother in law , 
Sriman B.K.S.Iyengar (B 1918).

It is my privelege to know Sriman T.Krishnamachari  and I hold him in high 
regard  his extraordinary services to the European community to learn  about 
the ancient Yoga Saasthram by AdhisEshan and Pathanjali Maharishi and 
practise it along with Aayur Vedam .

I hope he does not mind my sharing in our lists ,  his informative answers 
to two questions from
a Member about (1) PrANAyAmam and (2) the purpose of Shikha for a Vaidhikan 
.

My thanks to Sriman SribhAshyam .

NamO NaarAyaNaaya ,
V.Sadagopan




----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Sribhashyam@xxxxxxx>
To: <parakalamatham@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2005 4:13 AM
Subject: Re: [SriParakalaMatham] Some Questions


>
> Neither a sharp sword, nor an infuriated serpent is so much  killing, as
> anger which resides in our own mind.
> Ni une  épée pointue, ni un serpent exaspéré ne sont autant meurtrier, que 
> la
> colère qui  réside dans notre propre esprit.
>
> Namaskaram.
>
> There are many types of Pranayama, both in  Yoga as well as in the 
> Samhitha.
>
> The Pranayama in all vedic rituals as well  as in Sandhya Vandanam is:
> Sitting facing East,
> Puraka from left nostril (inhalation)  while mentally reciting the first 
> Pada
> of Gayatri: Om Bhuhu upto Dhiyoyonah  prachodaya-at
> Kumbhaka (holding the breath) while mentally reciting Om Apo jyothi  upto
> Bhurbhuvasuvarom and om bhuhu, om bhuvaha
> Rechaka from right nostril (exhalation) while mentally reciting  the 
> entire
> Gayatri mantra (also called Vyahruthi) (Om bhuhu, Om bhuva upto
> bhurbhuvasuvarom.
> The Pranayama (both for bramhachari and for gruhasta) is done with  the 
> right
> hand in Mrigi Mudra (mrigi is the head of the deer).  Bend the  forefinger
> and the middle finger towards the palm.  Place the thumb agaist  the right
> nostril (between the nasal bone and the end of the lobe of the nose)  and 
> place the
> ringfinger and the little finger (anamika and tarjani) agaisnt the  left
> nostril below the nasal bone.
>
> This makes one Prayanamama.  Mathematically, this would have the  ratio of
> 1:3:2
>
> Remember that in some cases we start with 3 Pranyamama  (trih 
> prananayamya),
> for example, when we want to change the yajnopavitha, when we  start 
> Aradhana
> etc.  When 3 Prayanayama are done, the second cycle would be  Puraka from
> right nostril and so on.  So, the thrid pranayama ends like the  first 
> one.
>
> The other pranayama with the ration 1:4:2 is called Surya  Bhedhana.  This 
> is
> found in Yajnyavalkya Samhitha, Upasnishads as also in  many Yoga and 
> Tantra
> works.  This ratio very often advised in Matas.   One Ashtakshari during
> Puraka, 4 ashtakshari during Kumbhaka and 2 Ashtakshari  during Rechaka.
> Naturally, the Pranayama in this case would  be 16 breaths which itself is 
> called One
> Pranayama in Yajurveda (both  Shukla and Krishna).
>
> The reason for Shika might be many: from social to  religious!
>
> One of the reasons why both for men and woman  Shika (not to confused with
> partial tufts) is that the hairs of the skull  protects some vital points
> (Shirsha, Divya Chakshush, Piyusha, Kapala  etc).  Moreover, according to 
> Rig veda,
> long hairs protects the bearer  from demoniac influences. In Ayurveda,
> pregnant women are prohibited from  cutting their hairs during pregnancy, 
> in the same
> way as the prohibition of  cutting children's hair till 
> Bramhopadesha.(except
> in pilgrim  centres)
> Naturally, the long hairs are not left 'free', they  are kept under 
> "knot":
> Shikha granthi.
> In fact, before each ritual (be it long or short,  be it daiva or pitru),
> there is sort of Mimamsa check-list: Jusu like Asana for  the posture to 
> be
> taken, Upavithi or nivithi or prachina vithi for the  Yajnopavitha, 
> Achamana,
> urdhva pundra (for the type of dress), so too, for the  Shikha.
>
> Keeping long hairs is also part of Diksha (social,  religious?)
>
> According to Valmiki Ramayana, Rama and Lakshamana  (and Bharata also) did
> not cut their hairs during the 14 years' life in  forest.  It is after 
> their
> return to Ayodhya that Valmiki advises Rama to  cut his hair, moustache 
> and beard.
>
> Incidentally, one  of the Samkhya philosophers is called Pancha Shika (= 5
> shikha)!  In  my youth, I had met some people in Varanasi, Allahabad and 
> Bengal,
> wearing one  shikha, two shikha etc., like Dvivedi, Trivedi and 
> Chaturvedis.
>
>
>
> May God bless you. Que Dieu vous bénisse.
>
> T. K.  Sribhashyam



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