Yogashikha Upanishad (critical study)
by Sujatarani Giri | 2015 | 72,044 words
This page relates 鈥榁ishuddha cakra (The throat centre)鈥� of the English study on the Yogashikha Upanishad鈥攁 key text from the Krishna Yajurveda, focusing on the pinnacle of Yogic meditation. This essay presents Yoga as a crucial component of ancient Indian philosophy and spirituality and underscores its historical roots in Vedic literature鈥攑articularly the Upanishads and Vedant. The chapters of this study are devoted to the faculties of the mind and internal body mechanisms such as Chakras as well as the awakening of Kundalini.
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Part 2.1e - Vi艣uddha cakra (The throat centre)
Vi艣uddha cakra is situated within the su峁mn膩 n膩岣峣 at the base of the throat has sixteen spokes and therefore sixteen apparent division. 碍补峁囜弓丑补-m奴la sth膩na. This corresponds to janar loka. It is the centre of 膩k膩艣a tattva (ether element). The tattva is of pure blue colour. Above this, all other cakra belong to 尘腻苍补蝉补 tattva. The presiding deity is 厂补诲腻艣颈惫补 (滨艣惫补谤补 濒颈峁単补), and the Goddess is 艢腻办颈苍颈. From this centre emanante 16 yoga 苍腻岣峣蝉 which appear like the petals of a lotus. The vibrations that are produced by the 苍腻岣峣蝉 are represented by the 16 Sanskrit vowels.
础办腻艣补 尘补峁囜笉补濒 (the region of ether) is sound in shape like the full Moon. The 产墨箩补 of 膧办腻艣补 tattva ham is in this centre. It is of white colour. This cakra corresponds to laryngeal plexus in the physical body.[1]
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[1]:
鈥�ka峁囜弓hk奴pe vi艣uddh膩khyam yoccakra峁� 峁岣峚艣r膩srakam鈥�. 驰辞驳补艣颈办丑补-耻辫补苍颈峁诲-I-174.