".......... with Vayu, the Jeeva Sakhti, we must blow the eye of fire, the Sushumna which is the Bhrumadyam and burn there all our passions and desires. This blowing of Sushumna with Vayu is Pranayama. Without knowing this and misunderstanding the meaning of the word Pranayama, people practise it so many ways. Some close nostrils and breath in air forcibly upward through the other one, restrain it, stir the brain, cause madness, consumption and other nervous complications and die out......" Thus goes on Swami Sivananda Paramahamsa.
Pranayama in Swamiji's words is Siddha Vidya. Brahma Vidya, Ashtakshari, Panjakshari, Ekakshari, Ajapa Gayathri, Vasiyoga etc.,etc.,are all nothing but siddha vidya itself. the practice of the Siddha Vidya is the true worship of god- the life force- Vayu, the Jeevasakthi. Really it is the Aksharabhyasam, the Vidyabhyasam(Education), the Karmayoga the Hatayoga, the Rajayoga, etc.,etc. It is the only way to know oneself and to attain Supreme knowledge, the one to reach Manhood, the Moksha (salvation), the one to enjoy Brahmananda, the one practised and propagated by the Great Teachers- the Rishis, the Buddha, the Christ, The Mohammed, etc.,etc.,the one leads to World Welfare and Wold peace. For such and so many basic truths of Vedantha, in extensive, clear and authoritative terms, go through the FIFTH VEDAM,
Jeeva Sakthi
Chapter 2, Siddha Vedam - Swami Sivananda Paramahansa
Siddha Vidya
Great Rishis and Saints practised Brahma Vidya and attained Supreme Enlightenment since the earliest vedic period. As time passed this vidya disappeared. Then people began to worship idols in the temple. Out of ignorance people started to kill animals and birds to satisfy desires.
While people were doing the very hard cruel activities, great men like Buddha came and established the Right Path to worship God. As centuries passed this path also disappeared. Swamiji discovered this Correct Path by his herculean effort and named it SIDDHA VIDYA
- Foreward, Siddha Vedam Book
Siddha Vedam
Siddha Vedam (The Moksha Soothram) is a classic vedic literature. This book was graciously offered by His Holiness Swami Sivananda Paramahansa as a boon to Seekers of Truth. This book deals wth the Supreme ancient wisdom which was in practise during the periods of Vedic Civilization. Siddha Vedam explains vividly the origin, evolution and salvation of "Jeeva" (Life -Force). So Siddha Vedam is the real Life History of Jeeva, the self, the vital-force.
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- Foreward, Siddha Vedam Book
Hridayam
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Besides, the vegetation on the earth is farther below from sunshine which is farther above. Doesn't that sunshine gravitate and extract the life of the vegetation, the very essence(vitality) of it, being in liquid form and the vegetation being devoid of its vitality become dried up and fall? Likewise, there is sun in us also.That sun is called Prana. That Sun which is the Prana, the Agniswarupa, is in us above at Bhrumadyam.
Thus the rays of the sun, the Prana, the Agniswarupa, spreads all over our body upto the nails just as the sunshine spreads all over the world. Moreover, just like the sunshine which is at the farthest above, gravitates and extracts the life, the vitality being in liquid form out of the vegetation which is at farthest below on the earth, likewise the sun, Prana at our Bhrumadyam gravitates and extracts the vitality (essence) out of the manure in our manure pit, the belly and evacuates outside the stools which is devoid of vitality.Therefore, the Prana which is the sun, Agniswarupa, is in us up and above at Bhrumadyam. That place is called Hridyam.
