The concept of Yoga in Yoga Upanishads
by Philomina T.L | 2018 | 42,235 words
This page relates 鈥楾he Concept of Cakra鈥� of study dealing with the evolution and significance of Yoga as reflected in the Yoga-Upanishads, a collection of authoritative texts dedicated to the concept of Yoga (spiritual discipline). The thesis traces the origins of the practice back to pre-Vedic times and and suggests that Yoga became a philosophical system following the creation of the Yogasutras.
18.4. The Concept of Cakra
The 鲍辫补苍颈峁诲蝉 like the 顿丑测腻苍补产颈苍诲耻, the 驰辞驳补肠奴岣嵞乵补峁噄, the Yoga艣ikha, the 惫补谤腻丑补 S膩峁囜笉ilya etc. enumerate the concept of cakras in a detailed manner. There are six cakras such as m奴ladh膩ra, sv膩disth膩na, manipuraka, 补苍腻丑补迟补, 惫颈艣耻诲诲丑颈 and 腻箩帽补. The 尘奴濒腻诲丑腻谤补 exists between anus and genitals It appears like the gold in the melted form which has four petals. The second cakra is the 蝉惫腻诲颈峁ａ弓腻苍补 situated at the root of genitals with six petals. It is regarded as the genital organ itself. The manipuraka is the third with ten petals, in the area of navel, and it looks like a gem hanging by a thread. The twelve petalled 膩苍腻丑补迟补, the fifth cakra, is at the throat region and the two petalled 腻箩帽补 cakra is the sixth which exists in the middle of the eyebrows. All these cakras are connected with the Brahmarandhra of 厂补丑补艣谤腻谤补肠补办谤补 or thousand petalled cakras of lunar and the solar region of the body.
These cakras are made up of thousand of 苍腻诲颈蝉. The upani峁ds like Var膩ha, 驰辞驳补肠奴岣嵞乵补峁噄 etc. narrate the form and nature of 苍腻诲颈蝉 very well. The scriptures mention about seventy two thousand 苍腻诲颈蝉, among which ten, such as 颈岣峚, 辫颈峁単补濒补, su峁峁僴膩, 驳腻苍诲丑腻谤颈, hastijihva, 辫奴峁, ya艣aswini, almabusa, kuhu and 艣a峁卥hin, are treated as importent. Ten 辫谤腻峁嘺蝉 move through these 苍腻诲颈蝉.
Thus the 驰辞驳辞辫补苍颈峁诲蝉 narrate different concepts which are associated with yoga or the like, general concepts like guru, 惫颈诲测腻 etc., the vedantic concepts like Brahman, 闯墨惫补苍 etc., apart from the yogic concepts.