Tag: Yoga Nidra
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Vishnu As Yogi as Described Vishnu Sahasranama Sloka
Sri Vishnu Sahasranama lecture On Yogi from sloka Vedyo Vaidya Sadha Yogi,Sloka 18.
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51 Feet Rock Cut Largest Sleeping Vishnu Anantasayana, Saranga
I posted an article,Photo Essay on the nine sleeping poses of Vishnu. Lord Vishnu does not sleep. His sleep is called Yoga Nidra (Sleeping posture i Yoga) or Ari Thuyil(Tamil–sleeping while aware of everything) The Snake Adisehsa is the coiled Cosmic energy in the Solar Plexus(Mooladhaara). The Ksheera Saagara is a representation of the Milky way […]
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Vishnu Ananthasayanam Cosmic Hibernation
Sometimes I dream that I write and on waking up I find it is untrue and that I have been dreaming. Now I am writing this post. How can I be certain now that this activity is not being done while asleep? This action of writing now may be a dream and I may wake up. This is a problem not solved by Philosophy. Hinduism describes four states of Being. Jagrat, the waking state. Swapna, the dreaming state,
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Sleeping Floating Vishnu, Shiva Underneath Budhanikantha
Images of Vishnu in this state are found in many a temple in India. But a Vishnu floating in water, lying down on Adisesha, the Snake, is in Budhanikantha, Nepal. Here Vishnu is lying face upwards on the Adisesha, floating in a pond. There is a belief that the if the King sees His eyes , it will be harmful to the eyes.
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Vishnu Goes To Sleep Shayani/Aashad Ekadasi
Hindu Gods do not sleep. Only when these Gods manifest, to follow Human Norms they perform activities of Man. What this means is that Vishnu enters His Yoga Nidra. Looks asleep yet completely with Pure Consciousness. Lord Vishnu the Para Brahma Swarpa, how can He sleep? Many translate this Yoga Nidra as ari thuyil, using the soft ‘R’ Itayinam. It should be the vallinam , R aRi thuyil. The former means Vishnu’s Sleep, while the later, which is correct, means , Sleeping with Awareness.
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Nine Sleeping Poses Of Lord Vishnu
Lord Vishnu is portrayed as Sleeping on a Bedroll of a Huge Snake in Paarkkadal,Ksheera Sagara(Ocean of Milk). This is allegory. Lord Vishnu does not sleep. His sleep is called Yoga Nidra (Sleeping posture i Yoga) or Ari Thuyil(Tamil-sleeping while aware of everything) The Snake Adisehsa is the coiled Cosmic energy in the Solar Plexus(Mooladhaara).
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Opium,Marijuana Hinduism Aghoris
There were two types of Drinks. One is Soma Bana and the other is Sura Bana. The Soma Bana or the Nectar of the Plant Soma was used for Homas and drinking Soma Bana was sanctioned as it is not an Intoxicant. The other is Sura Bana which induces intoxication and it was classified as a Sin to drink it……Those who perform Aabhichara Pooja( the performance of worship where corpses are used often quote this mantra from the Lalita Sahasra Nama. “947 Pancha pretha manchadhi sayini – She who sleeps on the cot made of five corpses”. This is literal translation.
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