LalithA SahasranAma [447] SAntih

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SAntih : Tranquillity.

 

or, SAnti, a certain KalA [part] belonging to VAyu. The SaivAgama

says, "That which gives place to a man [struggling with] the flood of

impurity [of any], illusion [of mAyA], and change [of Karma], that

KalA is called Santi. That is the abode which is the seat of dominion.

The Br. ParAsara Smr also, "Beyond the fifteen finger's breadth from

the end of the nose where the jiva is purified, is the sixteenth

part... that KalA is called Santi"

 

 

BhAskararAya's Commentary

Translated into English by R. Ananthakrishna Sastry

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This made me think of Patanjali's Yoga Sutra regarding Tranquility

of Thought. I am not sure if I have posted it here before (I may

have awhile ago), but I would like to share it here:

 

Tranquility of thought comes through the cultivation of

friendship, compassion, joy, and impartiality in spheres

of pleasure and pain, virtue and vice.

Or through the measured exhalation and retention of

breath.

Or when the mind's activity, arisen in the sense world,

is held still.

Or when thought is luminous, free from sorrow.

Or when thought is without passion, in the sphere of the

senses.

Or when its foundation is knowledge from dreams and

sleep.

Or through meditation on a suitable object.

For one whose thought is tranquil, mastery extends

from the most minute particle to the vast expanse.

 

 

, "NMadasamy" <nmadasamy@s...>

wrote:

>

> SAntih : Tranquillity.

>

> or, SAnti, a certain KalA [part] belonging to VAyu. The SaivAgama

> says, "That which gives place to a man [struggling with] the flood

of

> impurity [of any], illusion [of mAyA], and change [of Karma], that

> KalA is called Santi. That is the abode which is the seat of

dominion.

> The Br. ParAsara Smr also, "Beyond the fifteen finger's breadth

from

> the end of the nose where the jiva is purified, is the sixteenth

> part... that KalA is called Santi"

>

>

> BhAskararAya's Commentary

> Translated into English by R. Ananthakrishna Sastry