On drishti-shristi-vada- Brahmarandhra .........................

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Chitta writes :

 

(It is the aim of Kundalini Yoga to raise the Kundalini (fire of

Consciousness) from these lower chakras to the higher chakras until

it is released from the body altogether through the chakra called

Brahmarandhra. Brahmarandhra is the parting of the skull. (The

Upanishads mention that Brahman entered throught the parting of the

skull, though I don't now remember which Upanishad says this). )

 

My Response :

 

Chitta! Brahmarandhra is mentioned in Katha Upanishads !

 

There are three nadis arsing out of the nadi Chakra that face

downwards. Of them, Raakaa squirts the semen; Siniivaali and Kuhoo

are responsible for excreting urine and faeces. The nadi called

Shankhini takes the essence of food that is eaten, to the cavity in

the head and accumulates nectar there. In total, there are hundred

and one nadis. Out of them, only the Sushumna goes to the

Brahmarandhra. The Vedanta teaches that by going up through it, one

should become liberated. According to the Upanishads, there are two

paths by which the soul of a dead person can depart: Dhoomaadimaarga

or the path of smoke which brings it back again to this world of

transmigration; Archiraadimaarga or the path of light leading to

Brahma Loka or Satyaloka from which there is no return. Sushumna,

connected to the Brahmarandhra, leads to the Archiraadimaarga. This

is clearly proved by the quotation from the Kathopanishad ^6.16): `

There are a hundred and one nadis of which one has proceeded towards

the crown of the head. By going up through it, one attains

immortality. The others spread out in other directions and they serve

the purpose of exit only, but bringing back the soul'.

 

(from a post on Manasallolassa by harsha16 in group Brahmanshakti)

 

Swami Sivananda on Kundalini Yoga

 

Brahmarandhra" means the hole of Brahman. It is the dwelling house of

the human soul. This is also known as "Dasamadvara," the tenth

opening or the tenth door. The hollow place in the crown of the head

known as anterior fontanelle in the new-born child is the

Brahmarandhra. This is between the two parietal and occipital bones.

This portion is very soft in a babe. When the child grows, it gets

obliterated by the growth of the bones of the head. Brahma created

the physical body and entered (Pravishat) the body to give

illumination inside through this Brahmarandhra. In some of the

Upanishads, it is stated like that. This is the most important part.

It is very suitable for Nirguna Dhyana (abstract meditation). When

the Yogi separates himself from the physical body at the time of

death, this Brahmarandhra bursts open and Prana comes out through

this opening (Kapala Moksha). "A hundred and one are the nerves of

the heart. Of them one (Sushumna) has gone out piercing the head;

going up through it, one attains immortality" (Kathopanishad).

 

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on another note , Bhagwan shri Ramana Maharishi must have been

definitely a 'shakta' at heart, otherwise how could one explain the

presence of a SRI CHAKRA in his loin cloth by his disciples after

he attained samadhi -

 

Arunagirinathar, a great Murugan devotee, was also a shakta at

heart.

 

and of course Jagadguru Adi shankara bhagvadapada who had himself

installed the 'sri chakra' in the SRI KANCHI KAMAKSHI TEMPLE , is a

shakta-jnani par excellance ! why would he write such a detailed

explanation of Mantra, yantra , sri chakra puja in his magnificent

work 'Saundarya lahari' ? surely , not out of academic interest !

 

at the lotus feet of Devi !

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Dear AdiMa,

 

advaitin, "adi_shakthi16" <adi_shakthi16>

wrote:

 

> Chitta! Brahmarandhra is mentioned in Katha Upanishads !

 

I also discovered yesterday that Kundalini is mentioned in the Sandilya

Upanishad of the Atharva Veda and in the Kundali Upanishad of the

Krishna Yajur Veda. If Vedanta is the end of the Vedas, then Kundilini

is certainly part of Vedanta.

 

> and of course Jagadguru Adi shankara bhagvadapada who had

> himself installed the 'sri chakra' in the SRI KANCHI KAMAKSHI

> TEMPLE, is a shakta-jnani par excellance! why would he write

> such a detailed explanation of Mantra, yantra, sri chakra puja

> in his magnificent work 'Saundarya lahari'? surely, not out

> of academic interest !

 

AdiMa, I am a devotee of the Beautiful Goddess and often I babble from

the foolishness of my heart! I believe that most of us who proclaim to

be Advaitins are shaktas without knowing it. We seek Her almost every

moment of our lives; we seek Her in our dreaming, we seek Her in our

waking states, we seek Her in our playing, we seek Her at home, we seek

Her in the workplace, we seek Her in our loves and our hates, there is

not a single thing that we seek that is not Her for She is the goal of

all seeking and She is also the desire that is in all of us. Sri Vidya

is the tranmsuting of every desire into Her worship. Advaita Vedanta

and Sri Vidya are the same, but the one is for the sadhaka that has the

velocity of vairagya to take him/her across the ocean of

anandamayakosha, and the other is for the sadhaka whose desire entraps

him/her in the bliss of Vyomavameshvari reflected in anandamayakosha.

The sadhaka who has desires in the heart but does not act is a

hypocrite, says Lord Krishna. The one who has shakti burns these

desires into ashes. The one who does not have shakti prays to Shakti to

transmute all his or her desires into Her worship. Thus does my heart

babble today. :-)

 

May the compassion of the Great Goddess be on us! She it is who takes

us both upwards and downwards!

 

Warm regards,

Chittaranjan