Upadesa Sarum Verse 11

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> Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshis

> UPADESA SARAM

> vayurodhanalliyate manah

> jalapaksivat rodhasadhanam

> Translation

> Verse 11: The mind becomes quiescent by regulation of breath, like a bird

caught in a net.

> This

> is a means of mind control.

> Commentary:

> Verse 11: This and the subsequent three verses deal with control of the mind

through regulation

> of breath. These verses may be said to deal with Yoga. In Hatha Yogic

practices, regulation of

> breath is effected by inhalation of breath, Pooraka, retention of the same,

Kumbhaka, and

> exhalation of the same, Rechaka. These are to be done for stated periods.

Ramana, however,

> suggests in Ramana Gita a new way of regulation of breath, that of watching

its movement with

> the

> mind. ëSuch watching if constant, steadies the breath. Then automatically

the breathing

> becomes

> subdued and simultaneously the mind also ceases to wander. The reason for

this is given in the

> subsequent verse which deals with the interlinking of the mind and the vital

force.

> Ramana, however, recommended breath regulation as a complementary aid, of

initial use for

> checking the movement of a weak mind used to staying away from the Self. He

did not recommend

> it

> as an independent means for Self-knowledge. An impression may be to the

unwary, because of

> misinterpretation of verse 2. Chapter two of Ramana Gita that regulation of

breath enjoys a

> co-status with self-enquiry as a means for Self-abidance. That regulation of

breath helps,

> indirectly, by stilling the mind is made clear in His Tamil version of the

verse. Elsewhere

> also

> Ramana makes it clear that regulation of breath is only a temporary and, in

some cases, a

> necessary help for those riddled with endless thoughts due to the strength of

latent tendencies.

>

> He told Paul Brunton, ëIf engaged in meditation just a little control of

breath would be

> sufficient to control the mind. Mind is the rider and breath is the horse.

By that the rider

> is

> checked. Just a little may be done. They rise and sink together. It serves

as a brake serves

> a

> car. Ramana mentions clearly in verse 13 the reason why the regulation of

breath cannot be

> given

> an independent status. Breath regulation effects only a temporary subsidence

of the mind

> leaving

> untackled the root cause of the mental movements, the latent tendencies

resulting from past

> actions.

> From Upadesa Saram

> Original Sanskrit ñ Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi

> Word by Word Rendering

> Viswanatha Swami

> English Translation and Commentary

> A.R.Natarajan

>

 

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