Guest guest Posted April 18, 2004 Report Share Posted April 18, 2004 Salutations Sri Babaji, Thank you for Gracious Darshan and the information + link below. Very much appreciated! Jai Maa Simone , "Sri Janaardana Kalianandaswami" <baba1008@m...> wrote: > The most important point to remember in connection with the use of > deer-skin or tiger-skin as Asana or seat is that the animal is never > killed for obtaining its skin. The deer was always a part of the > ancient Ashrams of Sannayasins and Maharshis; and they should have > found the skin of the deer, when it died its natural death, an > easily procurable material for the Asana. To those living in dense > jungles, therefore, deer-skin and the bark of trees should have been > more easily and abundantly available than cloth. > > Tiger-skins, too were procured in a similar way, though much less > numerically, and that accounts for the wider use of the deer-skin as > Asana. In fact, Mriga-charma is prescribed for Asana; and Mriga > means deer. > > From the spiritual point of view, the sages found that doing Sadhana > seated on a deer-skin was highly conducive to Siddhis. The power > generated in the body through Sadhana was preserved by the skin. > > from: > http://www.geocities.com/radhakutir/answers.html#89 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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