Guest guest Posted December 12, 2003 Report Share Posted December 12, 2003 the pranayama in haribhakti vilasa is only used as a preliminary for puja, since this is one of the traditional elements along with bhuta suddhi and manasa puja. but i dont think that means that it is approved, since hari bhakti vilasa also gives a diksa yajna which is far more complicated that what we do, and downright different, and prescribes a lot of nyasas before deity worship and pitha puja which we dont do as well. it is just describing all the elements of arcana found in scripture. of these some we do and some we dont depending on the acaryas. i dont know for instance whether they do pranayama before worship in radha raman temple in vrndavana. that temple follows pretty closely hari bhakti vilasa. if they dont, then probably we wouldnt either. of course that does not mean to say i disprove of pranayama. bhaktivinode in his writings seems to disapprove. it is mentioned in relation to dhruva maharaja's sadhana as well favorably. i belive the main reason for not doing it or encouraging it is that it is not included in uttama bhakti. it would lead to yoga misra bhakti...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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