Guest guest Posted November 17, 2005 Report Share Posted November 17, 2005 The Supremacy of the Prana The pranas (sense-organs) disputed among themselves about who was thebest among them, each saying: I am the best, I am the best.Sama Veda, Chandogya Upanishad V, I - The Supremacy of the Prana, 6They went to Prajapati, their progenitor and said: O revered Sir, whois the best among us? He said to them: He by whose departure the bodylooks worse than the worst is the best among you.Sama Veda, Chandogya Upanishad V, I - The Supremacy of the Prana, 7The organ of speech departed. After being away for a whole year, it came back and said: How have you been able to live without me? The other organs replied: We lived just as dumb people live, without speaking, but breathing with the prana (nose), seeing with the eye, hearing with the ear and thinking with the mind. Then the organ of speech entered the body. Sama Veda, Chandogya Upanishad V, I - The Supremacy of the Prana, 8 The eye departed. After being away for a whole year, it came back and said: How have you been able to live without me? The other organs replied: We lived just as blind people live, without seeing, but breathing with the prana, speaking with the tongue, hearing with the ear and thinking with the mind. Then the eye entered the body. Sama Veda, Chandogya Upanishad V, I - The Supremacy of the Prana, 9 The ear went out. After being away for a whole year, it came back and said: How have you been able to live without me? The other organs replied: We lived just as deaf people live, without hearing, but breathing with the prana. Speaking with the tongue, seeing with the eye and thinking with the mind. Then the ear entered the body. Sama Veda, Chandogya Upanishad V, I - The Supremacy of the Prana, 10 The mind went out. After being away for a whole year, it came back and said: How have you been able to live without me? The other organs replied: We lived just like children whose minds are not yet formed,without thinking with the mind, but breathing with the prana, speaking with the tongue, seeing with the eye and hearing with the ear. Then the mind entered the body.Sama Veda, Chandogya Upanishad V, I - The Supremacy of the Prana, 11 Then as the vital breath was about to depart, he uprooted the organs from their places just as a noble horse tears up the pegs to which its feet are tied. They came to him and said: Revered Sir, be thou our lord; thou art the best among us. Do not depart from us. Sama Veda, Chandogya Upanishad V, I - The Supremacy of the Prana, 12 Forward the Vedas to a friend! To they may write to gurudeva-vedas- Everyone is welcome. Yogacharya Dr.Ananda Balayogi Bhavanani Chairman : Yoganjali Natyalayam and ICYER 25,2nd Cross,Iyyanar Nagar, Pondicherry-605 013 Tel: 0413 - 2622902 / 0413 -2241561 Website: www.icyer.com www.geocities.com/yognat2001/ananda FareChase - Search multiple travel sites in one click. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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