pranayamam..significance

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Pranayama is a yogic exercise to regulate the mind. A simple

procedure is to inhale slowly through the left nostril for one unit

of time retain for four units and and exhale through the right

nostril in two units. The units of time are measured in terms of

chanting AUM once, twice etc maintaining the ratio one-four-two. The

cycle is repeated alternately with the left and right nostrils. AUM

thus lends itself as an instrument to control the mind. In the

Bhagavad Gita, Bhagavan Sri Krishna avers that whoever chants AUM at

the time of death gets liberated. He also hastens to add that, man

being a creature of his own thoughts cannot think of Him at the last

moment unless he cultivates the habit constantly and continuously

throughout his life...