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BODHAYANTI PARASPARAM
and then only the concentration is possible. When we operate on a machine there is a posture and there are certain ways of operating it. We cannot do as we like on a machine unless we want to be hurt. Then they are talking about Pranayama or breath control. This needs certain amount of deeper thinking. The process involves both the inhalation and exhalation, and says they are to be regulated. There is also a certain time meant for keeping the breath. They are all required to be proportionate, it cannot be more or less. But we see that respiratory disorders can disturb us. Respiratory disorders can disturb our sadhana badly. Any task for that matter, if we are suffering from cold, I do not think one can do his computer programme properly. One takes off from work. Here since we are determined to achieve the goal we try to avoid that, we try to control this disorder through pranayama. These are all the exercises that we have got in ashtanga yoga related to the body and there is nothing more than that. In this system we really do not talk much about these things. We say sukhasana is there, and the need for yama and niyama we understand the real meanings and actually practice them through following the T en Commandments of the Master.
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