دانلود کتاب INNER DISCIPLINE Part 2

“Truth, not elequence, is to be sought for, in Holy Scriptures. We should rather search after (our spiritual) profit in the Scriptures, than subtlty of speech.”
In Part-I we have considered the four important steps viz. yama, niyama, asana, pranayama and we have seen that actually all four steps together form the art of Pranayama or the art of control of prana or impulses. These impulses are received from (1) food and drink (2) breathing (3) the sensations of sound smell, touch and sight. We have also noted the corrective methods for each. Sincere adherence to the methods and techniques shown would bring a person to the verge of the critical certain stage.
The fifth step according to Bhagwan Patanjali is Pratyahara. The first four steps bring one to the bank of a river. Then there is the river and then there is the other bank.
On the other bank is the master waiting for the sincere disciple to come. The disciple has after a long journey come to the bank of the river. The river we call the no man’s land or the fifth step of Pratyanara.
- S.N. Tavaria