THE TEMPLE OF SOLOMON THE KING
Sushumnéa goes to the left side of the Ajna lotus and pro-
ceeding to the right nostril is called the Pingala, Jamuna or
Asi. The space between these two, the Ida and Pingala, is
called Varanasi (Benares), the holy city of Shiva.
111. He who secretly always contemplates on the Ajna lotus, at once
destroys all the Karma of his past life, without any opposition.
112, Remaining in the place, when the Yogi meditates deeply, idols appear
to him as mere things of imagination, z.¢., he perceives the absurdity of idolatry.*
The Sahasrara, or thousand-and-one-petalled lotus of the
brain, is usually described as being situated above the head,
but sometimes in the opening of the Brahmarandhra, or at
the root of the palate. In its centre there is a Yoni which
has its face looking downwards. In the centre of this Yoni
is placed the mystical moon, which is continually exuding an
elixir or dew—this moon fluid of immortality unceasingly
flows through the Ida.
In the untrained, and all such as are not Yogis, “ Every
particle of this nectar (the Satravi) that flows from the Ambrosial
Moon is swallowed up by the Sun (in the M@ladhara Chakkra) {
and destroyed, this loss causes the body to become old. If
the aspirant can only prevent this flow of nectar by closing
the hole in the palate of his mouth (the Brahmarandra), he
will be able to utilize it to prevent the waste of his body. By
* “Shiva Sanhita,” chap. v. It does not follow that missionaries are Yogis.
t+ Compare. “From the Skull of the Ancient Being wells forth Dew, and
this Dew will wake up the dead to a new life.”—The Zohar, /dva Rabba.
“I will be as a dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his
roots as Lebanon.”—Hosea, xiv, 5.
} This is according to the “Shiva Sanhita.” “The Hatha Yoga Pradipika”
places the Sun in the Svadisthana Chakkra. The Maniptira Chakkra is however
probably the correct one.
gi