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For that heart there are five gates belonging to the Devas (the senses). The eastern gate is the Prâna (up-breathing)…
The southern gate is the Vyâna (back-breathing), that is the ear, that is the moon. Let a man meditate on that as hap…
The western gate is the Apâna (down-breathing), that is speech, that is Agni (fire). Let a man meditate on that as gl…
The northern gate is the Samâna (on-breathing), that is mind, that is Parganya (rain). Let a man meditate on that as …
The upper gate is the Udâna (out-breathing), that is air, that is ether. Let a man meditate on that as strength and g…
These are the five men of Brahman, the door-keepers of the Svarga (heaven) world. He who knows these five men of Brah…
Now that light which shines above this heaven, higher than all, higher than everything, in the highest world, beyond …
Namely, when we thus perceive by touch the warmth here in the body. And of it we have this audible proof: Namely, whe…