Part 8 - Summary of the Dhyanabindu-upanishad (Dhyanbindupanisad)

8. Dhyanbindupanisad (Dhyanabindu-upanishad) - 106 . upakramah- yadi sailasamam papam vistirna bahuyojanam | 3 . visayah (a) varnitah- bhidyate dhyanayogena nanyo bhetah kadacana || 1 || brahmanah suksmatvam sarvavyapakatvam ca pranavadhyanam, savisesabrahmadhyanam, trimurtidhyanam, ajapahamsavidya, kundalini, bandhatrayam, khecari mudrabhyasah khecaryebhyasena vajrolisiddhih, hrdaye atmasaksatkarah, nadanusamdhanam (ba) nirdistah- brahmadhyanayogamahima, pranavasvarupam sadangayogah, asanacatustayam, yonisthanam, muladharadicatuscakrasvarupam, nadicakrama, pranadidasavayavah yogakale pranapanaikyam, mahamudrabhyasah (ka) laksanam - 4 . upasamharah- ya evam veda purusah sa kaivalyam samasrute || 106 || The Upanisad bears the name dhyanabindu i.e. meditation point since the point (bindu of the Anusvara in om) to which the meditation relates here. It consists of 106 mantras with 15 prose under the verse no. 93. It begins with the greatness of the Yoga, that even if, sin accumulates to the size of a mountain extending over many yojanas, it is destroyed by dhyanayoga. The very structure of this upanisad is as follow: It mentions the topic one by one. It discusses (1) The nature of the Brahman (2) Meditation of Pranava ( 3 ) Meditation on the qualified Brahman (4) Meditation on the trinity (trimurti) (5) Ajapa hamsa vidya (6) Kundalini (7) The three kinds of Bandhas ( 8 ) Practice of the khecari - mudra ( 9 ) The accomplishment of vajroli by the practice of khecari (10) The direct realisation of the Atman in the heart and (11) The application of the sound (Nada) It deals in short with: ( 1 ) The greatness of Meditation of the Brahman ( 2 ) The form of the pranava (3) The six fold Yoga ( 4 ) The four sitting postures ( 5 ) The seat of

64 the perineum (Yoni ), ( 6 ) The real form of the four plexus (cakra) muladhara and other (7) The Nadi - cakra, (8) The ten vital airs-prana and others, (9) The working in unison of the prana and apana during yoga ; and (10) The practice of the mahamudra. It ends with the importance of knowledge that one who knows purusa (Brahman) attains the aloneness ( Kaivalya) Thus, the introduction (Verse I - II) promises the eradication of all sins as a reward of the yoga, which is the minor fruit. As it mentions, the topic one by one, it is left abruptly, because having pointed out the yoga as six angas, here, it treasts only upto pranayama clearly in detail. According to the general system of upanisad. It also mentions the result of the knowledge of purusa (Brahman).