Svadhisthana is a six-petalled lotus at the base of the sexual organ, above muladhara and below the navel. Its pericarp is red, and its petals are like lightning. “Water” evolved from “fire” is the Tattva of this cakra. The varnas on the petals are “bam”, “bham”, “mam”, “yam”, “ram”, and “lam”. In the six petals […]
The first, or cleansing, is effected by the six processes known as the satkarma. Of these, the first is Dhauti, or washing, which is fourfold, or inward washing (antar-dhauti), cleansing of the teeth, (dantadhauti), etc., of the “heart” (hrddhauti), and of the rectum (muladhauti). Antardhauti is also fourfold – namely, vatasara, by which air is […]