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The Crown of Life THE CROWN OF LIFE The Crown of Life A Study in Yoga Kirpal Singh i THE CROWN OF LIFE I have written books without any copyright—no rights reserved—because it is a Gift of God, given by God, as much as sunlight; other gifts of God are also free. —from a talk by Kirpal Singh, with the author of a book after a talk to students of religion at Santa Clara University, San Jose, California on November 16, 1972. The text of this book is the same as what was published during the lifetime of Kirpal Singh. Aside from punctuation and capitalization corrections, no changes have been made to the text; it is exactly the same as what was approved by the Master. First Edition 1961 Second Edition 1965 Third Edition 1970 This Edition published in 2012 RUHANI SATSANG® DIVINE SCIENCE OF THE SOUL 250 “H” Street, #50 Blaine, WA 98230-4018 USA www.RuhaniSatsangUSA.org Tel: 1-888-530-1555 ISBN Hard Cover # 978-0-942735-75-8 ISBN Soft Cover # 978-0-942735-77-2 SAN 854-1906 Printed in the United States of America by Print Graphics Pros • (949) 859-3845 ii iii THE CROWN OF LIFE Sant Kirpal Singh Ji (1894-1974) iii THE CROWN OF LIFE Sawan Singh Ji Maharaj (1858-1948) iv v THE CROWN OF LIFE Dedicated to the Almighty God working through all Masters who have come and Baba Sawan Singh Ji Maharaj at whose lotus feet the writer imbibed sweet elixir of Holy Naam — the Word v THE CROWN OF LIFE Sant Kirpal Singh passed on from this earth in 1974. Therefore, He is no longer taking on new people to guide out of this world and back to God. He left many books that explain, as much as can be conferred in a worldly language, the meaning of life. The books and the Ruhani Satsang website http://www. RuhaniSatsangUSA.org/ are maintained to help stir an interest in God and to help people know what to look for in their search for the way back home. When asked about a successor, we can only offer this quotation from the Master: Today there is a great awakening beginning. Some have got the answer, some have not, but the search to solve the mystery of life has been born all over the world. The day that question arises in the mind is the greatest day of one’s life, for once it is born, it does not succumb until it is satisfied. So, make your life an example of the teachings you follow — live up to them. If you have a strong desire to get it, then God Himself will make the arrangements for you. [Excerpts from a talk published in the January 1971 edition of Sat Sandesh] vi vii THE CROWN OF LIFE Preface HIS study of comparative yoga was initially stimulated by the various queries on the sub- jectT which kept pouring in from seekers and dis- ciples in the West. But in trying to answer them in a systematic and comprehensive manner, it has grown into something much larger than its original intent. As it has now evolved it may, I hope, be of service not only to those whose ques- tions first led to its writing, but to all seekers in general who wish to understand what yoga is, the varieties of its forms and their respective modes and spiritual efficacy. In this age of publishing, there is no dearth of books on yoga. However, if one scrutinizes them carefully, one finds that the majority fall short in one direction or another. They either treat it as primarily a system of asanas and physical exercises, or as an abstract and highly monistic system of thought, positing the unity of all exist- ence and the ultimate oneness of the individual soul and the Oversoul. In either case, the view of yoga that we gather is an incomplete one, reducing it from a practical mode of spiritual transcendence and union with the Absolute, to a system of physical culture or school (or group of schools) of philosophy. vii THE CROWN OF LIFE To avoid the possibility of such error, the ultimate aim of all yoga, at-one-ment with the Supreme Lord, has been kept as a focusing point for all discussions in this study. All the impor- tant forms, ancient and modern, are taken up in turn, their practices explained and discussed, and the extent to which each can lead us toward the final goal evaluated. This last is perhaps the most easily misunderstood and the most widely confused aspect of a comparative study of yoga. It is a characteristic of mystic experience that the soul as it ascends to a plane higher than the one to which it is accustomed, tends (in the absence of superior guidance) to mistake the higher plane as the very highest, the Absolute Realm. And so we find that most yogas, while taking us up to a certain point on the inner journey, mistake this for its end, and for a relative validity claim for themselves an absolute one. The only way by which we can effectively evaluate the comparative spiritual value of each yogic form and so escape the present state of confusion, is by adopting as our standard the very highest form of yoga, whose potency is absolute and not merely relative. This standard is provided by the Surat Shabd Yoga also known as Sant Mat (or the path of the Sants or Masters of this mystic school), the veritable Crown of Life. By following its practices under proper guidance, its adepts have reached realms not viii ix THE CROWNPREFACE OF LIFE known to other mystic schools, and have finally merged with the Supreme Lord in His Absolute, Nameless and Formless State. They have, in their compositions, repeatedly affirmed the incom- parable superiority of this Yoga of the Sound Current and, while describing through direct inner perception the varying spiritual range of other yogas, have gone on to expound the absolute nature of their own. Once a seeker can begin to grasp the per- spectives on comparative mysticism which Sant Mat can provide, he will, I believe, find this extremely complex subject becoming progres- sively clearer to him. He will see that the contradictions which dis- turb so many when they first undertake a com- parative study of mysticism are not essential to mystic experience as such, but are the result of a confusion of a relative truth with an absolute one, an error which does not exist for those who, by following the highest path, have experienced first-hand all the inner states, and know the points up to which each yoga can lead. He will no longer be tempted to evade the issue of spirituality by dismissing it as a mere remnant of old superstition and black magic but will begin to see it as a kind of timeless inner science with its own unchanging laws and vary- ing modes of operation, with knowledge which ix THE CROWN OF LIFE is not static, but has developed as men have moved from lower to higher forms of yoga. And above all, he will, I hope, realize that mergence with the Supreme Lord is no mere day-dream or hypothetical postulate of a mo- nistic school of philosophy, but a living possi- bility whose realization is the true end of human existence and whose attainment, given the right guidance, the right method and the right effort, lies within the reach of all, irrespective of age, sex, race or creed. Sawan Ashram, Delhi Kirpal Singh June 6, 1961 x xi THE CROWN OF LIFE Table of Contents part ONE The Yogic Patterns I. YOGA: AN INTRODUCTION ..............................1 Vritis: What they are ...............................................8 Soul and Oversoul ................................................10 Prakriti or matter ..................................................15 Relationship between the three bodies and five koshas ..................................................20 Division of creation according to the koshas ...21 II. YOG VIDYA AND YOG SADHNA ....................29 The Path of Yoga in Theory and Practice ................29 1. THE BASIS OF ANCIENT YOGA ................29 Origin and technique of the yoga system ....29 Fundamental concepts ...................................32 2. THE Path AND THE BRANCHES OF ASHTANG YOGA ..................................34 I-II. YAMAS AND NIYAMAS ..................35 III. ASANAS ..............................................44 Asana as a form of yoga ....................47 Advantages of asanas ........................49 Perfection in asanas ............................57 Food ......................................................59 xi THE CROWN OF LIFE IV. pranayam OR YOGIC breathing .....................................59 Plexuses and chakras ..........................63 Pranayam: Elementary exercises .......64 Sukh Purvak Pranayam ......................65 Pranayam as a form of yoga ..............70 Pranic discipline ..................................71 Advantages of Prana Yoga .................73 V. pratyahara OR SENSE CONTROL...............................74 VI. dharna OR Samyam ...................76 Dharna as a form of yoga ...................87 VII. dhyan OR contemplation .....99 Dhyan as a system of yoga ...............102 Advantages of Dhyan Yoga .............105 VIII. SAMADHI ..........................................106 Samadhi Yoga .....................................112 3. AShtang YOGA AND MODERN MAN ..................................117 III. THE FORMS OF YOGA ...............................124 1. MANTRA YOGA OR THE YOGA OF UTTERANCE .................................124 Technique in Mantra Yoga ......................126 2. Hatha YOGA .........................................129 3. Laya YOGA .............................................141 4. RAJA YOGA ..............................................143 5. JNANA YOGA OR THE YOGA OF KNOWLEDGE ...............................151 xii xiii TABLETHE CROWN OF CONTENT OF LIFES 6. BHAKTI YOGA OR THE YOGA OF DEVOTION ....................................154 7. KARMA YOGA OR
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