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Words on the Way - Muz Murray Mantra Yoga Master

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(automatically). This is ajapa Gayatri. It liberates <strong>the</strong><br />

yogis. Its undertaking frees you from all sins. There is no<br />

o<strong>the</strong>r knowledge or japa comparable to it. Such<br />

knowledge did not exist in <strong>the</strong> past and will not appear<br />

in <strong>the</strong> future.” 1<br />

Refs:<br />

1 Gorakshasamhita—Gorakshanath.<br />

Hanuman (han-oo-man)<br />

The mythological m<strong>on</strong>key chief and hero of <strong>the</strong> Ramåyana<br />

epic,<br />

in which story he builds a bridge of m<strong>on</strong>keys over to Sri Lanka,<br />

where Ravana <strong>the</strong> ten-headed dem<strong>on</strong> is holding captive Sita, <strong>the</strong><br />

wife of Lord Rama. Hanuman is <strong>the</strong> great devotee of Rama and is<br />

<strong>the</strong>refore worshipped as a model of devoti<strong>on</strong> in many temples<br />

c<strong>on</strong>structed in his h<strong>on</strong>our. Red-faced and standing erect, his statues<br />

are regarded as guardian spirits.<br />

Hara (harrah)<br />

Sense: ‘The Redeemer’: an epi<strong>the</strong>t of Lord Shiva.<br />

Harathi — see Årati<br />

Hathi (hat-tee)<br />

Var:<br />

Sense: ‘One who is devoted to <strong>the</strong> practise of Hatha <strong>Yoga</strong>.’<br />

Ha†ha <strong>Yoga</strong> (hatta-yo-gah)<br />

Var: Hathayoga, (Hathayog)<br />

Sense: ‘The physical practise of yoga postures combined with<br />

breath c<strong>on</strong>trol.’<br />

Note <strong>the</strong> pr<strong>on</strong>unciati<strong>on</strong> of Ha-tah (hatta) and not Ha-tha as<br />

popularly mispr<strong>on</strong>ounced. From Ha — <strong>the</strong> sound of <strong>the</strong> solar breath<br />

entering <strong>the</strong> right nostril and ˝ha — <strong>the</strong> lunar breath experienced in<br />

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