Yoga as a Universal Science-13-1. Swami Krishnananda.
============================================================================================= Sunday 30, July 2026, 14:00. Books Yoga & Meditation Yoga as a Universal Science-13-1. Chapter 13: Management and Conquest of Desires Swami Krishnananda. ====================================================================================== Chapter 13: Management and Conquest of Desires-1 The Yoga-Vasishtha says that pranas are distracted in various forms. And when they are highly distracted, it is not safe to resort to pranayama, especially with retention. There should be an appreciable calmness in emotions, and in the mind particularly, before any effort is made in pranayama. The pranas are very distracted, and sometimes very forceful in a particular direction, due to intense desire, worry, anxiety and emotional disturbances of various types. Where there is any waxing problem sitting in the mind, it would be dangerous to close the breath or do pranayama, because the mind and the pranas a...