Glossary

 

prana

life force, lifetrons;

Sparks of intelligent finer-than-atomic energy that constitute life, collectively referred to in Hindu scriptural treatises as prana, which Paramahansa Yogananda has translated as "lifetrons." In essence, condensed thoughts of God; substance of the astral world (q.v.) and life principle of the physical cosmos. In the physical world, there are two kinds of prana:

(1) the cosmic vibratory energy that is omnipresent in the universe, structuring and sustaining all things;

(2) the specific prana or energy that pervades and sustains each human body through five currents or functions. Prana current performs the function of crystallization; vyana current, circulation; samana current, assimilation; udana current, metabolism; and apana current, elimination.

 

See: Kriya Yoga in The Bhagavad Gita; Kriya Yoga in The Bhagavad Gita

 

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