Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 11.14.35
Mukti· LiberationCareful, Regular Practice Controls the Life Air
“Being fixed in the oṁkāra, one should carefully practice the prāṇāyāma system ten times at each sunrise, noon and sunset. Thus, after one month one will have conquered the life air.”
What the purport teaches
- The practitioner is instructed to remain fixed in the oṁkāra while practicing prāṇāyāma.
- The prescribed practice is ten times at each sunrise, noon and sunset. Careful repetition is part of this discipline.
- The verse states that after one month of this practice, the practitioner will have conquered the life air.
Try this today
Read the verse slowly today and identify its focus, daily schedule and stated result.
Ask yourself
What does this precise schedule teach me about the care required in this practice?
Carry the question through the day, then answer it in your own words before sleep.
From Canto 10, chapter 14 onward, the translation and purports were completed by Śrīla Prabhupāda's disciples after his departure, and published by the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust.