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When the sound, i.e., नाद is heard in the Brahmasthana, the sankhini nerve showers nectar; thereby the six cakras are purified (liberated) and 'knowledge' is manifested. By this 'lamp of knowledge' one can know God, and on knowing Him one should offer to Him the 'flower' which is his mind and thus worship Him. God should be known as the Self, because the formless is manifest everywhere in form. Also a man by breathing 1600 times a day, utters the hamsa mantra, thereby saying "I am He" (1.29). Siva resides in the space between the eyebrows in the form of jyoti i.e. light and the brahmasthana (mentioned above) is free from either heat or cold.
3. AMARAUGHA PROBODHA
This Ms. is that of a work by Gorakhnath. It mentions the names of Adinath, Minanath and Chauranginath as siddhas.
The distinctive features of the four yogas, laya, hatha, mantra, and raja are mentioned. The rajayoga is divided into two sections - osadhi and adhyatmaka. Hatha is also of two kinds. Perfection and stability of the body or देहसिद्धि cannot be attained without rajayoga (1.8). The aghori who performs various acts, is unable to obtain a perfect body. The mind should be controlled to enable one to control the vital air (1.9).
Note : This couplet is also found in Hathayoga Pradipika (4.14) with a slight variation in the second line, where sahajoli is mentioned.
Next is mentioned a book, 'Sri Samputa', in which Siva tells Parvati, his consort, that 'time' is not greater than the 'soul.' Medicines cannot save one; the great physicians, Caraka and others have all died. Bindu and Nada are the two great medicines which are present in every human being; those who have no Guru and are unaware of these, naturally face death (1.12, 13).
There is only one Amaraugha which is known as Rajayoga (1.17).
The four kinds of sisyas and the four yogas are then described. How Kayasiddhi is obtained (1.28), what are the mahamudra and mahabandha, where is kedar, and what is triveni (1.35), how the four pithas are penetrated by the vital air (1.39) etc.are all given.
