Ṣaṭkarma — Purification

The six purifications of Haṭha Yoga. Preparation of body and mind for prāṇāyāma and deep meditation.

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Haṭha Yoga Pradīpikā 11

  1. HYP 2.5While the nāḍīs are full of impurities, breath cannot enter the central channel. How then can the state of no-mind arise? How can there be success in the goal?
  2. HYP 2.6When the entire nāḍī system, previously full of impurities, becomes purified, then the yogī becomes capable of retaining prāṇa.
  3. HYP 2.31One who has excess fat and phlegm should first practice the six purificatory acts. Others should not practice them, as their doṣas are in balance.
  4. HYP 2.32Dhauti, basti, neti, trāṭaka, nauli, and kapālabhāti — these are known as the six karmas.
  5. HYP 2.33These six karmas, which should be kept secret, purify the body, produce marvelous qualities, and are venerated by the best yogīs.
  6. HYP 2.34Now dhauti: a cloth four fingers wide and fifteen spans long, moistened, should be swallowed slowly following the method taught by the guru.
  7. HYP 2.37Now basti: seated in utkaṭāsana in water up to the navel, with a tube inserted in the anus, contracting the sphincter, thus one should practice basti.
  8. HYP 2.38Abdominal tumors, spleen diseases, and dropsy, and all diseases born of vāta, pitta, and kapha are destroyed by the power of basti.
  9. HYP 2.45Now nauli: with the shoulders bent forward, rotating the abdomen rapidly from left to right — this is nauli, praised by the siddhas.
  10. HYP 2.47Now kapālabhāti: rapid exhalation and inhalation like the bellows of a blacksmith — this is known as kapālabhāti, which dries up kapha disorders.
  11. HYP 4.114One should retain (prāṇa/mind) until stability is achieved and transcendence occurs. This practice of rāja yoga purifies the nāḍīs.

Gheraṇḍa Saṃhitā 3

  1. GS 1.5By the six karmas the body should be purified, like a cloth is cleaned with earth and water. Then for him success in yoga arises; without proper purification it does not succeed.
  2. GS 1.36Thus, making the body free of impurities by the six karmas according to the rules, then clarity arises in the body, as well as strength and digestive fire.
  3. GS 7.23Ṣaṭkarma, āsana, mudrā, prāṇāyāma, dhyāna, samādhi — these are the steps (pada) of haṭha yoga.

Yoga Sūtras of Patañjali 1

  1. Sūtra 3.36From that arise intuition and the higher powers of hearing, touch, sight, taste, and smell.

Bhagavad Gītā 1

  1. BG 6.12There, seated on the seat, making the mind one-pointed, with the activities of mind and senses controlled, one should practice yoga for the purification of the self.

Gorakṣa Śataka 1

  1. goraksha-shataka 50Es recomendado el masaje de los miembros con el agua generada por el esfuerzo (sudor); abandonando lo amargo, ácido y salado, debe tomar una dieta de leche.

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