Prana Quotes

“Wikipedia: Prana”

“We usually speak of “five pranas”, but there is really only pure Prana and its four modalities.”

“Realize the healing power of prana. The torpor of life is dispelled in the pure rays of the sunset.”

“The end of the body is ash. The prana-vayu merges with the cosmic energy. And this soul is immortal.”

“Mantras can work to hold and sustain our prana. Prana, [we could say], is the spirit of mantra. Mantra in turn is the expression of prana.”

“RtaM pibantau sukRtasya loke
guhAM praviStau parame parArdhe
chAyAtapau brahmavido vadanti
paJcAgnayo ye ca tri-NAciketAH”

“The moon is born of the cosmic mind, the sun is born of the eye, the air and prana energy is born from the ear, and the fire is born from the mouth.”

“esho anur atma cetasa veditavya yasmin pranah pancadha samvivesha
pranais cittamsattvam otam prajanam yasmin vishuddhe vibhavatyesha atma”

“Worship Him with nine faculties of prana and mind who created the paternal and protective forces of nature and the earth which is the supreme mother of His children.”

“All life is conscious, all consciousness alive." "Whenever a form is infused with life (prana), consciousness (chetana) appears by reflection of awareness in matter.”

“Primarily the functions of the etheric body are three in number: 1. It is the receiver of prana. 2. It is the assimilator of prana. 3. It is the transmitter of prana.”

“Read, and consider how many times even Christ withdrew into solitude. Even His Spirit had need of prana. Observe—the manifestations of each day are full of deep meaning.”

“Prana is born of the Self. Like a man and his shadow, the Self and Prana are in seperable. Prana enters the body at birth, that the desires of the mind, continuing from past lives, may be fulfilled.”

“It is often better to defer a decision until morning. The morning is permeated with prana. After sundown it is harmful to remain tense. Evening is the time to give. Morning is the time to receive knowledge.”

“May life grow by yajna and be dedicated, may prana energy grow by yajna and be dedicated, may apana energy grow by yajna and be dedicated, may vyana energy grow by yajna and be dedicated, may udana energy grow by yajna and be dedicated,…”

“We accept you for all round protection of body, mind and soul and the study of prana energy, in honesty of word and deed. Surely, we accept you for the science of food and nourishment and udana vayu, all sustaining energy. This is the divine voice.”

“Noble men of wisdom and virtue obtain waters/energies, sweet, invigorating, illuminating and enlightening by which they strengthen, cleanse and consecrate their prana, udana, and electric vitalities and ward off all conflicts and negativities of life.”

“This is not the case with God. He thought–and so it was. Consequently, in the [following] list of cosmic ingredients, we must not think of them as “stuff” but as cosmic thoughts. Prana. First the Universal Life Force (vishwaprana) was manifested.”

“Prana and Vak are two facets of the same underlying reality. Prana is unmanifest speech, and speech is manifest prana. Prana naturally creates sound, which is the hissing sound of the breath.”

“Prana provides the continuity between our present and past and past lives – both minds and bodies. It is also the force that enables the continuation of our evolution from past lives carries us through the present life and future ones as well. Prana is truly life itself.”