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(Sanskrit, खेचरी मुद्रा)〔For romanization of the Sanskrit term as ', see: 〕〔Flood, p. 100〕 is a yoga practice which is carried out by placing the tongue above the soft palate and into the nasal cavity. In the beginning stages and applicable for most practitioners, the tip of the tongue touches the soft palate as far back as possible without straining〔Janakananda, p. 114〕 or placed in contact with the uvula at the back of the mouth.〔Kriyananda, p. 450-451〕 Variant spellings include Khechari Mudra, Kecharimudra,〔Venkataratam, p. 4〕 and Kechari Mudra.〔Yogananda, p. 173〕 ''Mudrā'' (Sanskrit, मुद्रा, literally "seal"), when used in yoga, is a position that is designed to awaken spiritual energies in the body.〔Kriyananda, p. 450〕 The buddhist Pali canon contains three passages in which the Buddha describes pressing the tongue against the palate for the purposes of controlling hunger or the mind ((example )), depending on the passage.〔Mallinson, James. 2007. ''The Khecarīvidyā of Adinathā.'' London: Routledge. pg.17-19.〕 However there is no mention of the tongue being inserted into the nasopharynx as in true kechari mudra. A hathayoga text, the ''Khecarīvidyā'', states that kechari mudra enables one to raise Kundalini and access various stores of amrita in the head, which subsequently flood the body.〔Mallinson, James. 2007. ''The Khecarīvidyā of Adinathā.'' London: Routledge. pg.29.〕 Siva, in the same text, gives instructions on how to cut the lingual frenulum as a necessary prerequisite for the kechari mudra practice.〔Mallinson, James. 2007. ''The Khecarīvidyā of Adinathā.'' London: Routledge. pg.119.〕 A tantric Saiva text, the ''Mālinīvijayottaratantra'', warns: Bhattacharyya defines as "name of Yogic posture which bestows spiritual attainment and enables one to overcome disease and death." He explains that "''Kha'' denotes ''brahman'', and that power which moves (''cara'') as the kinetic energy of ''brahman'' is known (as) Khecarī."〔Bhattacharyya, p. 407〕 Singh defines as "the bliss of the vast expanse of spiritual consciousness, also known as divya mudrā or Śivāvasthā (the state of Śivā)."〔Singh, p. 242〕 He further identifies it in a higher sense—with the end state of consciousness, and not just the physical posture used to achieve that end: "So Khecarī Mudrā in Śaiva āgama means a state of universal consciousness which is the state of Śiva."〔"Khecarī Mudrā is of various sorts. Śaiva āgama does not set any store by mudrā in the sense of disposition of certain parts of the physical body. It interprets mudrā in a higher sense in three ways, viz. (1) mudam (harṣam) rati (dadāti) — that which give muda or joy, (2) muṃ drāvayati — that which dissolves mu or bondage (3) mudrayati iti — that which seals up (the universe into turīya).... That which enables living beings to acquire Self-realization in all the states of the embodied ones is Mudrā.... So Khecarī Mudrā in Śaiva āgama means a state of universal consciousness which is the state of Śiva". Singh, pp. 101-102〕 Abhinavagupta, in his ''Tantraloka'', states that all other mudras derive from Khecarī mudrā, which he describes as "the stance of moving or flying through the void of the supreme consciousness."〔Muller-Ortega, p. 350.〕 The practice is also mentioned in the ''Hatha Yoga Pradipika'' (III. 6-7). In recent times, it was taught by Paramahansa Yogananda as a part of Kriya Yoga practice.〔"While practicing ''Kriya'', when the mind becomes enchanted in listening to ''nada'', the sound of ''Aum'', a divine nectar-like current flows from the ''sahasrara''. Through the performance of ''Kechari Mudra'',...that divine life-current..." Lal Ghosh, p. 279〕〔"This union can be achieved physically also, by what is known in yoga as kechari mudra — touching the tip of the tongue to nerves in the nasal passage, or to the uvula at the back of the mouth." Yogananda, p. 173〕 Yogananda stated that: According to Swami Kriyananda, "The assumption of this mudra helps to hasten the advent of deep spiritual states of consciousness."〔Kriyananda, p. 451〕 Swami Sivananda described as "the best of all Mudras."〔Sivananda, p. 59〕 In Kriya Yoga, the benefits of Khecarī Mudrā are achieved by pronouncing certain vowel while breathing in and breathing out. ==See also== * Frenulum linguae * Kriya Yoga * Paramahansa Yogananda * Shailendra Sharma 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Khecarī mudrā」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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