The Origin of Tripindi - Atma, Mann, Prana
Author Kedi Ganapati
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What is Tripindi
Kiran: What is Tripindi?
Ganesh: In the human body, the soul, mind, and vital energy (prana) are interconnected and function together as one system. This system is called Tripindi.
How Tripindi Works
Kiran: What does Tripindi do?
Ganesh: Tripindi enables three types of actions and reactions: intellectual, mental, and physical.
Kiran: What do intellectual, mental, and physical actions or reactions mean?
Ganesh: When you see a vada pav, first you calculate how much money you have in your pocket—that is intellectual action. You imagine the pleasure you will get from eating the vada pav—that is mental action. You rush to buy it, and your mouth starts watering—that is physical action. Just by seeing one object, you experience intellectual, mental, and physical reactions because the Tripindi in your body is awakened and active.
Kiran: If my Tripindi were not awakened and active, what would happen?
Ganesh: Even while being alive, you would not have the desire to live. Even with money in your pocket, you would not feel like eating vada pav. Even with friends around, you would not feel like enjoying yourself. On seeing any object, your intellect, mind, and body would show no reaction.
Kiran: How does Tripindi become awakened and active?
Ganesh: Just as veins and arteries spread blood throughout the body, similarly, to spread the Tripindi energy of soul, mind, and prana across the entire body, there are three main nadis and 72,000 branches of nadis. These nadis awaken and activate Tripindi.
The Role of Nadis
Kiran: What do nadis look like?
Ganesh: Nadis exist in the form of energy, so they are not visible. Veins and arteries are material in nature, so they are visible.
Kiran: What are the three nadis?
Ganesh: Ida, Pingala, and Sushumna.
Kiran: Where is the Ida nadi located?
Ganesh: Ida nadi is the nadi of the prana element. It emerges from the Muladhara chakra and connects to the Ajna chakra. Its colour is red. It is also called the prana nadi.
Kiran: Where is the Pingala nadi located?
Ganesh: Pingala nadi is the nadi of the soul element. It emerges from the Ajna chakra and connects to the Muladhara chakra. Its colour is blue. It is also called the atma nadi.
Kiran: Where is the Sushumna nadi located?
Ganesh: Sushumna nadi is the nadi of the mind element. It emerges from the Manipura chakra and connects to both the Ajna chakra and the Muladhara chakra. Its colour is yellow. It is also called the mann nadi.
Kiran: How can one nadi connect to two energy chakras?
Ganesh: The Manipura chakra lies in the middle. From the mind, two Sushumna nadis emerge—one goes upward to the Ajna chakra, and the other goes downward to the Muladhara chakra.
Kiran: Why do the nadis connect to each other's energy chakras?
Ganesh: So that the soul, prana, and mind can communicate with one another. They are interconnected for this purpose.
Kiran: What is the soul?
Ganesh: The soul is a divine element through which God illuminates knowledge in a human's intellect and keeps the entire Tripindi dynamic by infusing cosmic energy.
What is the Soul?
Kiran: What does the soul look like?
Ganesh: The soul is originally pure white divine energy. However, because it resides in the blue Ajna chakra and continuously absorbs violet cosmic energy, it appears blue. The soul of all living beings is the same. There is no difference between one soul and another. God observes a human's internal and external actions through the soul.
Kiran: Is my soul the same as my mother's soul?
Ganesh: Yes. Your soul and your mother's soul are the same. Only the size of the mind and the intensity of prana differ.
What is the Mind?
Kiran: What is the mind?
Ganesh: What you call "I" is the mind element. Within the mind, 108 elements arise: 64 emotions, 12 moods, 12 temperaments, 8 mental states, 8 willpower, and 4 perspectives, among others. Whatever emotion or mental state you experience originates in the mind. Your perspective toward any subject is also given by the mind.
Kiran: Is everyone's mind different?
Ganesh: Yes. Every human mind is different. No two people can have exactly the same mind.
Kiran: Why is everyone's mind different?
Ganesh: Because different karmas and desires accumulate in each mind, making it unique.
Kiran: What does the mind look like?
Ganesh: The mind looks like a yellow lotus with four petals. Each petal has two parts, and each develops gradually. Some petals develop quickly, some slowly, and all vary in size.
What is the Prana?
Kiran: What is prana?
Ganesh: The sudden physical reactions you give, and the fact that your body remains alive when you wake up in the morning—this is due to prana.
Kiran: What does prana look like?
Ganesh: Prana appears as intensely vibrating red energy. Because it resides in the Muladhara chakra, its colour is deep red.
Messages Sent by the Nadis
Kiran: What kind of message does the Ida nadi send?
Ganesh: After seeing vada pav or jalebi, it sends a message to the Ajna chakra that the mouth should water. The Ajna chakra then informs the intellect, which automatically releases saliva. When you suddenly hear a frightening sound, Ida sends a message to the Ajna chakra to jump in fear, and the body responds immediately.
Kiran: What kind of message does the Pingala nadi send?
Ganesh: It sends messages to the Muladhara chakra about danger, deceit, or benefit. The Muladhara chakra then activates emotions such as lust, anger, greed, or attachment, prompting action to protect oneself or gain advantage.
Kiran: What kind of message does the Sushumna nadi send?
Ganesh: It sends messages to both the Ajna and Muladhara chakras to form emotional and mental connections. Whenever you connect with any object, animal, or human, Sushumna activates discernment and energy through these chakras.
Disturbances in the Nadis
Kiran: I have noticed that some people react positively, some negatively, and some not at all. Why is that?
Ganesh: When disturbances occur in the nadis, Tripindi energy does not function properly. As a result, a person may lose the ability to react or may react incorrectly.
Kiran: What happens if there is a disturbance in the Ida nadi?
Ganesh: Fear becomes uncontrollable, sadness overwhelms, tears cannot be restrained, and restlessness increases during doubt.
Kiran: What happens if there is a disturbance in the Pingala nadi?
Ganesh: The person loses awareness of their surroundings, cannot properly understand others, fails to recognise the utility of objects, and their common sense diminishes.
Kiran: What happens if there is a disturbance in the Sushumna nadi?
Ganesh: The distinction between imagination and reality is lost. Imagination appears real. The person becomes either excessively emotional or completely emotionless. Disturbance in the Sushumna nadi is the main cause of insanity.
How Yoga Activates Tripindi
Kiran: Can disorders in the nadis be cured?
Ganesh: Yes. By practicing four types of yoga, the nadis can be developed, allowing Tripindi to function properly.
Kiran: Which yogas?
Ganesh: Karma Yoga, Jnana Yoga, Dhyana Yoga, and Prana Yoga.
Kiran: What is Karma Yoga?
Ganesh: Performing any action with skill and striving for excellence in it is Karma Yoga.
Kiran: What is Jnana Yoga?
Ganesh: Trying to understand the root cause of any subject or event is Jnana Yoga.
Kiran: What is Dhyana Yoga?
Ganesh: Observing and understanding the origin and outcome of thoughts, emotions, and desires arising in the mind is Dhyana Yoga.
Kiran: What is Prana Yoga?
Ganesh: While responding or acting, balancing the changes occurring in your breath is Prana Yoga.
Kiran: I understood everything else, but what does balancing the breath mean?
Ganesh: When you are angry, your breath becomes fast. When you are afraid, your breath becomes slow. Learning to regulate this is Prana Yoga.
Kiran: What happens if we do not control the breath?
Ganesh: If uncontrolled breathing is not corrected in time, disorders arise in the nadis, and a person loses control over the body, mind, and intellect.
Kiran: How should one practise Prana Yoga?
Ganesh: Every day, whenever you have free time, practise controlling your breath. First, breathe rapidly for one minute, then suddenly slow it down and continue practising this pattern.
Kiran: What will happen by doing this?
Ganesh: In the future, when anger causes your breath to race, you will be able to slow it down. When fear slows your breath, you will be able to speed it up.
Kiran: Have I ever practiced Prana Yoga?
Ganesh: Yes. In childhood, you practiced Prana Yoga unconsciously to stop mucus from running out of your nose. Now you practice it for attention and peace. Because of Jnana Yoga, you seek to understand Tripindi deeply. Because of Prana Yoga, you respond gently instead of reacting with anger. Because of Karma Yoga, you perform well in your sales job. Because of Dhyana Yoga, you are able to converse with me through self-reflection.
Traditional Tripindi Shraddha Rituals
Kiran: What is traditional Tripindi?
Ganesh: When the original knowledge of Tripindi was lost, some sadhus associated the Atma, Man, and Prana elements with Brahma, Vishnu, and Mahesh, declaring Tripindi as the Tridev. Later, Tripindi was declared as the Pitar of three generations.
Kiran: What is Pitar?
Ganesh: After death, a person may take rebirth, go to heaven, or remain in hell for some time. Such a departed being is called a Pitar.
Kiran: What is Shraddha?
Ganesh: Do you want my belief or the traditional belief?
Kiran: First, your belief.
Ganesh: The literal meaning of Shraddha is to completely forget someone forever. After someone dies, destroying or letting go of objects and memories connected to them is Shraddha.
Kiran: Why do we perform Shraddha?
Ganesh: Remembering the deceased wastes valuable time of the living. Shraddha is performed to prevent this waste.
Kiran: What is the traditional belief about Shraddha?
Ganesh: Traditionally, Shraddha is performed to provide peace to the deceased in their current state, to express gratitude, and to prevent Pitru Dosha. Tripindi Shraddha puja is performed, and Ishvar Vishnu is worshipped because the task of transferring the Pitar from one body to another is carried out by Vishnu.
Kiran: Is there one fixed method to perform Tripindi Shraddha?
Ganesh: You are currently an atheist and do not prefer puja or rituals. When you become a believer, I will explain the method. But understand one thing: there is no single method to perform any puja or ritual in any religion.
Kiran: What is the difference between traditional Tripindi and spiritual Tripindi?
Ganesh: Traditions are always changing, so no tradition is original or truly Sanatan. Only spiritual Tripindi can be Sanatan because it is not connected with any rituals. Traditional Tripindi is a man-made practice, whereas spiritual Tripindi is created by God to give existence to human beings.
Childhood Observations
Kiran: How do you know about Tripindi Shraddha?
Ganesh: When you were ten years old and living in an orphanage, you used to go near a girl' hostel to eat jamun fruits. Near a flowing stream under a peepal tree, villagers performed Tripindi Shraddha. Your friends were afraid to go near the tree, but you fearlessly collected the fruits and biscuits. You saw only the food; through you, I observed the entire ritual.
Note: This content represents a chapter of Kedi Purana, a 64-chapter work authored by Kedi Ganapati. Kedi Purana is a modern Purana of the present and final Kaliyuga.
