Each of us carries the same breath of life within, yet no two lives are alike. This mystery is the starting point of the seminar dedicated to the sage Asvalayana-Rishi, who once asked about prana: where it originates, how it enters a human being, and how it becomes ordered there. It is an encounter with a sage who patiently sought the mysterious order through which life takes shape in each being.
The name of the sage Asvalayana appears in the very first chapter of the classical work Charaka Samhita, in the great assembly of sages concerned with preserving life and recovering knowledge that could help people overcome suffering and disease.
His personality emerges more fully, however, within the spiritual tradition of the Rig Veda, where Asvalayana is known as a disciple of the great sage Shaunaka and as someone who helped preserve and systematize Vedic knowledge. Writings associated with his name show a consistent concern for order, sequence, and placing each element in its natural position.
An especially distinctive aspect appears in the Prashna Upanishad, where Asvalayana approaches the sage Pippalada with a question about prana. He does not merely wish to learn what prana is; he seeks to understand its entire journey: its origin, how it enters a human being, how it differentiates and organizes itself, and how it leaves the body.
This question opens one of the most fascinating avenues of inquiry: how does a universal principle of life come to acquire a personal expression?
Prana is universal, yet each being lives and expresses life in a unique way. This transition from the universal to the particular, from principle to individual configuration, is one of the profound themes raised by Asvalayana’s thought.
From this perspective, Asvalayana may be regarded as a true sage of the order of life, concerned with the subtle mechanisms through which life organizes itself and becomes coherent in a particular being.
We invite you to explore this profound perspective on prana, and on the mysterious process through which universal principles of life find a unique expression in each being, in the seminar dedicated to Asvalayana.
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