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The ruling power of Prana as will, insight and the urge to transcend. Vak or speech is the Goddess or feminine principle, Shakti or the Devi (Goddess) relative to Shiva, and Indrani, the feminine aspect of Indra.

— David Frawley

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The Hindu mind has a vision of eternity and infinity. It is aware of the vast cycles of creation and destruction that govern the many universes and innumerable creatures within them.

The Vedas define the two fundamental forces in the universe as Prana or life-energy, which we experience mainly through the breath, and Vak, which is speech, articulation or expression overall.

Old India had a high rate of literacy, particularly because of its educational system, its Sanskrit and its gurukulams.

Preface in Ram Swarup (2000)

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.

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.

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