Yellow Bamboo Encyclopedia

OM SUASTIASTU

This information is meant as an adjunct to the Yellow Bamboo training videos. As this manual is updated constantly there may be differences between the video and this manual. This manual is meant to have the latest up to date information and corrections.

It is a collaborative effort amongst the current Yellow Bamboo instructors and Pak Nyoman Serengen the founder of Yellow Bamboo.

Where there is a difference between the video and manual- follow the instructions in this manual instead.

Singaraja, Bali, INDONESIA, updated manual Aug 2005 version 5

OM SANTI SANTI SANTI OM

Yellow Bamboo Outline Level 1

Concept- Open your mind to the belief that Yellow Bamboo can help you and to make contact with the power of the universe and bring that power inside you.

Pasupati (initiation) ceremony- When you first start Yellow Bamboo you do the pasupati (initiation) ceremony. You do the ceremony also every time you go up a level. While the singing is going on you open the top of your head and feel the white light power of the universe coming into your body. If you can, do the ceremony the night of the full moon.

Fast- 24 hours from 6AM the day after the pasupati ceremony till 6AM the next day only white rice and water. Before you eat the rice, ask the power of the universe to give you nourishment from the rice.

Mantra/Pranayama- The first time you do these Mantram you do them anytime between 8PM till midnight for minimum 5 minutes each one. Thereafter you do each mantra minimum 5 minutes each one every day:

LEVEL 1 MANTRAM A:

ANG ANG ANG NGADEG CHAKRA GNI MERAH RING BHUANA ALIT (Fire, fire, fire, let my body open and red fire rise from my belly.)

You say the mantram silently to yourself and take a 1/3 of a breath, allow the fire to rise. Say the mantra silently to yourself once more and take a 1/3 of a breath and allow the fire to rise. Say it once more and inhale as before. Hold the breath for as long as you can comfortably and imagine the red fire expanding to fill the room, the city, the country, the world and the universe. Purse your lips and blow out all the breath while you keep and maintain the fire inside and repeat again.

LEVEL 1 MANTRAM B:

BAMBU KUNING, BAMBU KUNING, BAMBU KUNING YANG KUPAKAI BIDANKU HIDUP. (Allow the power of Yellow Bamboo to live inside of me.)

You say the mantram silently to yourself and take 1/3 of a breath inhale allow the power of yellow bamboo to live inside of you. Say the mantra silently to yourself once more and allow the power of yellow bamboo to live inside of you. Say it once more and inhale as before. Hold the breath for as long as you can comfortably and imagine the yellow bamboo expanding to fill the room, the city, the country, the world and the universe. Purse your lips and blow out all the breath while you maintain the light inside and repeat again.

Level 1 Exercises- You do these exercises minimum 3 times a week. 10 repetitions each.

Level 1 Exercise Position 1
Begin by reciting quietly the first mantra ANG ANG ANG NGADEG CHAKRA GNI MERAH RING BHUANA ALIT (Fire, fire, fire, let my body open and red fire rise from my belly.) three times and continue to repeat the mantra even as you do the movements. Start with your feet shoulder width apart and your hands forming a circle over your navel with your right hand on top. This is the beginning position.

Take a deep breath and exhale with a loud sigh as you drop down your hands palm up to the sides.

The most important point in the exercise is to look at your body and see your soul not your body. See the luminous being that you are.

Now turn your palms over face down and bring your hands up and together and cross your palms in front of your face. First watch your right hand. Next watch your left hand as the hands cross. Finally as your right hand goes out to the side follow the right hand with your eyes. Extend your hands out to the side palms facing up. Now turn your head to the left.

Now look up to the sky and bring your hands together. Begin to repeat the mantram Bambu Kuning, Bambu Kuning, Bambu Kuning Yang Kupakai Bidanku Hidup. Inhale through your nose while you imaginethe red fire rising from your stomache. Continue to bring your hands together into a prayer position and bring them down in front of you. Make fist of your hands and hold them at the side. This is called the rest position.

From the rest position push your hands out in front of you, make your hands like dragon claws and imagine you are pushing something very heavy. The energy is coming out all five fingers, the palm of your hand, the top of your head, your whole body and focused at a distance. Purse your lips and exhale very hard. Allow the power to flow up from your stomach and out of your hands. Once finished go back to the beginning position. Repeat 10 times.

Level 1 Exercise Position 2
Position 2 begins just like Position 1 until you get to the rest position. From the rest position turn your head and hands upward, make your hands like dragon claws and push as hard as you can up towards the sky as if you are lifting something very heavy. Purse your lips and blow very hard as you push upward. Allow the power to flow up from your stomach and out of your hands, your fingertips etc. Once finished go back to the beginning position. Repeat 10 times.

Level 1 Exercise Position 3
Position 3 begins just like Position 1 until you get to the rest position. From the rest position turn your head and hands downward, make your hands like dragon claws and push as hard as you can down towards the ground as if you are pushing something very heavy. Purse your lips and blow very hard as you push downward and squat trying to get your anus to touch the ground. Allow the power to flow up from your stomach and out of your hands. Once finished go back to the beginning position. Repeat 10 times.

Level 1 Exercise Position 4
Position 4 begins just like Position 1 until you get to the rest position. From the rest position cross and lock your hands in front of you with the left hand on the top. Next pull your hands apart and stand up as high as you can as if you are wrapped up in a chain and breaking free. Once finished go back to the beginning position. Repeat 10 times and on the last repetition when you break the chains take all the energy you have built up and let go with the biggest, loudest scream you can and next do the “test of power” before you finish with Savasahna.

Level 1 Test of Power (Internal and external) - Do every time you do the exercises. Do this after the Step 1 - 4 exercises but before the Savasahna meditation. After the exercises you test the amount of power you have built up.

Internal Test of power- The first few times you do this test you may want to do it from a seated position as it is not uncommon for people to fall down and pass out while testing power. After you get the hang of it and have developed control you can try it standing up.

You have already done the mantra exercise and saved the mantra power in your stomach. Now that you have done the step 1 through 4 exercises, you have also pulled in energy through the top of your head and brought it down into your stomach. Imagine that these two energies are mixing together in your stomach to form a very powerful energy. It is like the external power enters you and adds to the fire just as if you were adding gasoline.

Begin seated or standing with your hands over your stomach. Repeat quietly the Mantram ANG ANG ANG NGADEG CHAKRA GNI MERAH RING BHUANAALITover and over again. Continue with this mantra as you exhale the arms down and across and up just like in the beginning of the step 1 through 4 exercises. When your hands are out to the side begin saying the Mantram BAMBU KUNING BAMBU KUNING BAMBU KUNING YANG KUPAKAI BIDANKU HIDUP Look right then left and bring your hands together over your head and bring them down in front of you.

When your hands are level with your head bring them about 1 foot apart, using the dragon claws. Inhale deeply and exhale hard through pursed lips while you imagine the energy flowing out of your stomach through your hands.

Push your hands together without touching and feel the energy flowing out of your hands and bouncing/pushing them apart. It is almost like you are pushing two magnets together which are repelling each other (or pushing a balloon together) and bouncing apart. Push them together and let the energy bounce them apart faster and faster until you lose control and the energy takes over. It may take a few tries but eventually you will get it.

Savasahna Meditation- Do every time you do the exercises and tests of power regardless of your level plus anytime you feel like it.

  1. Lay on your back with your legs open and your hands at your side palms facing up.
  2. Tense your entire body and then systematically relax each part of your body. IE Relax your feet, calves, legs, buttocks, entire back, stomach, shoulders, arms, hands, neck, head, the sexual organs, entire reproductive system, anus, intestines, kidneys, liver, lungs, heart and brain.
  3. Now imagine you are peeling the skin off of your body like a snake shedding its skin. Start with the feet and go up the body. Visualize the skin underneath white and clean.
  4. At this step ask forgiveness from your creator for any misdeeds or harm you have ever caused. Ask forgiveness for your entire body. IE ask forgiveness for your feet, calves, legs etc.
  5. Now imagine your body is disappearing. Start with your feet and work upward until your entire body has disappeared. You see yourself flying up into the sky all dressed in white.
  6. Now as you are flying high in the sky look down at the beauty and splendor of the earth. See everything so beautiful, the mountains, oceans trees etc. Think back to any bad things you may have done in the past and feel very sorry for it because you have done something to harm this beautiful world. Promise yourself not to do such bad things in the future.
  7. One more time ask forgiveness and promise you will do your best to do only good.
  8. Now think of one person in the world who you would like to help. Ask the creator for this person to have whatever you would like to ask for them.
  9. Now imagine you are meeting your creator. Imagine the meeting to be so pleasant and full of joy and happiness.
  10. Ask your creator for whatever you would like to ask whatever it is that you want.
  11. Imagine and feel that you have gotten exactly what you have asked for. Thank your creator and fly down to your body with the gift you now have.
  12. Imagine coming closer to your body and entering in through the top of your head and allow the energy to strengthen all of your body.
  13. When you do this meditation full of respect and seriously you will really get something special.

Healing
The Yellow Bamboo healing is a 4 step process.

  1. Prayer.
    Pray to the creator to allow you to heal the person.
  2. Burn.
    Put your right hand on the afflicted area. Repeat quietly the Mantram ANG ANG ANG NGADEG CHAKRA GNI MERAH RING BHUANA over and over again.Imagine the energy you have stored in your stomach from doing the mantra exercises. Imagine this energy coming up your body and out of your right hand. Imagine this energy burning out the bad energy or poison. Sometimes you and the person you are healing will feel heat emanating from your hand. Do this for a minimum of 10 minutes.
  3. Remove.
    Put your right hand on the afflicted area. Inhale deeply. Now pull away from the afflicted area while you purse your lips together and blow out hard. Imagine you are pulling out the bad energy. It will kind of feel like pulling against a rubber band. Inhale deeply and blow out hard through pursed lips and now push that bad energy into the ground and touch the ground with your hand.
  4. Protect.
    Hold your right hand 6 inches away from the afflicted area. Inhale deeply and purse your lips and blow out hard while moving your hands in a clockwise circular motion. Do the circular motion 11 times. For extra special protection do the circular motion 11 X 11 times. Imagine the energy you have stored in your stomach from the mantra exercises coming up your body and out of your right hand

Healing from a distance
If you cannot be physically present to heal the person you may do so at a distance. Visualize the person in front of you and follow the steps 1-4 above as if they were really in front of you

Protection of property or person
There is a 2 step process to protect a person or property.

  1. Pray
    Pray to the creator asking them to allow you to protect the person or thing.
  2. Protect
    Hold your right hand 6 inches away from the person or object you want to protect. Inhale deeply and purse your lips and blow out hard while moving your hands in a clockwise circular motion. Do the circular motion 11 times. For extra special protection do the circular motion 11 X 11 times. Imagine the energy you have stored in your stomach from the mantra exercises coming up your body and out of your right hand.

Protection of property or person from a distance
If you cannot be physically present, imagine the person or object in front of you and follow steps 1 and 2 above.

Summary Level 1
So to summarize a days practice would begin with 5 minute each mantra repetition of two mantras. Next would come the four basic exercises repeated 10 times each. Next would be the level 1 internal and external “Tests of Power” followed by the savasana meditation. You should practice the Mantram minimum 5 minutes each one every day. You should practice the exercises, tests of power and savasana minimum of 3 times per week. You should train level one a minimum of 2 months before going to level 2. When you really feel your hands repelling away from each other you are ready to go to level 2.

Puja Tri Sandhya

  1. Om Bhur Bhwah Swah,

Tat Sawitur Warenyem

Bhargo Dewasya Dimahi

Dhiyo Yo Nah Pracodayat

  1. Om Narayanah Ewedam Sarwam,

Yad Bhutam Ya Ca Bhawyam,

Niskalanko Niranjano,

Nirwikalpo Nirakhayatah,

Suddho Dewa Eko,

Narayano Na Dwitiyo, ‘Sti Kascit.

  1. Om Twam Siwah Twam Mahadewah,

Iswarah Parameswarah,

Brahma Wisnu Ca Rudras Ca,

Purusah Pari Kirtitah.

  1. Om Papo Ham Papa Karmaham,

Papatma Papa Sambhawah,

Trahinam Pundari Kaksa,

Sabahya Bhyantarah Sucih.

  1. Om Ksama Swa Mam Mahadewah,

Sarwa Prani Hitankara,

Mam Moca Sarwa Papebhyah,

Palaya Swa Sada Siwa.

6.Om Ksantawyah Kayiko Dosah,

Ksantawyo Waciko Mama,

Ksantawyo Manaso Dosah,

Tat Pramadat Ksama Swa Mam.

Om Santih, Santih, Santih, Om

Translation of the Puja Tri Sandhya.

  1. The Mightiest reigning over this three world,

The Holiest and source of all living, source of

All light that derive from You share

Power and Your holy beam, all our light

  1. The Mightiest , all witticism

All that live, the future to be (exist) and Which shall return to You, The Almighty, Is purified and not filthy, not born, not bewildered, indescribable

You are The Holiest, The Almighty and beyond compare, untouchable.