2/03/2016
Adi shankaracharya
तंतुमात्रो भवेदेव पटो यद्वद्विचारितः।आत्मतन्मात्रमेवेदं तद्वद्विश्वं विचारितम्॥2-5॥
जिस प्रकार विचार करने पर वस्त्र तंतु (-धागा) मात्र ही ज्ञात होता है, उसी प्रकार यह समस्त विश्व आत्मा मात्र ही है।
On reasoning, cloth is known to be just thread, similarly all this world is self only.॥5॥
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STATES OF SAMADHI
CONSCIOUS IMMORTALITY
Ananda is the bliss of not being disturbed by any mental activity or characteristics.
There is a temporary bliss and a permanent one. The former state is called kevala samadhi, the latter is sahaja nirvikalpa samadhi, i.e. the state of nirvikalpa that has become natural.
The jnani in kevala samadhi enjoys the bliss of samadhi arising from the cessation of mental activity and the disappearance of outside objects. But after a while his bliss ceases as mental activities begin and there is no samadhi for some time.
In sahaja, however, there is no relapse into mental activity and no consequent loss of bliss. The happiness is unbroken and ever enduring. The body, senses and mind may be operative, but the person is hardly conscious of the acts of the body.
Q: It is said that one remaining in nirvikalpa samadhi for 21 days must necessarily give up the physical body.
M: Samadhi means passing beyond. Non-identification of the body Self is a foregone conclusion. There are said to be people who have been immersed in nirvikalpa samadhi for a thousand years or more.
- Holding on to Reality is samadhi.
- Holding onto Reality with effort is savikalpa samadhi.
- Merging into Reality and remaining unaware of the
world is nirvikalpa samadhi.
- Merging in ignorance and remaining unaware of the world is
sleep — the head bows but not in samadhi.
- Remaining in the primal, pure, natural state without
effort is sahaja nirvikalpa samadhi.
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