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Why Some Yogis are Reborn Yoga Sutra 1.19
Yaga Sutra 1.19

After talking about the Types of Samadhi,Patanjali now goes deeper into the difference between on who has attained Samadhi,and those who attain it for a flash or intermittently.

To understand this concept one has to understand the Five Sheaths of Atman, Self, which at the Apara or Trancendental level is called Brahman.

The Five sheaths are,

Annamaya Kosa, Of Food

Pranamaya Kosa, Of Vital Breath,

Manomaya Kosa, Of Mind,

Vigyanamaya Kosa, Of Intellect and

Anandamaya Kosa Of Bliss.

The Atman is covered , as it were, by these sheaths.

Brahman is beyond these.

One who attains Samadhi goes beyond these sheaths.

( Buddhism also has these layers, but the Reality, in Buddhism,in Sunya or Zero, Nihilism>

It also describes The Sthula Sareera( Gross Body) The Sooksma sareera(The Subtle Body)

Hinduism also describes Sthula Sareera and Sookshma Sareera.

The attachment to the Physical Body or identifying the Atman or self with the Body is called the’ Dehatma Buddhi’

However much one tries various Yogas, this Dehatma Buddhi is difficult to get rid of.

Even those who attain Samadhi for a brief period of Time or for some time continuously are not cured of this Dehatma Buddhi.

Only those who are totally immersed in Samadhi( they can also carry out day-to-day activities of the Physical world) are the true Yogins.

Others are those who are unable to leave the Dehatma Buddhi.

These people know the limitations of the Physical World, know that they are still in the grip of Dehatma Buddhi; but they will be connected to the Sukshma Sareera and be one with nature or Prakriti.

They are called Prakitilayars, one who is in tune with Nature.

Being connected and rooted to Suksma Sareera, they can not get rid of the subtle impressions created by the Physical activities.

Hence, they have to face the consequences of their actions and they carry Vaasanas or the remnants of Impressions.

So they are caught in the web of Samsara, of Births and deaths

Real Yogic State is attained only when one leaves the impressions,Chitta Vruttis.

This is possible only when one performs actions without attachment, as Lord Krishna explains in The Bhagavad Gita.

This detachment is the prerequisite for Yoga Sadhana.

The Levels of Attachment.

I.19. bhava pratyayo videha prakṛtilayānāṁ

bhava = objective existence, becoming
• pratyayah = cause, cognitive principle, content of mind, cognition
• videha = bodiless, disembodied
• prakriti = creative cause, subtlest material cause, nature
• layanam = dissolved, merged into
When such impressions remain, one retains the possibility (and the cause) of birth, even
after being freed from the present body and after becoming integrated with one’s own or
the cosmic nature. For, such impressions or memories nurture and perpetuate the
awareness of continued personal existence.

Related.

http://ramanisblog.in/2013/05/07/at-yoga-beyond-yoga-sutra-1-18/

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29 May 2013
Saasmita Samadhi Yoga Final Stage?
The Final type/Stage of Yoga,Patanjali Calls as ‘Saasmita’

Consciousness.

In this stage, Personal Consciousness alone remains.

Gross elements like Objects and subtle elements, Objects like thoughts disappear.

When Pure Consciousness , the attribute of Atman or the Individual Self alone remains,there is yet another level one should reach.

That is merging or returning to the original state of Reality or Brahman, the macro principle.

The Brahman is the Ultimate Reality and the individual Reality is but a reflection of it.

This is what is stated in the Mahavaakyas,

Tattvam Asi,

Aham Brahmaasmi,

Soham Asmi,

Pragyanam Brahma.

The Consciousness is a stream.

Henri Bergson calls it as ‘elan vital’

The Principal Upanishads, List.

This Consciousness appears at the individual level because of non Knowledge,Avidya.

(In Indian Philosophy, Knowledge is defined as the removal of ignorance)

Once Ignorance is removed knowledge of Reality ,nay, Reality dawns.

Those who attain the Saasmita Samadhi are called ‘Prakritilayar’, ‘one who s in tune with Nature’

Here, of the three Gunas or dispositions(I use the normal meaning, not the term in a Philosophical sense), only the Sathva , pure, clear,remains.

In Savitraka Samadhi, Sathva, Rajas and Tamas are present, but controlled.

In Savichara Samadhi, Tamas is absent.

Ananda Samadhi has Sathva remains dominate, Rajas less active.

In Saasmita Samadhi,only Sathva remains.

But to attain Self realization , one should transcend the three Gunas.

The merging or return to Brahman is not Duality.

The Reality is One.

How this can be explained?

It is like the relationship between heat and Fire.

One can not dispense with another.

In some cases, as in Microwave cooking, the Heat is felt and not the Fire which is the cause .

Here the cause , Fire is invisible, the energy is visible , not the source.

All these States constitute the Savikalpa Samadhi, except Ssaasmita Samadhi , where one is nearer to Nirvakalpa Samadhi which is the State where the Individual Consciousness merges with the Reality , Brahman.

http://ramanisblog.in/2013/05/05/savichara-ananda-samdhis-yoga-sutra/

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6 May 2013
Savichara Ananda Samdhis Yoga Sutra
The second type of Samadhi described by Patanjali in his Yoga Sutra 1.17 is ‘Savichara Samadhi’

The State of Samadhi attained here is the result of concentrating on Subtle Objects, like the Gods,or the chanting of Pranava OM, where the thoughts in the first case encourages mental picture, while in the later they are produced by the vibrations of the Pranava,

Couple of points.

In Buddhism by the Tibetan Monks, Lamas,, the body is explained have three layers,

Layers of Body, Buddhism.

The Gross Body, which we see,

The Etheric Body, which extends up to one eights of an inch surrounding the Gross body,

The Auric Body,which surrounds the Etheric Body for another one eighth of an inch and,

Aura, which surrounds the whole.

In Indian Philosophy this phenomenon is explained while describing the Five sheaths of the Atman or Reality, the Five sheaths being,

Annamaya Kosa (of Food),

Pranamaya Kosa,(of Vital Breaths)

Manomaya Kosa,(of Mind)

Vigyanamaya Kosa (of Knowledge)

Anandamaya Kosa.(of Bilss)

It is also interesting to note Japas, the practice of chanting a sacred name or Hymn is three-fold.

1.Chanting aloud, the first Stage,

2.Chanting but not aloud; the lips alone should move.

The Mantras give fruits , right from the first stage,

In the second stage, they give results hundred times more than the first stage (Satham) and in the Third Stage,

They give thousand times more(Sahasrapala)

Savichara Samadhi is practiced after mastering the ‘Savitarka Samadhi’ and understanding the nature of Gross elements.

Ananda Samadhi.

This state is reached by using the Mind, and not Knowledge.

In the earlier Samadhis one uses the Knowledge one has or gains .

But in Ananada Samadhi Chiththa is focused upon and laziness and actions are dispensed with.

This is the third state.

http://ramanisblog.in/2013/05/03/savitarka-samadhi-patanjaliyoga/

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5 May 2013