The 8 awakenings

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The eight awakenings might seem to parallel somewhat

the eight jhanas ( states of absorption )but they

differ in one essential point, they are not trance

like states. They are perceived in what Shri

Nisargadatta called the natural state of samadhi.

 

The 8 awakenings:

 

1) awakening to bliss.

 

2) to pervasive beauty

 

3) to pervasive love

 

4) to pervasive radiance

 

5) to endless being

 

6) to endless space

 

7) to endless emptiness

 

8) to neither existence nor non-existence

 

 

 

 

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[Guest guest]

The order is interesting.

For me it has been the almost exact reverse

order, the only difference being 7 before 8,

and skip 6 as somehow " given " (a priori).

 

Bingo!

 

Maybe bhakti is going *up* this scale (1->8),

and jhana is going *down*!

 

-Bill

 

 

pete seesaw [seesaw1us]

Friday, December 06, 2002 9:54 AM

SufiMystics

Cc: Nisargadatta

The 8 awakenings

 

 

The eight awakenings might seem to parallel somewhat

the eight jhanas ( states of absorption )but they

differ in one essential point, they are not trance

like states. They are perceived in what Shri

Nisargadatta called the natural state of samadhi.

 

The 8 awakenings:

 

1) awakening to bliss.

 

2) to pervasive beauty

 

3) to pervasive love

 

4) to pervasive radiance

 

5) to endless being

 

6) to endless space

 

7) to endless emptiness

 

8) to neither existence nor non-existence

 

 

 

 

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