The three states- Yoga nidraa

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My Divine Balaguruji:

 

Everyday when i read your posts in the forum . i get a kick out of

it knowing what a great Scholar and sincere Sadhak you are ! This is

all due to purva janma phala only as Sadaji pointed out in

his 'welcome ' address to you. May the Light shine upon you and

through you on others !

 

now , i would like to ask aestion on 'yoga nidraa'? have you heard

of this technique which is practiced by the Bihar school of Yoga and

also used in 'vipasana' meditation ? does it have any place in

Vedanta ? It is said , yoga nidraa is a state of rest and relaxation

but can never take the place of deep sleep ?

 

balaguruji, i am all ears .

 

thanx , once again for all ur wonderful input on a variety of

subjects . You are this year's wonderful 'discovery for the advaitin

list .

 

love and regards

 

ps : this quote i saved or you on Avidyaa

 

anitya-ashuci-duhkha-anaatmasu nitya-shuci-sukha-aatma-khyaatir

avidyaa

 

avidyaa is an identity with a self which is not the self; with

happiness in what is actually suffering; with purity in what is

really impurity; and permanence in what is really impermanent.

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advaitin , " bhagini_niveditaa "

<bhagini_niveditaa wrote:

now , i would like to ask aestion on 'yoga nidraa'? have you heard

of this technique which is practiced by the Bihar school of Yoga and

also used in 'vipasana' meditation ? does it have any place in

Vedanta ? It is said , yoga nidraa is a state of rest and relaxation

but can never take the place of deep sleep ?

 

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mAtA sAshTAnga danDa praNAmaH !,

 

Yes, I have heard about yOga nidrA. It is said to be similar to the

(conscious)deep sleep. The ultimate goal of vedAnta being, complete

removal of false knowledge through nidhi dhyAsana, it may decry such

things like yOga nidrA as a self-hypnotism or deviation from the right

path in the middle. But IMHO, we should better not compare the

practices and terms of different philosophies. It is a common attitude

of every philosopher to play with the terms. A vedantin would say,

" Chitta vritti nirOdha doesn't lead to mOksha because it is caused

even by Sleep etc. " But those who through intense uninterrupted

sAdhana have practiced the chitta vritti nirOdha consciously and

attained to the highest thoughtless state will alone know what it is

but not he, who just speculates about it!

 

One may say, nirvikalpa samAdhi is useless, and that there is a higher

samAdhi than that. But who knows? That highest samAdhi itself might be

named as nirvikalpa by the realized ones!

Terminology often fails to describe the experiences.

After all there cannot be two-two realizations, one for a Buddhist,

one for an advaitin, one for a yOgi, one for a vishishtadvaitin etc.

Neither can anyone declare that the advaitin alone realizes the truth.

 

nAyamAtmA pravachanEna labhyO na mEdhayA na bahunA SrutEna !

yamEvaisha vRiNutE tEna labhyastasyaisha AtmA vivRiNute tanUM svAm!!

 

We cannot peep into somebody's experience to judge whether it is

authentic or not.

Just like the reality of universe doesn't change according to the

theories given by different physicists, similarly, the Truth is One

and the knowers of it call it by different names!

 

Surely unto Him belongs eternal peace, who has gone beyond bigotry and

fundamentalism; unto none else, unto none else!

 

 

!! SrI Adi SankarArpaNamastu !!

 

 

P.S. This post is not directed at any specific individual or any

particular philosophy. All that I wrote is only my individual opinion.

Pardon me if it seems to be offensive.