Guest guest Posted May 2, 2009 Report Share Posted May 2, 2009 - In advaitin , " Peter " <not_2 wrote: > > The following is a summary of some of Sri Ramana Maharshi's key statements > on Samadhi. Bar a few minor alterations this was posted here by me in > August 2006. It may be useful to those interested. > > Regarding the suggestion that nirvikalpa samAdhi and j~nAna are synonyms: > > Is it possible that different people, texts and sages use terminology in > slightly different ways? We might need to be cautious when pitting one view > against another. > > Sri Ramana Maharshi puts it in the following way: > > (1) Holding on to Reality is samAdhi. > (2) Holding on to Reality with effort is savikalpa samAdhi. > (3) Merging in Reality and remaining unaware of the world is nirvikalpa > samAdhi. > (4) Merging in Ignorance and remaining unaware of the world is sleep. > (5) Remaining in the primal, pure natural state without effort is sahaja > nirvikalpa samAdhi. > (from " Talk 391 " ) Namaste Peter, I think thereby hangs the tail... Two states.....Ramana talks of 1.'Reality' and 2. 'Natural State'. Saguna and Nirguna!!Reality is Saguna Self...Natural State is the state of Sahaja -Nir Guna beyond it all. One has to really read into what he says and the hints and teachings are all there....Cheers Tony Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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