Guest guest Posted November 14, 1999 Report Share Posted November 14, 1999 Harsha: Here is a third comment on the same subject earlier Harsha: Thank you for this gem. I will take the liberty to post on other >lists and ask a question. In Yoga, they say that when Shakti Joins >Shiva at Sahasarara, this union results in liberation, and at death of the >body the Prana exits through the Sahasarara resulting in Maha Samadhi. The >exit through the Sahasarara is meant to be a sign of the final Mukti. >However, on the path of Jnana, the pranas do not exit but are absorbed into >the Heart that is the Self. How do we reconcile these two seemingly >divergent explanations? Rama: There is no reconciliation. While advaitins do not dispute that there are experiences like nirvikalpa samAdhi or uniting kuNDalini with shiva in the sahasrahAra etc, they explicitly deny that this is moxa. moxa is obtained by GYAna alone. All empirical realities are ultimately unreal. Therefore, things such as kuNDalini, etc are also unreal (however not like a hares' horn). Practices like these are a _result_ of avidyA. They cannot cancel out avidyA since they are not directly opposed to it. But, GYAna is directly opposed to avidyA and hence leads to moxa. So these _are_ divergent explanations and there is _no_ reconciliation. However, the usefulness of these practices as a preliminary to GYAna is not denied. Rama Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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