[Advaita-l] Re: Advaita-l Digest, Vol 42, Issue 25: yoga, advaita, and samAdhi

[Ravishankar Venkatraman]

All,

I have asked this question before, but did not get an answer. I am trying 
again now.

What state of samAdhi is equivalent to the experience of jIvan MuktA? I tend 
to think that sahaja samAdhi is the equivalent state. I would like to know 
know whether this is correct. In anyway are the states are different? Please 
let me know.

Thanks,
Ravi

>There is, in the "Talks" of Ramana Maharshi, a delightful table that 
>analyzes the various states of <samAdhi>. He speaks of <savikalpa> and 
><nirvikalpa>, but does not mention a <bIja-samAdhi>. Perhaps this "seed" 
>samadhi is the same as what Ramana calls "sahaja sthiti": where Samsara and 
>Nirvana are one. But the "seed" image does not make sense in this context.
>

_________________________________________________________________
Try the next generation of search with Windows Live Search today!  
http://imagine-windowslive.com/minisites/searchlaunch/?locale=en-us&source=hmtagline