SHRADDHA VIRYA SMRUTI SAMADHI PRADNYA POORVAK ITARESHAM
FOR OTHERS(DEVOTEE) SAMADHI IS ATTAINED BY KEEPING FAITH, ENERGY,
MEMORY AND INTUITIVE VISION
In the last Sutra we re told that those who achieve the level called Videhi and Prakrutilaya, they need the human life .Now this one states that for those ,who have not gotten to these levels, they should have Faith, Energy to continue , memory of the past achievement and Knowledge.(but this is not worldly knowledge or information , but it is Intuitive knowledge).
So one can not expect the levels of the Samadhi which are so far described so far to be achieved in short time . It may take years or may be several lives. If one practices daily for 20 minutes , I don't think we will go much higher in one life. But if one practices for few hours daily , then we can get some where .But if one has to practice foe such a length of time , he is going to need lot of qualities to be persistent in the practice. . If we don't have any success , we start questioning. "WHO HAS SEEN THIS " OR WHO KNOWS IF THIS IS CORRECT WAY" OR HOW DO YOU KNOW IF THIS IS REAL", and many similar ones.So to continue to do the practice one needs ,FAITH.
As one practices the "DOES AND THE DON'TS " that are to be practiced in our day to day life, we will get the Energy or VIRYA. So even if we have not achieved the higher level , we will have certain strength or energy or Virya , with continuation of the practice.
If I am trying to play tennis , I am not going to a good player in a day or even a year. But I will be certainly a better player at the end of a year than I was on the first day of my practice. And I will be still better at the end of 2 years and so on . So the practice makes us better. This is due to the MEMORY. So our memory of our experience ,when we do meditation, will help us to get better.
Now the PRADNYA. This is not simple knowledge .We often use the word knowledge in this physical world, in a different way than what is meant in this Sutra. When I say 'he has knowledge of computes ' I really mean he has information about computers.But Knowledge in the spiritual world is different. When we have some concentration and we realize the spiritual higher levels , that is called knowledge and that helps us going Higher and that Memory helps us getting better, and that also gives the Energy to continue the practice.
This is what encourages us to continue.
FOR OTHERS(DEVOTEE) SAMADHI IS ATTAINED BY KEEPING FAITH, ENERGY,
MEMORY AND INTUITIVE VISION
In the last Sutra we re told that those who achieve the level called Videhi and Prakrutilaya, they need the human life .Now this one states that for those ,who have not gotten to these levels, they should have Faith, Energy to continue , memory of the past achievement and Knowledge.(but this is not worldly knowledge or information , but it is Intuitive knowledge).
So one can not expect the levels of the Samadhi which are so far described so far to be achieved in short time . It may take years or may be several lives. If one practices daily for 20 minutes , I don't think we will go much higher in one life. But if one practices for few hours daily , then we can get some where .But if one has to practice foe such a length of time , he is going to need lot of qualities to be persistent in the practice. . If we don't have any success , we start questioning. "WHO HAS SEEN THIS " OR WHO KNOWS IF THIS IS CORRECT WAY" OR HOW DO YOU KNOW IF THIS IS REAL", and many similar ones.So to continue to do the practice one needs ,FAITH.
As one practices the "DOES AND THE DON'TS " that are to be practiced in our day to day life, we will get the Energy or VIRYA. So even if we have not achieved the higher level , we will have certain strength or energy or Virya , with continuation of the practice.
If I am trying to play tennis , I am not going to a good player in a day or even a year. But I will be certainly a better player at the end of a year than I was on the first day of my practice. And I will be still better at the end of 2 years and so on . So the practice makes us better. This is due to the MEMORY. So our memory of our experience ,when we do meditation, will help us to get better.
Now the PRADNYA. This is not simple knowledge .We often use the word knowledge in this physical world, in a different way than what is meant in this Sutra. When I say 'he has knowledge of computes ' I really mean he has information about computers.But Knowledge in the spiritual world is different. When we have some concentration and we realize the spiritual higher levels , that is called knowledge and that helps us going Higher and that Memory helps us getting better, and that also gives the Energy to continue the practice.
This is what encourages us to continue.
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