KSHEEN VRITTIR ABHIJATASYA EW A MANERGRAHITRI GRAHANA GRAHASHU
TATSTHATADANJANATA SAMAPATTIH
WHEN THE THOUGHT WAVES ARE MINIMAL OR WEAK, THE MIND (OF THE YOGI) CAN IDENTIFY WITH COSMIC MIND(MAHAT),OR SUBTLE MIND ANS SENSES OR GROSS OBJECTS.THEN THE STATE IS CALLED SAMAPTI OR THE LOWER LEVEL OF SAMADHI IS REACHED.(SAMPRADNYAT SAMADHI )
This Sutra is somewhat of a summery of the stages of Samadhi or what we were told in the previous Sutra. When the mind is quittened and the thought are minimal or gone, then the mind or the CHITTA is one with whatever it is concentrating on it To understand this sutra , one must know and understand the process of seeing or smelling or thinking. When I see a thing or an object ,I look at the object and so the light is reflected from it to my eyes. The light goes to retina and via optic nerve goes to the brain. But neither the object nor the eye is wholy responsible for me seeing it. The optic nerve carries the impulse to the coccipital lobe of the brain , the center for vision. There is a chemical reaction ,and that does not see the object either. There is mind and it must be present and the intelect behind it must be intact .But there is something beyond it. If my eyes are open and I am thinking of something else , then I will not see the object even though it is in front of my eyes . So the 3 things are needed to see . These thing are there even when we do the meditation, at least in the earlier stages
So in the earlier stages of the Samdhi, one which is called SAVITARK, the mind is concentrating on a object. So when this stage is perfected , then there are no thoughts ,other than the object.So the mind or CHITTA is one with it. So there is an OBJECT , that one concentrates upon , then there is a process of the concentration and then there is CHITTA which concentrates. So there are 3 things. These are called GRAHYA,the object that we concentrate upon , the GRAHAN , what we do through senses and the mind, and the witness to all this is GRAHITA.So in the SAVITARK stage of the SAMADHI, all three are there.Then in the next stage, which is called the SAWICHAR ,even though there is no object , the thought that we have which make us concentrate on the object is still there and so it also has all 3. .But in the next stages of the SAMADHI, which are called SANAND and the SASMIT. In the SANAND, stage there is no object and so there is no GRAHYA. Only GRAHAN nad GRAHITA are there. In the SASMITA stage there is only GRAHITA and there is no object of concentration , nor there is any though or mind or any senses . ONLY THE WITNESS is there
TATSTHATADANJANATA SAMAPATTIH
WHEN THE THOUGHT WAVES ARE MINIMAL OR WEAK, THE MIND (OF THE YOGI) CAN IDENTIFY WITH COSMIC MIND(MAHAT),OR SUBTLE MIND ANS SENSES OR GROSS OBJECTS.THEN THE STATE IS CALLED SAMAPTI OR THE LOWER LEVEL OF SAMADHI IS REACHED.(SAMPRADNYAT SAMADHI )
This Sutra is somewhat of a summery of the stages of Samadhi or what we were told in the previous Sutra. When the mind is quittened and the thought are minimal or gone, then the mind or the CHITTA is one with whatever it is concentrating on it To understand this sutra , one must know and understand the process of seeing or smelling or thinking. When I see a thing or an object ,I look at the object and so the light is reflected from it to my eyes. The light goes to retina and via optic nerve goes to the brain. But neither the object nor the eye is wholy responsible for me seeing it. The optic nerve carries the impulse to the coccipital lobe of the brain , the center for vision. There is a chemical reaction ,and that does not see the object either. There is mind and it must be present and the intelect behind it must be intact .But there is something beyond it. If my eyes are open and I am thinking of something else , then I will not see the object even though it is in front of my eyes . So the 3 things are needed to see . These thing are there even when we do the meditation, at least in the earlier stages
So in the earlier stages of the Samdhi, one which is called SAVITARK, the mind is concentrating on a object. So when this stage is perfected , then there are no thoughts ,other than the object.So the mind or CHITTA is one with it. So there is an OBJECT , that one concentrates upon , then there is a process of the concentration and then there is CHITTA which concentrates. So there are 3 things. These are called GRAHYA,the object that we concentrate upon , the GRAHAN , what we do through senses and the mind, and the witness to all this is GRAHITA.So in the SAVITARK stage of the SAMADHI, all three are there.Then in the next stage, which is called the SAWICHAR ,even though there is no object , the thought that we have which make us concentrate on the object is still there and so it also has all 3. .But in the next stages of the SAMADHI, which are called SANAND and the SASMIT. In the SANAND, stage there is no object and so there is no GRAHYA. Only GRAHAN nad GRAHITA are there. In the SASMITA stage there is only GRAHITA and there is no object of concentration , nor there is any though or mind or any senses . ONLY THE WITNESS is there
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