TATRA SHABDA ARTHA DNYANA VIKALPAIH SANKIRNA SAVITARKA SAMAPATTIH
IN SAVITARK SAMADHI,THERE IS CONFUSION CAUSED BY IMAGINATION OF
WORD,MEANING AND KNOWLEDGE.
In this Sutra there is some explanation of the lower level Samadhi , called SAVITRK Samadhi. As described in the previous Sutra, when we start to meditate, we are told to start with the right time , right place , right atmosphere, and right posture and the right chanting(of the Mantra).So we are asked to have a statue or a picture of Sagoon God (the God that has QUALITIES) ,and the have our senses engaged by various external sources. Have scented candle, little music, and the chanting of the Mantra while we look at the Statue. So in this Sutra we are told there are 3 things that happen , when we say a word. The word has a meaning and the it conveys a Knowledge.So if I say a word like FATHER,you will know the meaning and will have the knowledge about the word . But if one does not understand English, then he will here the word , but will not know the meaning or knowledge of the word.Now there is a difference between the meaning and the knowledge. So I may be in position to understand the word, but not know , or have a concept of it. Say for example nuclear fusion .I know the word , I know nuclear fusion , but I truly don't have much knowledge of it.And the same word may mean different things in different languages . POO POO PLATTER IS A GREAT EXAMPLE The same words convey different meaning to different people..So there is a difference in the understanding of different words and what they really mean.This is call VIKALP .
So in the lower level of the SAMADHI, it is what we understand and mean when we CHANT a mantra or look at a Statue of a GOD. What I feel when I see Lord Ganesha Statue,I have different feeling and different meaning.But to a christen it will have no special meaning.
In the Sutra 9 we were told that when word convey something which is not REAL and is IMAGINARY , it is called VIKALP.So the word may mean something to me but to not every one as it is my imagination.(The looks of any GOD is not real, it is what we want it to be .)
IN SAVITARK SAMADHI,THERE IS CONFUSION CAUSED BY IMAGINATION OF
WORD,MEANING AND KNOWLEDGE.
In this Sutra there is some explanation of the lower level Samadhi , called SAVITRK Samadhi. As described in the previous Sutra, when we start to meditate, we are told to start with the right time , right place , right atmosphere, and right posture and the right chanting(of the Mantra).So we are asked to have a statue or a picture of Sagoon God (the God that has QUALITIES) ,and the have our senses engaged by various external sources. Have scented candle, little music, and the chanting of the Mantra while we look at the Statue. So in this Sutra we are told there are 3 things that happen , when we say a word. The word has a meaning and the it conveys a Knowledge.So if I say a word like FATHER,you will know the meaning and will have the knowledge about the word . But if one does not understand English, then he will here the word , but will not know the meaning or knowledge of the word.Now there is a difference between the meaning and the knowledge. So I may be in position to understand the word, but not know , or have a concept of it. Say for example nuclear fusion .I know the word , I know nuclear fusion , but I truly don't have much knowledge of it.And the same word may mean different things in different languages . POO POO PLATTER IS A GREAT EXAMPLE The same words convey different meaning to different people..So there is a difference in the understanding of different words and what they really mean.This is call VIKALP .
So in the lower level of the SAMADHI, it is what we understand and mean when we CHANT a mantra or look at a Statue of a GOD. What I feel when I see Lord Ganesha Statue,I have different feeling and different meaning.But to a christen it will have no special meaning.
In the Sutra 9 we were told that when word convey something which is not REAL and is IMAGINARY , it is called VIKALP.So the word may mean something to me but to not every one as it is my imagination.(The looks of any GOD is not real, it is what we want it to be .)
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