Sunday, July 21, 2019

KAIWALYA PAAD SUTRA- 29

                 PRASANKHYNE  API  AKUSIDASYA  SARWATHA  VIVEK  KHYATER 

                                               DHARM  MEGHAH  SAMADHIH

WHEN  THE  YOGI  IS  NOT ATTACHED  TO  THE  KNOWLEDGE  OF BEING  SEPARATE 

                 FROM  BODY  HE  HAS REACHED THE  DHARM  MEGH  SAMADHI 

     In this Sutra there are some words that are not common. The word PRASANKHE means the knowledge of SELF being separate from the body  and also mind,intellect and CHITTA , When this understanding is without any doubts then one has reached certain level of Samadhi and then one will have certain powers  and these were described in past. These powers could be used as principle to get benefits .We have seen that some Yogi do miracles like producing material objects from nothing and may be walking on fire or some other things  that we have seen or heard. When Yogi does these miracles , he is respected , people become follower  and donate money and he gets INTEREST on his INVESTMENT . This is compared to the loan sharks that lend you money in return they receive interest. This is referred to as AKUSIDASYA in this Sutra.   
       So when one develops dispassion towards the SIDHHI or the power to do miracles, then he has achieved certain level and then he has shower of RAIN from CLOUD of DHARM NECTAR .In this level or state, the Yogi has no RAJAS or TAMAS guna  and he has SATWIC guna only.So when he  speaks or even people are in his presence of such a Yogi there is as if rain of nectar. So this is the the
MEGHA or cloud from which comes the rain of nectar of Dharma.So this SAMADHI is called as DHARMA MEGHA SAMADHI. 

Saturday, July 13, 2019

KAIWALYA PAAD SUTRA - 28

                                            HANAM  ESHAM  KLESHWAT  UKTAM

         THEY  (EXPERIENCES AND  THE IMPRESSION FROM THE EXPERIENCES)  ARE 

                    DESTROYED  SIMILAR  TO  THE AFFLICTIONS  IS  STATED  BEFORE

        In the last Sutra  and even before we were told on the KLESHA or the afflictions  and how to get rid of them . So in this Sutra we are told that when we do not have the experiences or when we dot allow the them to develop in to SAUNSKARAS or lasting impressions.. The CHITTA or mind gets bound by our Actions which lead to impressions  and then those impressions lead to Desire  and the desire leads to Action . So by allowing the impressions to be not lasting we can cut the circle that  I stated which has lead to the BANDHAN or Bondage . One can not stop Action. I have to do my day to day activities as a person living in this society. I have to  do my job. I have to eat and have social relations  and all these activities lead to impressions.No matter how much we may not want to have any impressions , as an ordinary GRUHASTHI person living in this society will have to act and will have impressions  and they WILL lead to desires  and that will promote certain actions ,that give us pleasures and avoid those that cause pain or sorrow. But when one achieves neutral attitude the attachments are gone to everything, then the Actions do not lead to impressions  and  so there is no desire . So these things  are REMOVED - DESTROYED  and so the afflictions  are removed .This has been stated before . But we are told that Yogi attains that level -called PADARTHBHAVINI ND TURYAGA levels which are 6th and 7th level of SAMADHI. 

Friday, July 5, 2019

KAIWALYA PAAD SUTRA - 27

                     TAT  CHHIDRESHU  PRATYAYANTARANI  SAUSKAREBHYAH

DURING  THE GAPS -HOLES - BETWEEN  THE  PERIODS  OF  SAMADHI  THE

                      KNOWLEDGE  OF  OTHER  OBJECTS  ARISE  DUE  TO

                                  SAUNSKARAS - PREVIOUS   IMPRESSIONS

        In this SUTRA they are trying to clear some of the questions that may ares in reader's mind . We know that when the Yogi achieves the state of ultimate SAMADHI,he has no desires  and no need for karma or actions . But we often see that the Yogi, who has achieved this level seems to be engage in the activities that are neither  suitable or conducive to the 'progress; of Sadhak or the student .In fact many of the actions that we tend to do , seem to be an obstacle in the path of achieving the ultimate SAMADHI.So how can Yogi continues to do these activities?
       This gradual improvement in the level of SAMADHI, reminds me of the mathematical puzzle that we used to be asked when we were children. A monkey is trying to climb a pole , which is slippery .The pole is 12 feet high and every hour the monkey climbs 3 feet and slips down 2 feet . So how many hours it will take for the monkey to get to the top of the pole?So if one tries to think that  going up 3 feet and coming down 2 , the monkey is climbing 1 foot her hour . So to climb 12 feet , the monkey will need 12 hours. But the answer is wrong . After the monkey has done 9 feet climbing , in 9 hours , when in 10 th hour he climbs 3 feet . he is at top of the pole  and he does not fall down . So the answer is 10 hours. So the same thing is when one achieves the ultimate Samadhi, he does  not fall down .
        So what about the day to day activity for such a Yogi, . The answer is in this Sutra . When a Yogi has experienced the bliss of SAMADHI, he is not attached, attracted to any other mortal material thing. So when he is seen doing things like eating , sleeping , reading new paper or watching sports or watching TV, he is not affected by the ACTIVITIES , but they have to be done as the previous KARMA have left impressions  and these impression will pop up in between off and on.
This the gap that the Sutra is describing . One has to still burn the effects of the previous KARMA.The question arises - would there be more Karmaic impressions , when one does karma. The answer is 'NO' as the KARMA that the yogi does is not done with any attachments  and so they do leave any SAUNSKARA or impressions. So the Yogi continues to the same activities that he was doing before achieving the Samadhi.and it does not create any more impressions.