[Advaita-l] GunAtIta and jIvanmukta

[Ravi Kiran]

Namaste Sri Chandramouli Ji

On Fri, Sep 30, 2016 at 3:13 PM, H S Chandramouli <hschandramouli at gmail.com>
wrote:

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> Reg  << where it (advaita jnAna) is considered as NS (if not from JMV) ?
> >>,  a few are cited here.
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> 1. Bhashya of  Jagadguru Sri Chandrashekhara Bharathi Mahaswaminah of Sri
> Sringeri Peetha on verse 363 of Viveka Chudamani  (translation
> Shankaranarayanan) << Being of the form of Brahman is itself the nectar
> or rasa ; vide the shruti “ raso vai sah “( TU ). It is of the nature of
> rasa also as it is the cause of supreme endearment. Productive of that
> experience, without any blemish, that is the nirvikalpa-samAdhi which is
> the cause of the dissolution of all universal vAsanAs beginning with
> ahamkAra >>.
>

Nice to see this ref. on brahmaikatva jnAna  termed as NS.


> ( Unfortunately original Sanskrit version is missing from my copy of the
> bhashya. If anyone is having the same kindly post it here).
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> 2. Drik Drishya Viveka,  Verse 26
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> << स्वानुभूतिरसावेशाद् दृश्यशब्दावुपेक्ष्यतु ।
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> निर्विकल्पस्समाधिस्यान्निवातस्थितदीपवत् ॥>>
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> << svAnubhUtirasAveshAd dRRishyashabdAvupekShyatu |
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> nirvikalpassamAdhisyAnnivAtasthitadIpavat || >>
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> Translation Swami Nikhilananda << But the Nirvikalpaka samAdhi is that in
> which the mind becomes steady like the (unflickering flame of a) light kept
> in a place free from wind and in which the student becomes indifferent to
> both objects and sounds on account of his complete absorption in the bliss
> of realization of the Self >>.
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> There must be many more, but I do not recollect immediately right now.
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> Reg  << Isn't NS also a yogic terminology synonymous with asamprajnAta
> samadhi ? >>,
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> As far as I understand,  samAdhi in Yoga ShAstra refers to elimination of
> vritti itself
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Yes, I read a similar response from श्रीमल्ललितालालितः on another thread
today, where it is clarified that in yogic samAdhi, no praGYA takes place.

whereas in advaita, samAdhi refers to  holding the vritti steady on
> Brahman.
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Yes. this clarifies my query.

Thanks


> While NS and asamprajnAta samAdhi are synonymous terms in advaita, both of
> them are different from the term samAdhi employed in Yoga Shastra.
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> Regards
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