[Advaita-l] GunAtIta and jIvanmukta

[Sujal Upadhyay]

Namaste Sri Chandramouli ji,

*As far as I understand,  samAdhi in Yoga ShAstra refers to elimination of
vritti itself whereas in advaita, samAdhi refers to  holding the vritti
steady on Brahman. While NS and asamprajnAta samAdhi are synonymous terms
in advaita, both of them are different from the term samAdhi employed in
Yoga Shastra.

If vritti still remains, how can there be advaita? There is the one who is
holding vritti still. Please explain.

Hari OM
Sujal


On Fri, Sep 30, 2016 at 3:13 PM, H S Chandramouli via Advaita-l <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> Namaste Sri Ravi Ji,
>
>
>
> Reg  << Reference is from JMV in manonAsa prakarana, which is quoting
> muktika up.>>,  very sorry. I tend to forget the details. Yes.  I agree on
> this.
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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 >>. ( Unfortunately original Sanskrit version is missing from my
> copy of the bhashya. If anyone is having the same kindly post it here).
>
>
>
> 2. Drik Drishya Viveka,  Verse 26
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>
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> << स्वानुभूतिरसावेशाद् दृश्यशब्दावुपेक्ष्यतु ।
>
> निर्विकल्पस्समाधिस्यान्निवातस्थितदीपवत् ॥>>
>
>
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> << svAnubhUtirasAveshAd dRRishyashabdAvupekShyatu |
>
> 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 >>.
>
>
>
> There must be many more, but I do not recollect immediately right now.
>
>
>
> Reg  << Isn't NS also a yogic terminology synonymous with asamprajnAta
> samadhi ? >>,
>
>
>
> As far as I understand,  samAdhi in Yoga ShAstra refers to elimination of
> vritti itself whereas in advaita, samAdhi refers to  holding the vritti
> steady on Brahman. While NS and asamprajnAta samAdhi are synonymous terms
> in advaita, both of them are different from the term samAdhi employed in
> Yoga Shastra.
>
>
>
> Regards
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