Patanjali Yoga Sutra - III VI
Trayam Antarangam Purvebhyaha
The three paths of Dharana, Dhyana and Samadhi are classified as inner Sadhana.
We see many things in this world, made of names and forms. They create reactions in our mind too. So the names, forms and reactions, ultimately leave corresponding impressions in the chittam or the sub-conscious storehouse of memories. The impressions totally belong to us, though they have come from without.
It is a totally internal sadhana to meditate upon the self within upon which these impressions are super-imposed, just as a movie is projected on a white screen.
Dharana is steady concentration on the self. Dhyana is a contemplative meditation which is much more relaxed and softer than Dharana. Samadhi is a total absorbption in that self. All these are happening within the individual's mind and hence together, they become an antaranga sadhana. In short, you can practice these three and no one will ever know!
- Swahilya Shambhavi.
Trayam Antarangam Purvebhyaha
The three paths of Dharana, Dhyana and Samadhi are classified as inner Sadhana.
We see many things in this world, made of names and forms. They create reactions in our mind too. So the names, forms and reactions, ultimately leave corresponding impressions in the chittam or the sub-conscious storehouse of memories. The impressions totally belong to us, though they have come from without.
It is a totally internal sadhana to meditate upon the self within upon which these impressions are super-imposed, just as a movie is projected on a white screen.
Dharana is steady concentration on the self. Dhyana is a contemplative meditation which is much more relaxed and softer than Dharana. Samadhi is a total absorbption in that self. All these are happening within the individual's mind and hence together, they become an antaranga sadhana. In short, you can practice these three and no one will ever know!
- Swahilya Shambhavi.
3 comments:
Welcome back! You've been gone a long time.
And a great post, as usual.
hello madam,
good wishes for the new year 2013!
i came across your blog quite accidentally (or should i call it serendipity!)just recently and very glad to have discovered it indeed!Your posts are very good , clear and simple explanation of a profound wisdom. Thank you for them.
I would like to know a)if you have intention of publishing them or already done so?
b)also the dates when your explanation of The Gita and Pathanjali's Yoga Sutras began in this blog site, for my reading reference please.
-new follower in 2013
@Rakesh Vanamali: You are welcome! @Anonymous: Thanks. As of now, at least for the next two years I am not thinking of publishing anything.
Both the Bhagavad Gita, Patanjali Yoga Sutras began from January 2008.
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