Haribhadras Yoga Works and Psychosynthesis

SR No.: 001262
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: S A Desai
Publisher: L D Indology Ahmedabad
Publication Year: 1983
Total Pages: 106
Language: English
Classification: Book_English & Yoga
File Size: 7 MB

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Haribhadra and Psychosynthesis
samatā and purification of the mind are the natural concommitants of trye Tapas,
Haribhadra shows his deep insight in the subject of yoga and yogic experiences when he describes such a higher stage of concentration as Dhyanarasa. The sādbaka has the real joy of concentration only when be identifies completely with it. In the Kārika 412 in Yogabindu he uses this compound word Dhyanrasa and it means that the sādhaka finds real interest in dhyāna. In the same fashion he uses a similar word or perhaps coins it in his own style and describes the Sādhana for yoga as Yogabhyāsarasa. Not only the state of concentration gives real Rasa but the very Sadhană for it gives true Rasa. Such supreme Rasa alone can make Tapas enjoyable and that alone can keep the Sādhaka safe from any enticement on his way to the supreme goal. In Kārikā 412 in Yogabindu, Haribhadra has shown the real key to yoga-Sadhanā. He suggests by these two words i.e. Dhyānarasa and Yogābbāyasarasa that Tapas or even the yoga practice as a whole is not dry but generates such a Supreme Rasa which is conducive to Mokşa and before which worldly enjoyments are trash and are like the figments of imagination.
There is much more meaning in such a description of Dhyāna which is one of the highest yoga-concept or Yoga-principle. Such Dhyāna leads to Prajñā says Haribhadra in the same Karikā. If accompanied by the knowledge and right inference, Dhyāna would surely engender Prajñā in the Sadhaka in course of time. Wheo the Sādhaka reaches the stage of Prajaa he gets the highest type of Buddhi, Jñāna and Asammoha. This maang he attains such Buddhi which can penetrate any object; he would get to such a jñāna which would pervade anywhere and he would be in such a subtle frame of mind that nothing can entice him. Such a threefold higher stage when achieved is conducive to take the sādhaka above all actions. Haribhadra describes this threefold stage in Kārikās 120 onwards in Yogadrstisamuccya and thereby states that it would lead to the highest stage of Mokşa.
Thus we have covered all the main Yoga-concepts or pillars of yoga and therein it can be seen that Haribhadra shows a keen insight in the description of the each one of them. This subject now leads us on the subject of the eight drstis of Haribhadra.
The Eight Destis
Polarity is the universal law of existence. Life too manifests this law everywhere and at all stages of its growth. Life is purposive and the