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RATIONAL RELIGION
a state when body and mind become dead to all impressions, and the mind gets adsorbed in all contemplation, and only the object (Dhyeya) 15 everything for the adept and nothing else Dhyeya and Dhyana almost coincide, Now
'तदेवार्थनिर्मास स्वरुपशून्यमिव समाधिः" Even this Samadhi has two different stages as we know Sampragnata Samadhi, in which the consciousppss of the object is still left over So it is called the 'salambana Samadhi' It is that state where citta is single in intent and fully illumines the real object and removes the bonds of Karma and has the capability of restraining all mental modification It is a state from which no downward fall 19 possible This state is accompanied by Vitarka deliberation) Vicara (reflection) Ananda (joy) and Asmita (sense of personality). In fact these are the four ways in which this higher concentration develops
At this stage there is a direct knowledge of all, but one point we should bear in mind that the knowledge one attains 19 not through inference as most learned scholars may have even today, but the knowledge at the stage of samprajuate Samadhi is direct and without any error and not through inference
Asamprajuata Samadhi on the other hand is that stage where even the conSCIOSCIOUsness of the object has ceased to be No Chitvrttıs are left, the self attains its purest intrinsic state, thus finally ending in to Nirvana or Deliverance The culmination point of all efforts for spiritual upliftment
It 18 a short introduction to Samadhi in Buddhism which is given no less importance in various schools of Indian Philosophy, particularly Jains and Yoga systems.
