> On Jul 26, 2005, at 4:40 PM, tomandcindytraynoratfairfieldlis wrote: > >> This is the only sutra in Patanjali that says that >> Enlightenment is the result of doing this sutra. Very clever. Sutra >> This also explains what happens to the intellect.
Old Notes from my Patanjali Guru -V. Eventually rajas and tamas and cleansed from the mind. When the Buddhi becomes as purified as gold, it then rests and stays in its own nature, experience changes. This should not be confused with the spiritual self dwelling in its own nature. Once buddhi dwells in its own nature, it is no longer being imprinted by the senses and their objects. It acts independently of them. This is not the end of buddhi's function though--it still has to "awaken". Some will confuse this with final awakening. What awakens in buddhi is "vivkeka-khyati"--discrimination of the distinction between Buddhi and Purusha. The person no longer feels limited since they are no longer relying on external objects for fullfillment--instead they now experience the Spiritual Self as "illuminator". Identification with the senses, mind and body ceases. Vyasa states that this experience does not occur in the first two stages of samprajnata samadhi which are related to discursive and subtle thought. Only from the third stage and after does this discrimination occur. The VB [Vyasa-bhasya comment. on the YS] points out that viveka-khyati illuminates all the virtues and the knowledge and nature of all things. It is not a spiritual entity but a *quality* of Buddhi. Because it embraces the totality of Buddhi it carries with it a sense of fullness. It illuminates experience. This is not self-realization. Beyond this the virtues dawn and one attains complete cessation [nirodha] in samadhi. This is still not the 'self dwelling in the self'. In the big picture, viveka-khyati is just as undesirable as the states which preceded it despite it's sense of greater freedom and fullness/totality. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
