--- In [email protected], "emptybill" <emptybill@...> wrote: > > > All the major commentaries define II.47 as the release of effort and > tension once a posture is attained. Posture is the context for this > sutra and includes Patanjali's discussion of meditation upon ananta > (the endless) as another means to actualize the settled state of asana. >
Well, we think it's possible that the result of successful practice of TM could be called 'anantasamaapatti'! Why!? First of all: relaxation of effort (prayatna-shaithilya)! Second of all, the definition(?) of nirvitarka-samaapatti (I 43) and the rest (I 44: vicaara; suukSma-viSayaaH: aananda and asmitaa) is almost identical with that of samaadhi in III 3: smR^itiparishuddhau svaruupashuunyevaarthamaatranirbhaasaa nirvitarkaa .. 43.. etayaiva savichaaraa nirvichaaraa cha suukShmaviShayaa vyaakhyaataa .. 44.. suukShmaviShayatva.n chaaliN^gaparyavasaanam.h .. 45.. taa eva sabiijaH ***samaadhiH*** .. 46.. Third of all, TM seems to lead to caturthaH praaNaayaamaH (stambha- ruupo gativicchedaH [scil. praaNasya?])and pratyaahaaraH! Fourth of all, the samaadhi as a result of TM can not be of the same "flavour" as the one mentioned in III 3, because the latter includes concentration (dhaaraNaa)???
