--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <sparaig@> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <vajranatha@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > On Jan 5, 2007, at 5:28 AM, cardemaister wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Yoga-suutra mentions several stages of samaadhi. > > > > The main distinction seems to be sabiija- vs. > > > > nirbiija-samaadhi. The highest stage is, I guess, > > > > dharma-megha-samaadhi. > > > > I wonder what stage "typically"(?) is the one mentioned > > > > in Vibhuuti-paada (third book). It's hardly nirbiija, > > > > because of "artha-maatra-nirbhaasam". Or, then again, > > > > I don't understand anything about the stages of > > > > samaadhi, LOL. > > > > > > It's not pure samadhi in the vibhuti-pada, merely samyama. > > > > > > > Pure s > samadhi can (and does) occur during samyama. > > > > In my understanding there is no saMyama without samaadhi-in-the- > sense P. uses that word in the third, > because "trayam ekatra saMyamaH": ~those three (dhaaraNaa, > dhyaana and samaadhi) together (are) saMyama. >
Sure. I was referring to the breath-suspension (fourth pranayama) kind of samadhi.
