Vaj wrote: > Different forms of samadhi occur in consciousness and the > hardware of consciousness, the brain, shows that change in > consciousness. > Vaj - First you must define the use of the term samadhi in the context of the Maharishi's philosophy. Then you must explain the use of the term in Shakya the Muni's Eightfold Path, and then you must explain the use of the term in Patanjali's Yoga Sutras.
Samadhi is transcendental conciousness according to Maharishi, a state of Yoga, which serves as the means to the ultimate state of cosmic conciousness, a state in which transcendental conciousness has become permanently grounded, that is, nitya samadhi. However, the word samadhi is not found in any of the 10 Upanishads commented on by Shankara Acharya. This is no small mattter and cannot be passed over, for if, as you infer, the attainment of samadhi is central to the experiential verification of enlightenment, one would expect the phrase to occur in the Maharishi's commentary on the Gita and in the Vedanta texts cited by Shankara, would one not?
