--- In [email protected], "Richard J. Williams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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? >
Many/most scholars believe that nirvakalpa samadhi is the equivalent of turiya, which IS found in the Upanishads.
