Patanjali’s Yoga Sutra 1.18 reveals the Practice of Para Vairagya—the supreme detachment that leads the yogi beyond all cognition into Asamprajnata Samadhi. Through Neti-Neti and repeated practice, the mind’s fluctuations cease, leaving only the subtle impressions of stillness. This process culminates in freedom, where consciousness rests in its own radiant nature.
Asamprajnata Samadhi, described in Patanjali’s Yoga Sutra 1.18, is the transcendence of even the most refined meditative cognition. Through Para Vairagya—supreme detachment—every mental modification ceases, leaving only subtle impressions of cessation (Saṁskāra-Śeṣa). It marks a categorical shift from knowing to being, where pure consciousness abides in its own nature, beyond all thought.
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