Bhava Pratyaya Videha Yogis represent inherited meditative capacity carried across lifetimes, granting effortless access to profound samadhi. Patanjali warns that such absorption—whether bliss-based or cosmic—remains within nature unless completed by viveka-khyāti. True liberation arises not from experience alone, but from discriminative wisdom that dissolves even subtle bondage.
Struggling with complex Sanskrit in the Yoga Sutras? This glossary simplifies 36 key terms from Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras 1.18–1.19, focusing on Samadhi, samskaras, kleshas, and Sankhya philosophy. Gain clarity on Nirbija, Viveka-khyati, and Purusha-Prakriti to unlock Asamprajnata Samadhi and deepen your spiritual understanding. Ideal companion for beginners and advanced yoga practitioners alike.
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.
Paramahansa Yogananda, born Mukunda Lal Ghosh, profoundly influenced the spiritual landscape of the West with his teachings on Kriya Yoga and self-realization. His journey from India to America marked a significant exchange of Eastern and Western spiritual ideologies, fostering a global appreciation for meditation and inner peace.
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