Re: skill in action...
hariḥ oṁ
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namasté
What is the ~main ingredient ~ of this blessed being with this quality ? We will need to visit the yoga darśana of śeṣa patañjali ( the author of the yoga-sūtras) for this insight.
If we look to chapter 1, of the yoga-sūtras (pātañjalayogasūtra-s) two core sūtra-s address this notion of right action, which is housed in right/pure knowledge:
47th sūtra:
nirvicāra-vaiśāradye'dhyātma-prasādaḥ |
This says ( some of the words are mine here), on gaining skill or vaiśāradya which is clearness of intellect , infallibility, in nirvicāra samādhi then purity, clearness or brightness (prasāda) of the inner instruments of cognition are developed. ( I have taken the liberty to assume the reader knows the meaning of samādhi).
We note that nirvicārā samāpatti is groomed/unfolded by experiencing and establishing nirvicāra samādhi which is explained in the yoga-sutras.
There are 4 types of samāpatti¹ or absorption which we will not venture into within this post. But nirvicārā¹ samāpatti is that absorption (samāpatti) without (nir) thought or pondering or change (vicāra). It is the most potent, the cream of the 4 types of samāpatti to which one cares to unfold.
Now why is this a big deal ? Because within this absorption (samāpatti), samprajñāta (meaning distinguished , discerned , known accurately) is its fruit. And what then occurs ? This is taken up in the next sūtra.
48th sūtra:
rtambharā tatra prajñā|
We will visit this in the next post. Yet in a nutshell, it means essential cognition i.e. how one perceives the world, is filled with truth.
iti śivaṁ
words
- samāpatti = absorption = yoga = completion , conclusion; coming together; Assuming an original form = one's pure Being.
- samāpatti , 4 types: nirvicārā , savitarkā, nirvitarkā, and savicārā ;
- the samāpatti discussion in pātañjalayogasūtra-s begins in chapter 1, 41st sutra.
- nirvicāra = not needing any consideration; that is, without support of any sound, technique or seed; perfectly pure.
One is resting in a pure Being state . It does not require any support.
Last edited by yajvan; 06 May 2013 at 02:25 PM.
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yatastvaṠśivasamo'si
because you are identical with śiva
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