Yoga-Darsana: Sutras with the Commentary of Vyasa

generally accustomed to attribute to things are not real, but merely imposed upon them by usage; he looks upon the very essence of things, as free from all such impositions; for this reason he is called ‘Ritamhbaraprajna’ One whose wisdom is filled with truth; from the Sanskrit ritam (truth) and prajna (wisdom).; and this stage is called ‘Madhumati’ (Honeyed) because it makes the aspirant feel extremely happy. (3) the ‘Prajnâjyoti’—of bright Intelligence—who has won complete control over all subtle entities from Nature downwards; it is into this stage that the aforesaid ‘Joyous’ meditation enters. (4) the Atikrântabhavaniya One who has transcended the state of becoming or worldly experience.—one who has passed beyond all that has to be experienced—is one who has reached the aforesaid ‘self-conscious’ meditation. The highest stage of this has been called ‘Dharmamegha—Samadhi’ ‘Cloud of Virtue’—which is thus described:—All desire for occult powers having been renounced, there immediately follows the discernment of the Self from Nature; and thus all Ignorance and consequent evils having disappeared, there appears in the mind of the aspirant a feeling of satiety, a sense of ‘enough’, with regard to all external things, gross and subtile alike; this is the step that leads to the highest unconscious meditation and hence has been called ‘Dharmamegha’—that which showers dharma In this context, the highest spiritual merit or essential nature. i. e., such virtue as omniscience and the like; when arrived at this stage the aspirant becomes a Jivanmukta, a Living Adept Literally "liberated while alive"; one who has achieved spiritual freedom while still in the physical body..

Abstract or Unconscious Meditation is of two kinds—the Upâyapratyaya Meditation resulting from conscious effort or specific means. and the Bhavapratyaya Meditation resulting from objective existence or birth.. The Upâyapratyaya Meditation is that which is accomplished by practice, during present life, of the various means prescribed in the Shâstras Sacred scriptures or authoritative texts.. Such means are faith, energetic concentration of the mind, constant contemplation, meditation and discernment born of Conscious Meditation. These five lead to Unconscious Meditation through Absolute Dispassion; and when all this is employed with great energy there then comes