Lit. eighth and final stage of eightfold yoga - yam, niyama, asana, pranayama, pratyahara, dharana, dhyana, samadhi.
Yogically by practising austere samadhi one has to surmount each step and proceed, samadhi will arrive at the final stage.
In the samadhi state there is a cessation of body-consciousness, mind and sensory faculties. It is now that the state of sahaja samadhi arrives.
Advancing deeper savikalpa samadhi occurs. Then also soul-visualisation is existent.
Delving further deeper in the recesses of yoga, a yogi arrives at nirvikalpa samadhi or mahasamadhi which is Kriya's transcendental state. In this state the yogi merges with the Absolute.
Common man opines that in the state of mahasamadhi, one does not return but this is an erroneous concept. Even after merging with the Absolute to effect human welfare a yogi does return but does not digress from this state.
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Ref: 'Purana Purusha' authored by Yogacharya Dr. Ashoke Kumar Chatterjee, World Kriyayoga Master. The book is based on the sacred and confidential 26 personal diaries written by Lahiri Mahasaya Himself during His most exalted Yogabastha. It’s also an authentic biography on the life of Yogiraj Sri Shyama Charan Lahiri Mahasaya. This book is a remarkable blend of spirituality, literature and philosophy with its part commentary on Bhagavat Gita, Upanishads and other scriptures.The Gita of Satya Yuga.
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| Prana Vibration along spinal Cord |
In the samadhi state there is a cessation of body-consciousness, mind and sensory faculties. It is now that the state of sahaja samadhi arrives.
Advancing deeper savikalpa samadhi occurs. Then also soul-visualisation is existent.
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| Yogiraj Sri Shyamacharan Lahiri Mahasaya |
Common man opines that in the state of mahasamadhi, one does not return but this is an erroneous concept. Even after merging with the Absolute to effect human welfare a yogi does return but does not digress from this state.
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Ref: 'Purana Purusha' authored by Yogacharya Dr. Ashoke Kumar Chatterjee, World Kriyayoga Master. The book is based on the sacred and confidential 26 personal diaries written by Lahiri Mahasaya Himself during His most exalted Yogabastha. It’s also an authentic biography on the life of Yogiraj Sri Shyama Charan Lahiri Mahasaya. This book is a remarkable blend of spirituality, literature and philosophy with its part commentary on Bhagavat Gita, Upanishads and other scriptures.The Gita of Satya Yuga.
A Mahayogi himself, Yogacharya Dr. Chatterjee has penned down several other books on the eternal science of Kriyayoga. He is also the founder-director of Yogiraj Shyamacharan Sanatan Mission (YSSM), a mission with the sole objective of spreading the words and teachings of Lord Lahiri Mahasaya without any modification in the practice of Kriyayoga itself, exactly as the Lord imparted.
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| Yogacharya Dr. Ashoke Kumar Chatterjee |
Official mailing address of Yogiraj Shyamacharan Sanatan Mission : contact@yssm.in
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