Yoga Sutra I-51 - TASYAPI NIRODHE SARVA NIRODHAN NIRBIJAH SAMADHI - When even this impression is wiped out, every impression is totally wiped out and there is nirbija [seedless] samadhi.
Swami Satchidananda states in his commentary for this sutra that it is only now at this point that Patanjali describes the highest samadhi. "Even with the ritambhara prajna the subtle mind is there. There is still a division between the prajna, or wisdom, and the owner of tha wisdom. Even the feeling, 'I have realized God' should go. Then you are completely free. You have attained nirbija samadhi. There is no more birth or death for you; you realize your immortality."
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It would seem that this samadhi state is beyond the consciousness a person can attain in human form. To have absolutely no divisions among all consciousness, one could not operate in the physical realm. This is a total merging into the sea of consciousness that we all come from and return to.
A question: where does maha samadhi fit into these samadis?
Greetings C.Om
I did a little more study and research to answer your question about mahasamadhi. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Mahasamādhi (not to be confused with samādhi) in Indian religions is the state of consciously leaving one's body. A realised yogi(ni) who has attained the state of Nirvikalpa Samadhi, will when timely, consciously exit from the body. This is known as Mahasamadhi. This is not the same as physical death that happens for an unenlightened entity, person or animal. Mahasamadhi is also not to be equated with suicide. Advanced practitioners prepare for Mahasamadhi incrementally though their practice of samadhi: where they die in their sadhana practice or discipline in preparation for death.
Mahasamadhi occurs only once, i.e: when the realised practitioner or yogi finally decides to cast off their mortal frame their karma is extinguished.
A realised practitioner or yogi may enter into Mahasamadhi only if they have attained the nondual state of Nirbhikalpa Samadhi where duality of subject and object is resolved.
Each realised practitioner or yogi enters and prepares for Mahasamadhi in a unique fashion. Blackman (1997) furnishes a number of examples
From the Siddha Yoga glossary at http://www.siddhayoga.org/glossary-siddha-yoga.html#mahabharata
MAHASAMADHI:
1) A realized yogi's conscious departure from the physical body at death. 2) A celebration on the anniversary of a great being's departure from the physical body. 3) A shrine erected at the place where a yogi has taken mahasamadhi
In regard to your comment about "Nirbija - Seedless Samadhi", I agree with it. As I read more about the "jivanmukta" (liberated soul)and parabda karma (the karma which has caused one's present birth), the jivanmukta comes to this world with human bodies because of their prarabda. They can be in this state and be in human form. Or are sent back as cosmic law to be an example for others. (Yoga Sutra IV - 30 commentary)
Thanks for your comments and for making me delve even further to attempt to answer you.
Wow! Cool! I'm always learning. Thank you for the in depth info and the spirit that you share it with.
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