Vedanta Seven Steps to Samadhi ~ 08
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| event type | discourse |
| date & time | 15 Jan 1974 am |
| location | Palace Hotel (Bikaner House), Mount Abu, meditation camp |
| language | English |
| audio | Available, duration 1h 39min. Quality: good. Sanskrit chant before discourse. |
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| video | Not available |
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| online text | find the PDF of this discourse |
| shorttitle | VEDANT08 |
- notes
- synopsis
- Reader of the sutra: Ma Yoga Taru, also chanting.
- The sutra
- After this the seeker enters the third stage of yoga which is known as nonattachment.
- He fixes his mind unwaveringly on the meaning of scriptural words.
- He lives in the monasteries, ashrams, of saints well established in austerities.
- He occupies himself with the discussion of the scriptures and sleeps on a rocky bed.
- Thus it is that he lives his life. Because he has attained peace of mind,
- Rhe man of good conduct spends his time in the enjoyment of pleasures
- That come naturally to him from his excursions into the forest.
- He remains detached however, from the objects of desires.
- Through the ritual of meritorious deeds and the cultivation of right scriptures,
- He attains that clarity of vision which sees reality.
- On completing this stage,
- The seeker experiences a glimpse of enlightenment.
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