SAHAJA SAMADHI -- CHARACTERISTICS

Ramana Maharshi on Sahaja Samadhi What is samadhi? Ramana Maharshi : The state in which the unbroken  experience of existence-consciousness is attained by  the still mind, alone is samadhi.  That still mind which is adorned with the attainment of the  limitless supreme Self, alone is the reality of GOD. When the mind is in communion with the Self in darkness,  it is called nidra [sleep], that is, the immersion of the mind  in ignorance. Immersion in a conscious or wakeful state is  called samadhi.  Samadhi is continuous inherence in the Self in a waking  state. Nidra or sleep is also inherence in the Self but in an  unconscious state. In sahaja samadhi the communion is  con-tinuous. What is sahaja ? Ramana Maharshi : Remaining permanently in the primal  state without effort is sahaja. In sahaja samadhi, the mind has resolved itself into the Self  and has been lost. Differences and obstructions(unrest of the  body, of the sight, of the vital force and of the mind, the  cognizance of objects and activity, are all obstructions for him)  do not therefore exist here. The activities of such a being are  like the feeding of a somnolent boy, perceptible to the  onlooker (but not to the subject). The driver sleeping on his  moving cart is not aware of the motion of the cart, because  his mind is sunk in darkness.  Similarly the sahaja jnani (liberated sage) remains unaware  of his bodily activities because his mind is dead, having been  resolved in the ecstasy of Awareness (Self).Like a river  discharged into the ocean and its identity lost; a river cannot  be redirected from the ocean. SLEEP KEVALA SAHAJA Mind is alive; Mind is alive; Mind is dead; sunk in oblivion. sunk in light; resolved into the Self; like a bucket with the rope, left lying in the water in a well; like a river discharged into the ocean and its identity lost; to be drawn out by the other end of the rope. a river cannot be redirected from the ocean. Those who have experienced kevala return to the experience  of the perception of a world, a body, etc., because the  mind-ego that creates such a delusion-perception is not dead.  I have noticed that such people often imagine they are  liberated and begin teaching. Question : May I have a clear idea of the difference between savikalpa and nirvikalpa? Ramana Maharshi : Holding on to the supreme state is  samadhi.  When it is with effort due to mental disturbances, it is savikalpa.  When these disturbances are absent, it is nirvikalpa.  Remaining permanently in the primal state without effort is sahaja Question : Is nirvikalpa samadhi absolutely necessary  before the attainment of sahaja? Ramana Maharshi : Abiding permanently in any of these samadhis, either savikalpa or nirvikatpa, is sahaja [the  natural state]. What is body-consciousness?  It is the insentient body plus consciousness .  Both of these must lie in another consciousness which is absolute and unaffected and which remains as it always is, with or without the body-consciousness. What does it then  matter whether the body-consciousness is lost or retained, provided one is holding on to that pure consciousness?  Total absence of body-consciousness has the advantage  of making the samadhi more intense, although it makes no  difference to the knowledge of the supreme. END OF SPIRITUAL SEARCH & LIBERATION What is the end of the spiritual search, and who has saved  himself according to Sri Ramana Maharshi? The end of the ego-illusion is the end of the spiritual search according to Sri Ramana Maharshi. According to Sri Ramana Maharshi, only the death of the ego, never to return, can be called liberation. The following is verse 40 of “Reality in 40 Verses” by Sri Ramana Maharshi: “If asked: ‘Which of these three is final liberation: - with form,  without form, or with and without form?’ I say, ‘Liberation is  the extinction of the ego which inquires ‘With form, without  form, or with and without form?’”  SAHAJA SAMADHI  LAKSHANA PRAKARANA : Ishwara teaching Shanmuga It is difficult to explain 'Sahaja Samadhi' as it has to be  experienced by the sadhak himself.Experiencing 'ATHMA' in a natural way is 'Sahaja Samadhi'. By arresting the king(ATHMA), mind(Manas,Buddhi,Chitta Ahankara) posing as Athma was trying to play in Maya.The  king(Athma) getting hold of his position & arresting the mind & Athma shining in its true nature,full of power is Sahaja  Samadhi. Athma being only a witness to the three states & achieving Mano nasha,experiencing Sat-Chit-Ananda as Athma is Sahaja Samadhi. Surrendering to GOD completely,blocking all thoughts in mlnd, meditating on Athma, as a result merging mind in  Athma permanently ie, MANO NASHA(not MANO LAYA which is temporary),loosing the three states,not feeling he  has a body,onlookers may think he is doing action but actually he is actionless,having no impact of outside world is the Yogi in Sahaja Samadhi.Such a Yogi may take bath, may be dirty,with no thinking of auspiciousness or  in-auspiciousness,sitting,standing,eating,sleeping,giving , taking,drinking,walking,talking--carrying out all these  actions being fully established as Athma without having any  regard for good deeds,bad deeds,rituals,sacrifices,actions etc.With the firm belief that Athma is Brahman,that is me in all & every thing is Sahaja Samadhi.Such a RAJA YOGI without any binding, of his own spontaneous will moves  about like a King! The great yogi will not be carried away by praise or crest  fallen by abuse,respect,disrespect,comfort,discomfort,tasty food,bland food,rich,poor,good omen,bad omen,covered by cloth or naked,city or forest,male or female,hot or cold,pity or harsh,birth or death,beauty or ugly,he treats them all  without differentiating them ! All that is seen is me only that is the outlook of Sahaja Samadhi Yogi ! If a Yogi achieves this Sahaja Samadhi,all other types of  yogas merge in this. There is no yoga greater than this. There is no greater RAJA YOGA than this. This should not be told to those who look down at Sadhus,  who hate Dharma & who is an idiot.This narration is in all  ways, do good to humanity & brings divinity to those who  follow it.     ==============================