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Recieved: 2000/09/06 07:08
Subject: [K-list] On Asthanga Yoga
From: Horia Cristescu

On 2000/09/06 07:08, Horia Cristescu posted thus to the K-list:

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Hi Bob,

I like the way you explained the meaning of all the 8 limbs of Yoga. I was
always wondering what were the separation lines between pratyahara, dharana,
dhyana and samadhi. I just call them all 'meditation'. I know their
definitions but I never quite satisfactory understood the exact differences
in terms of personal experience. Your description sheds more light on this
matter.

I'm asking anyone who can help me : What are the exact signs of samadhi as
in personal experience, not theory ?
I think I experienced samadhi recently but I am not quite sure. It could
have been just a mental void or a state close to samadi.

Love
Horia

P.S. I just run my spell check and it tried to correct "samadhi" into
"salad". hahaha :)))

> For review, the 8 limbs of yoga are:
>
> 1. Restraints (Yamas)
> -Non-harming & Non-lying (Ahimsa)
> -Non-stealing (Asteya)
> -Non-attachment to sensuality (Brahmacharya)
> -Non-possessiveness (Aparigraha)
>
> 2. Observances (Niyamas)
> -Purity of body and mind (Saucha)
> -Contentment (Samtosa)
> -Intensity for enlightenment (Tapas)
> -Spiritual study (Svadhyaya)
> -Surrender to ultimate truth (Ishvara Pranidhana)
>
> 3. Postures (Asanas)
>
> 4. Breath Control (Pranayama)
>
> 5. Withdrawal from worldly attachments (Pratyahara)
>
> 6. Bringing attention to a point- concentration (Dharana)
>
> 7. Expanding attention from a point- meditation (Dhyana)
>
> 8. Transcendence of attention to unbounded awareness (Samadhi)

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