Samprajnata Consists of Various Mental Stages of Absorption | The Yoga Sutras | Book I 17-20

Samadhi Pada. Book I.

Samprajnata Consists of Various Mental Stages of Absorption

I.17 Samprajnata, another word for samadhi, consists of various mental stages of absorption with physical and subtle awareness, absorption with bliss and with the ego.

18 Samprajnata-samadhi, the other samadhi, is preceded by cultivating the determination to cease all thoughts. When this happens, only latent impressions remain.

19 For those who do not have physical bodies and those who are merged in matter, Samprajnata is characterized by absorption in the subtle aspects of prakriti.

20 But for others, the state of latent impressions comes from faith, vigor,memory, absorption in samadhi, and discernment.

21 Samprajnata is near for practitioners who are applying themselves with full effort.

22 Even among committed practitioners, some may practice with mild, moderate, or enthusiastic intensity.

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