'RAMANA MAHARSHI' on 'SAHAJA SAMADHI'
D, Then what is Samadhi ?
M. In Yoga the term Samadhi refers to trance and there are various kinds of Samadhi. But the Samadhi I speak of to you is different. It is 'Sahaja Samadhi'. For, here you have 'Samadhana', you remain calm and composed even while you are active ; you realize that you are moved by the deeper Real Self within, and you do or think unaffected by what you do, speak or think. You have no worries, no anxieties, no cares. For here you come to realize that there is nothing belonging to you, the ego. And everything is done by Some thing with which you get into conscious union.
D. If this is 'Sahaja Samadhi' and the most desirable condition there is no need for 'Nirvikalpa Samadhi' ?
M. The 'Nirvikalpa Samadhi of Raja Yoga may have its use. But in Jnana this 'Sahaja Stthithi', or 'Sahaja Nishttha' itself is 'Nirvikalpa' state. For in this state the mind is free from doubts. It has no need to swing between alternatives of possibilities and probabilities. It has no vikalpa of any kind. It is sure of the Truth. It feels the presence of the Real. Even when it is active, it knows it is active in the Reality, the Self, the Supreme being.
TALKS from 'SAT-DARSHANA BHASHYA' by 'RAMANA MAHARSHI'
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