The path of religion, the path of yoga, and the path of wisdom were intended for different classes of people. The wisdom is for the advanced seekers of truth. It deals with the nature of the ultimate Truth and Reality. It is meant for superior aspirants who have an inner urge to know the truth which is beyond form, time, and space.
What is the use of practicing Samadhi within the dualistic illusion? Samadhi belongs to the yogic path.
Yogi thinks of his body as the body and his experience of the world as the world thus; he permanently remains in a state of ignorance.
A yogi thinks he is an individual separate from the world and the world existed prior to him and he is born in this world. Thus, this conviction makes him remain permanently in ignorance.
Yogi believes he has achieved the samadhis through his individual effort. And he believes the thoughtlessness or yogic blankness or yogic bliss as the Atmic awareness.
The Yogic Samadhi is not Atmic awareness or Self-awareness. Such thoughtlessness can be achieved by taking a sleeping pill or hemp. Thus, the Yogic Samadhi and sleep is identical. Yogic Samadhi is not Advaitic Gnana.
That is why In Sutra Bashya and Manduka:~ The Samadhi and sleep are identical.
Sage Sankara in the commentary to "Brahma Sutras:~ " "The highest beatitude is not to be attained by Yoga." (Sacred Books of East Series page 298 Vol.1.) And he also says Samadhi is the same as sleep (p.312)
~ this indicates that yoga is not the means to Self-realization. And Yogic Samadhi is not Advaitic Self-awareness.
Sage Sankara says: ~ Yoga is not the means of liberation (page 132-133 - Commentary on Brihadaranyakopanishad.
Brihad Upanishad:~ does not advocate Samadhi.
Panchadasi, P.509 v, 109, shows the impossibility of yoga arriving at a successful end to its practices.
The notion of ‘Self-realization through yoga is nothing to do with Advatic wisdom. Every yogi who shuts himself in a cave is not thereby freed from thinking.
Yoga can lead only to temporary peace because the world is subject to change. Only Self-knowledge or Brahma Gnana or Atma Gnana can yield Advaitic awareness in the midst of the form, time, and space. :~Santthosh Kumaar
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