Stages of Samādhi in Yoga School

Subject Areas : Christianity

علی  صادقی شهپر ¹ (ندارد)

Received: 2011-05-11 Accepted : 2011-06-18 Published : 2010-09-23

Keywords: Patanjali's Yoga, Mystical Stages, Samādhi, Samprajnāta Samādhi, Asamprajnāta Samādhi, meditation,

Abstract :

There are eight stages in the Yoga school that start from physical stagesto mental or super-mental stages. All of these stages are based onconcentration and meditation and the degree of concentration isdetermined according to the subtlety of concentration subject (prakrti’sproductions). Samādhi is the last mystical stage in Yoga. It is divided todifferent stages which the last of them is called Asamprajnāta Samādhi(enstasis without support). In this stage the deliverance of Puruśa(spirit) from Prakrti (substance) will be realized. But beforeAsamprajnāta Samādhi there is a stage called Samprajnāta Samādhi(enstasis with support). Samprajnāta Samādhi, in contrast to theAsamprajnāta, is divided to different stages. The precise study of thesestages is the main subject of this article.