Most of us believe that that the state of samadhi* is to remain with eyes closed and without any thoughts in mind. But samadhi = samam* + aadhi*, is a state which is equal to the state of the Supreme Being who is compared to the origin and the end or the state of the empty mind.
In other way the samadhi could be told as a state where we keep our eyes wide open, witnessing all that is happening in front of us, with an inner awareness and without the proud feeling of “me” or “mine”.
The same has been told by Thirumoolar in his Thirumantra in the following way.
"சமாதி யமாதியிற் றான்செல்லக் கூடும்
samaadhi yamaathiyir raansellak koodum
சமாதி யமாதியிற் றானெட்டுச் சித்தி
samaadhi yamaathiyir raanettuch siththi
சமாதி யமாதியிற் றங்கினோர்க் கன்றே
samaadhi yamaathiyir ranginoark kanrae
சமாதி யமாதி தலைப்படுந் தானே
samaadhi yamaathi thalaippadun thaanae"
- திருமந்திரம் (Thirumanthiram)
"சமாதிசெய் வார்க்குத் தகும்பல யோகஞ்
samaadhiseu vaarkkuth thagumpala yoaganj
சமாதிகள் வேண்டாம் இறையுடன் னேகிற்
samaadhikal vaendaam iraiyudan naekir
சமாதிதா னில்லை தானவ னாகிற்
samaathithaa nillai thaanava naakir
சமாதியில் எட்டெட்டுச் சித்தியும் எய்துமே
samaadhiyil ettettuch siththiyum eithumae"
- திருமந்திரம் (Thirumanthiram)
This state is not possible for every one. The constant practice and blessings of the guru only can lead us to this state. Patanjali Siththar in his Patanjali book, ‘Patanjali yogam’ has very clearly mentioned about the eight stages that could help us to reach to the state of the samadhi. We can find those related posts in this link.
Konganavar in his book “Konganavar Vaadhakaaviyam” has wrote about the samadhi state. He says that there are six types of samadhi states. They are,
Thaththuvalya Samadhi
Savikarpa Samadhi
Niruvikarpa Samadhi
Agandavirthi Samadhi
Sanjaara Samadhi
Aarooda Samadhi
In the upcoming posts we shall see about them in detail.
*Samam – Equality ; Aadhi – Origin
*Samadhi – Intense Yogic contemplation of becoming oneness with God
Original – www.siththarkal.com
Translated by சந்தியா
