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BODHAYANTI PARASPARAM
type of absorption, it is consciousness in an unconscious state which creates little impression on the mind. The third form is the Sahaj Samadhi. This is the finest state of absorption. In this state a man is busy with his work, his mind being absorbed in it, but in the innermost core of his heart he is still settled on the Real thing. With his conscious mind he is busy with the external work while at the same time his subconscious mind is busy with Divine thoughts. He is all the while in a state of Samadhi although apparently he is busy with the worldly work. He says that this is the highest type of Samadhi and little remains to be done after a man has entered this state permanently. Thus we find Sri Ramchandra giving us an idea that Samadhi is not a state of consciousness, that is one of absorbency during meditation, but is a state of absorbency that endures during the day and is something that is to be had all the time irrespective what functions we are discharging through out our life. It is not a segregated great moment to be had and to which we dive in now and then and later come back too this otherwise gross, dirty wakeful life as a matter of necessity.
Thus we find the system of Rajayoga that is given by him is an entirely new system and is not
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