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Even after reading all the Vedas, one does not realise anything, but when their teachings are practised, then one attains to that state which realises what the Scriptures say, which penetrates where reason cannot go, and where the testimony of others cannot avail.<ref name=":1" />
Even after reading all the Vedas, one does not realise anything, but when their teachings are practised, then one attains to that state which realises what the Scriptures say, which penetrates where reason cannot go, and where the testimony of others cannot avail.<ref name=":1" />
तज्जः संस्कारोऽन्यसंस्कारप्रतिबन्धी ॥ १.५० ॥ तस्यापि निरोधे सर्वनिरोधान्निर्बीजः समाधिः ॥ १.५१ ॥<ref name=":0" />
Meaning: The resulting impression from this Samadhi obstructs all other impressions. By the restraint of even this (impression, which obstructs all other impressions), all being restrained, comes the “seedless” Samadhi.
The goal is to perceive the self. It cannot be perceived because it has got mingled up with nature, the mind and the body. The different waves (vruttis) that arise in the Chitta and cover the self make the self get mingled up with different identities like the nature, mind or body itself.
The real nature of the Soul is not perceived until all the waves have subsided; so, first, Patanjali teaches us the meaning of these waves; secondly, the best way to repress them; and thirdly, how to make one wave so strong as to suppress all other waves, fire eating fire as it were. When only one remains, it will be easy to suppress that also, and when that is gone, this Samadhi of concentration is called seedless; it leaves nothing, and the Soul is manifested just as It is, in Its own glory. Then alone we know that the Soul is not a compound, It is the only eternal simple in the universe, and, as such, It cannot be born, It cannot die, It is immortal, indestructible, the Ever-living Essence of intelligence.<ref name=":1" />
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