The Thirumanthiram (Translation and Commentary)
author: T.N. Ganapathy
edition: 2013, Babaji’s Kriya Yoga Trust
pages: 3832
ISBN-10: 1895383617
ISBN-13: 9781895383614
Topic: Shaivism
Accomplished Samadhi in the Cave of the Heart
This chapter describes Accomplished Samadhi in the Cave of the Heart located on page 2094 in the English translation of the The Thirumanthiram (Translation and Commentary) [also: Tirumantiram, Tirumandiram etc.]. This book by Siddha Tirumular (Thirumoolar) deals with Shaiva literature (such as the Agamas) and, being encyclopedic in form, also deals with topics such as spiritual wisdom, Yoga, Indian philosophy and Tantra. This is Chapter 18 part of "Tandiram (Thandhiram) 7"
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Vivekachudamani [by Shankara]
Through the Samadhi in which the mind has been perfectly stilled, visualise the Truth of the Self with the eye of clear realisation. If the meaning of the (Scriptural) words heard from the Guru is perfectly and indubitably discerned, then it can lead to no more doubt. Notes:[Samadhi— i. e. the highest or Nirvikalpa Samadhi. Scriptural words—such as “Thou art That,” and so on. Discerned—realised in Samadhi.]...
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Yoga Vasistha [English], Volume 1-4 [by Vihari-Lala Mitra]
The sage’s samadhi or absorption in the divine spirit. Argument. Lecture on Samadhi Yoga or complete concentration of the Mind in God. Rama said:—Now tell me Sir, what became of this sage in his mansion of the cavern; how he lifted his body from it, and what did be accomplish by his austere and intense devotion. Vasishtha said:—2. At last the mind of the sage was as extended as the divine mind, and he beheld the Divine soul in its full glory in his own soul. 3....
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The Linga Purana [by J. L. Shastri]
If it is coupled with thought, it is samadhi (ecstatic trance). In samadhi there is concentration of the mind and meditation; here in the perception of object is entirely excluded. 44. In samadhi the supreme consciousness alone shines, as though it were devoid of physical body. Pranayama (control of breath) is the root of dhyana, samadhi, etc. 45. The wind within the body is prana. Its restraint is yama....
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[The Thirumanthiram (Translation and Commentary): index]
[Foreword]
[Preface]