Patanjali’s Ten Types of Samadhi

Summary: Here I describe the ten types of samadhi listed in Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras and how they are related, according to I.K. Taimni’s descriptions in his book The Science of Yoga.

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What is Science? Part 10: Everything in the world is a network of unintelligible relations

“They decided to establish an academy in Lagado to develop new theories on agriculture and construction and to initiate projects to improve the lives of the city’s inhabitants…”

 

Summary: Part 10 closes out the essay by elaborating on the relationship between consciousness and power and discusses the opposite ways that power is used by scientists and yogis.

What is Science? Part 9: There are other things than the mind in this vast panorama of creation

The ever-changing gunas. Americosmos courtesy of Darrin Drda.

Summary: This is part 9 of a 10 part essay that suggests we can think of science as a weak form of samadhi. Here we introduce yogic cosmology as the means to understand how science and mathematics describe the natural world.

What Is Science? Part 8: The Grass Is Always Greener On The Other Side…

Summary: Part 8 of this 10 part essay confronts possible objections to the yogic view of consciousness by discussing some of the weak links in the contemporary scientific view that sees consciousness as an emergent phenomenon of physical matter.

What is Science? Part 7: Why Schrödinger’s Wave Equation Works

Summary: We have now built up to the turning point of the essay.  Here we crack the nut of the link between scientific discovery and samadhi.

What is Science? Part 6: The Methods of Yoga

Summary: In Part 6 of What is Science? we discuss the methods of yoga.  In any science it is crucial to be able to evaluate the methods.  The methods produce the result.  The result cannot be understood without understanding the methods.  Thus, it behooves us to consider, at least in broad outline, the methods of yoga.

What is Science? Part 5: The Wheels of the Bus Go Round and Round…

Summary: This is part 5 of a 10 part essay that suggests we can think of science as a weak form of samadhi.  Here we review and revise the history of science to recognize that yoga is one of the great scientific accomplishments of mankind.