5 - The Real and the Unreal in Everything That We Perceive and Experience | Swami Tattwamayananda - a podcast by Vedanta Society, San Francisco

Verses: 20, 26, 27
- Everything in this world has five aspects, ie, the permanent, unchanging substratum consisting of Existence- Consciousness - Bliss ( सत्- चित् - आनन्द ), and the impermanent changing aspect, consisting of names and forms,
(nama-rupa ) which constitute 'Maya'.

- The Absolute Reality, Existence- Consciousness - Bliss (सत्- चित् - आनन्द) is beyond the five conditions of verbalization ( beyond the five categories of definitions, descriptions etc. (sabda-pravritti-nimitta).

- Nirvikalpa-samadhi explained:

- The mind of a person who has attained 'Nirvikalpa Samadhi' compared to a lamp kept in sheltered, windless place- it never flickers; it is always steady.

- The five states of mind according to Yoga psychology explained:
Ksipta, Mudha, Viksipta, Ekagra, Niruddha

- Different forms of 'Samadhi': (a) with the help of an external object and,
(b) with the help of an internal object.

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