Some Quotes of Sathya Sai Baba on Samadhi state

Samadhi - Communion with God, http://saibaba.ws/articles1/samadhi.htm has a nice collection of quotes of Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba on samadhi state.

Let me share some of them here:

"Samadhi is as the ocean to which all Sadhana flows. The seven streams of Yama, Niyama, Asana, Pranayama, Prathyahara, Dharana and Dhyana all find their consummation in it. Every trace of name and Form disappear in that Ocean. He who serves and He who receives the service, he who meditates and He who is meditated upon, all such duality is dispelled and destroyed. One will not experience even the experience, that is to say, one will not be aware that he is experiencing! Oneself alone, naught else - that will be the Samadhi. If there is aught else, it cannot be Samadhi. It is something like a dream, a fantasy, a passing vision at best. Samadhi can admit of nothing other than Brahman."(Excerpts from: Sathya Sai Baba."Prashanthi Vahini," p. 60).

"Samadhi is of two types, Savikalpa, Nirvikalpa. In Savikalpa, the Thriputi, or the Threefold nature of Knower, Knowing and Knowee will still persist. When it is realised that the Knower is Brahmam, Knowing too is Brahmam and the thing to be known is also Brahmam, then there is no more Vikalpa or Agitation or Activity; that is the Nirvikalpa Samadhi." (Sathya Sai Baba. Prashanthi Vahini, p. 60).

"When Form is ignored and Meaning alone is felt, that is Samadhi. This is the opinion of Pathanjali. This can be explained in another manner also. When the person engaged in Dhyana (meditation) forgets both himself and the fact that he is engaged in Dhyana, then it becomes Samadhi. That is to say, when he is merged in the thing he meditates on, he enters into the stage called Samadhi. Dhyana fulfils itself, becomes complete, in Samadhi. Dhyana strives, proceeds through effort, but, Samadhi comes effortlessly. It is the culmination of the eight-fold discipline, the Ashtanga." (Sathya Sai Baba. Prashanthi Vahini, p. 59).

http://www.vahini.org/downloads/vahinis-pdf/Prasanthi.pdf is a PDF version of Prasanthi Vahini (referred to above as Prashanthi Vahini). The above quotes are from pages 87 & 88 (printed page numbers) in the PDF file.

[I thank the publisher of Prasanthi Vahini (SSSBPT) and have presumed that they will not have any objections to me sharing the above extract(s) from Prasanthi Vahini on this post which is freely viewable by all, and does not have any financial profit motive whatsoever.]