Tadany Um refúgio para a alma e um convite à consciência.
Bhagavad-Gita_भगवद्-गीता_Ch6_AI-Generated-Summary_Class-206_Acharya-TadanyIn this profound and demystifying class on Dhyāna Yoga, Acharya Tadany presented samādhi not as a mystical or unattainable state but as a natural human faculty — the innate capacity for complete absorption — that every person already possesses (evident in children’s total focus during play) and can cultivate through disciplined practice toward realizing one’s true nature as witness consciousness (ātmā).
Acharya Tadany distinguished two divisions:
savikalpa samādhi — effortful, ego-involved absorption requiring conscious willpower (like learning to ride a bicycle: initial pedaling becomes effortless momentum)
And nirvikalpa samādhi — effortless, ego-transcended absorption, the culmination of aṣṭāṅga yoga, achievable in any field through sustained discipline (with seven definitions to be explored later).
Acharya Tadany used the flickering flame analogy to illustrate the restless mind: unprotected, it dances with distractions (future worries, family concerns, work anxieties, imaginary fears); protected by spiritual enclosure (vairāgyam = dispassion) and divine shield (bhakti = surrender to Bhagavān), it becomes steady (ātmā-vṛttiḥ), undisturbed by external breezes.
Acharya Tadany distinguished real future events (manageable concern) from imaginary fears (mind-created suffering) and emphasized surrender as ultimate protection — freeing the mind from attachments and modern anxieties (e.g., AI job loss) — while balancing worldly duties (family, career) with spiritual focus.
The class concluded that nirvikalpa samādhi is not thoughtlessness or magic but the natural result of directing innate concentration (śakti) toward Self-inquiry, revealing oneself as pure witness consciousness beyond body and mind.
