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Sapta Bhumika GP2020
Sapta Bhumika GP2020
SWAMI PARMARTHANANDA’S
GURU PURNIMA TALKS ON JULY 5, 2020
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SAPTA BHUMIKA- SEVEN LEVELS IN THE SPIRITUAL JOURNEY
1. Subecha
2. Vicharana
3. Tanumanasa
4. Sattvapati
5. Asamsakti
6. Padartha bavana or Padartha bavini
7. Turyaga or Turiya
5. ASAMSAKTI:. The next three stages are optional for a Jnani. Jnani
does atma dyanam and he experiences great spiritual joy or happiness.
He invokes his own ananda svarupa. The steps are: (1) The Jnani if not
already a Sannyasi should become a sannyasi. He can stop all external
transactions and spend quality time in meditation. (2) Do yoga abyasa-
astanyga yoga abyasa. (3) Vasanaksya- become free from internal
disturbance in one’s mind regarding memories of deha, sastra and loka.
(4) mano nasa- Blocks all thoughts of anatma. Clearer the mind, clearer
the reflection of atma. He is called BRAHMAVITVARAHA. He comes
out of meditation of his own accord to does minimum acts for survival of
the body.
Nischaladasa in Vichara Sagaram 7th chapter reconciles this with Sri Adi
Sankara’s prastana traya bashyam.
Summarised by N. Avinashilingam
सदा�शवसमारम्भा शङ्कराचायर्मध्य म ।
अस्मदाचायर्पयर्न् वन्द गुरुपरम्पर ा ॥
And today I would like to take up, a topic called सप्भू�मका. सप्भू�मका.
I will share some thoughts on that. Literally सप्भू�मका means seven
levels. भू�मका: means levels. A floor, a storey etc. like seven storied
I will first mention seven levels that are mentioned. they are unique
Sanskrit words. The words themselves may not mean much to us.
Then the actual question will be then what is the role of the next 3
levels.? Known as असंसिक्,पदाथर्भानी and तुय्
र ग what is that will be the
question. And सप्तूभ �मकाप्र� specialises on this topic only. The
uniqueness of SB प्र�क्रयासप्तभSB means सप्तूभ �मक. Uniqueness of
सप्तूभ �मकाप्र�, is introduction of these 3 levels. Through these three
levels, the सप्तूभ �मकाप्र� introduces an optional project for a �ानी a
�ानी जीवन्मक्. He is a �ानी i जीवन्मक् because he has already come
to 4thlevel .5 6 and 7th levels are presenting an optional project for a
जीवन्मक्�ानी. Some �ानीs take up this project. And some �ानीs do not
take up this project because it is optional. No book or शास्त् can
compel a �ानी to do something or not to do something. Because �ानी is
beyond dos and don’ts. There is no �व�ध or �नषेध; then some �ानीs take
up because of the inclinations due to their प्रराब्ध andवासनाs.
Whereas some other �ानीs have a different type of कमर and वासना .TF
they don’t take up. It is purely because of their
कमर"सदृश चेष्टत स्वस्य प्रकृते�ार्नवा" ।.
Now the question is suppose if a person votes for this object. What are
the steps to be followed by that person? To succeed in this project.
सख
ु मात्यिन्त य�द, बद ु ्�धग्राह्यमतीिन ।line 1 6.21॥
and later
प्रशान्तम ह्येन, यो�गनं सखु म�मम्
ु ।
उपै�त शान्तरजस, ब्रह्मभूतमकल् ॥6.27॥
यञ
ु ्जन्ने सदात्मान, योगी �वगतकल्मष ।
सख
ु ेन ब्रह्मसंस्प, अत्यन् सख
ु मश्नुत ॥ 28॥
These are all the experiential versions for joy available for a जीवन्ुक
म if
he chooses to sit in meditation and enjoy , not if he is engaged in wordly
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vyavahara. And a person who practices this and experiences this joy will
progress and progress is presented in the last 3 levels, 5,6 and 7
असंसिक्, पदाथर्भावन, तुयर्ग. These are the deeper and silent.. and of
course greater experiential joy. One who reaches the 5th level of
असंसिक्त is given the title ब्रह्म-वरः. 4th level ब्रह्म�, 5th is ब्रह्म-
वरः .when he reaches 6th level of पदाथर्भावन he is called ब्रह्म-वर�यान ्,
when he reaches the 7th level of तुयर्ग he is called ब्रह्म-व�रष्.
How do you differentiate? That also they talk about. This वरः ,ब्रह्म-
वरः, who has reached असंसिक्त is able to remain in meditation and
Samadhi for a long time and enjoy the spiritual आनन्, he can afford to
do that since he has dropped all the worldly vyavahara. He will come out
of Samadhi and get engaged in minimum activities required for survival
like bathing eating etc, whatever minimum is required he does, he
wakes up out of Samadhi by himself. स्वत व्युत्थान makes him वरः.
Whereas in the 6th level they say, he is so much lost in meditation and
आनन् experience that he does not of his own accord come out of
meditation.स्वतव्यत्थनम्नािस। others will have to assist him to come
out and engage himself in doing whatever व्यवहा Assisted व्यवहा he
does woken by others. That too in, half समा�ध Like sometimes in the
middle of night somebody wakes you up for some purpose. In sleep
condition itself, half asleep we do those things. Sometimes happens in
वेदान् class also - half asleep we do श्रम् Similarly he will be doing
minimum व्यवहा ,assisted and woken up others परत: व्यु�ाम्। वर: will
beस्व: व्यत्थन . व्यत्थन means coming out of meditation स्व: means
voluntarily परत:; means assisted by others . he is in 6th stage. In the
7thstage , he never comes out of meditation or समा�ध .by himself also.
Even if others try to bring him to व्यवहा. He is completely absorbed
and lost in meditation. even if they do something to his body like
bathing him or something , they will do. But he will be comely oblivious
of all these things. This person, is ब्रह्म-व�रष्ठ in the 7th stage of
तुयर्ग.For all practical purposes, his connection with the world is