731. The samadhis

What is savikalpa samadhi?
Savikalpa samadhi
Is
The experience
Of Purity-sea
And
Integrity-sky.

What is nirvikalpa samadhi?
Nirvikalpa samadhi
Is
The experience
Of loftiest
Self-transcendence.

What is sahaja samadhi?
Sahaja samadhi
Is
Reality’s message simplified:
Ignorance lost
Forever
And
Immortality won.

In the Cosmic Game
You discover
That you eternally and supremely are
What all along,
From time immemorial,
You have been
Helplessly and desperately
Aspiring to become.
Sri Chinmoy, The Dance of Life, part 15, Aum Press, Puerto Rico, 1973