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"No more serious mistake can be committed than considering the hibernation of reptiles and other animals as illustrating the samadhi stage of Yoga. It corresponds with the pratyahara, and not the samadhi stage. Pratyahara has been compared with the stage of insensibility produced by the administration of anesthetics, for example, chloroform."--Major B.D. Basu, Indian Medical Service

-- Notebooks Category 4: Elementary Meditation > Chapter 3 : Fundamentals > # 66