Aathman Awareness Centre - AAC

Jeeva Samadhi

Description of Jeeva Anga Samadhi

In India we call a person a saint who has realised his true values (or) his real "I" or "Atma".These saints after realising their self nature keeps submerged in their "Atma" for many years.When they become so immersed in their "Atma", there comes a moment when their real self expands from their body to the whole universe,after remaining in this state for few years when they become ripe with their experience, they decide at some point to attain Jeeva Samadhi.

It means at particular point of time, day,they sit in their meditation, enter in to their Samadhi state.
At that point the body comes to absolute rest.It serves its functions.
People construct temple around the body of the saint.The body of the saint will remain undeteriorated for thousands of years.
- Written by our Esteemed Sathguru Sundaramurthy Swamigal on 1998.

Live example of Jeeva Anga Samadhis where the body is undeteriorated.

Jeeva Samadhi of Sri Ramanuja at Srirangam, Tamilnadu where a devotee is allowed to have darshan the physical body of the saint even today. The nail and hair which are growing are also shown by the priests during Aarathi.

Importance of Jeeva Samadhi

In the whole of India so many saints in jeeva samadhis are present. These saints enter live in to the samadhi state. The physical body of the saint remains alive even after 1000s of years. So when a seeker of truth visits the jeeva samadhis he gets the blessings of the saints and also he is put in to the right track of enlightenment by the saints. These jeeva samadhis are nothing but energy fields. So when a seeker of truth enters the temple the excess energy gets into his chakras which in turn takes him to a higher level of consciousness. In India it is an age-old custom that when a person starts his inner journey first he has to visit all the living saints and the samadhis of all the saints and all the holy temples. In India there is a saying that when a person receives the glance of the saints all his sins will get burnt and his heart will get pure. Then he can have a glimpse of his inner soul (aathman). But mere visiting will not help. Only when you approach the Jeeva Samadhi with purest affection and awe for the saint in your heart, then only many things start happening inside your body.