nirbija
निर्बीज nirbija'Seedless' absorption (samadhi), resting on no supporting object.
Where this term appears
- Meditation and the Eight Limbs Yoga
The same divide is named elsewhere as sabija , "with seed," and nirbija , "seedless." The seeds are the residues that could sprout into thought again.
- What is Diksha? Lineages
…the Shaiva rites, treat this as a distinct category, sometimes called nirbija diksha , seedless initiation, because it plants no seed of future ritual obligation and simply secures the soul's release.
- Yoga as a Darshana Philosophy
The commentators identify this state with nirbija samadhi, "seedless absorption" (1.51): the vrittis persist only as buried potential, and consciousness, with nothing whatever left to be aware of, is at last th…
- Dharana, Dhyana and Samadhi: The Inner Three Yoga
… fall away and only the latent impressions remain, and deepest of all nirbija , the seedless (1.51), where even those impressions, the samskaras , are stilled.