sabija
सबीज sabija'With seed' absorption (samadhi), still resting on an 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.
- Dharana, Dhyana and Samadhi: The Inner Three Yoga
The final three limbs of yoga form a single deepening continuum. *Dharana* is concentration, binding the mind to one point (Yoga Sutra 3.1). *Dhyana* is meditation,…
- Samaya: the fetter and who was spared it Lineages
So sabija and nirbija are a fork at the outset, keyed to who the candidate is judged to be.