Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v2.c12.s3.t4.67

v2.c12.s3.t4.67

Among the five sources mentioned above, the Yoga school put the greatest emphasis on the fifth one. It maintained that by achieving siddhis through samadhi, the yogi never left behind any asaya (latent force or momentum), but only a karma that is “neither white nor black,” which is similar to “avipāka-karma” in Buddhism. According to the *Yoga-sūtra* and other relevant literature, if the yogi can perceive the difference between the seer and the seen, and acquire the *viveka-khyati*, and rid themselves of fixation, karma, sorrow and dirtiness, he may finally achieve the samadhi of the “dharma-meghah-s.” type, in which the “seeds” will be destroyed, enabling one to break out of reincarnation cycles, escape pain and get delivered.