Welcome to the podcast, Sadguru, of Mystics and Mistakes.

Sadguru, are all yogis the same or are there different categories of yogis?

Have been held as the greatest yogis in the tradition,

apart a jug of wine on one lap and a young woman on his other lap.

He just looked, that Agraya looked drunk.

This is a demo for Purushurama, because he's a man of immense capabilities.

In certain schools of yoga,

they classify yogis into three categories.

These are referred to as manda, madhyama and ottama.

Mandaminsa, he has tasted what it means to be conscious.

He has tasted the source of creation, he's known the Oneness,

but not able to keep it throughout the day.

He needs to remind himself.

When he reminds himself, when he's aware, he's there.

When he is not aware, he loses that whole experience.

Nobody can be effortfully conscious for 24 hours.

If you're making an effort to be conscious, if you can manage it for a few seconds or minutes, it's a big thing.

Otherwise it'll go all over the place.

So the first stage of a yogi is called manda.

The second stage of the yogi is called madhyama, that means medium.

He is constantly in perception, but the inner dimension and what's beyond is in perception.

But what is here, he cannot manage.

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