astanga yes truly limbs they are, , not asta sopanas, they are not steps

 

astanga yes truly limbs they are, ,

not asta sopanas, they are not steps

samadhi is the fundamental from which,

thru experience of which,

-----the limbs grow simultaneously in a natural way
there are no preliminary steps 

directly samadhi is to be experienced right in the beginning

and the virtues will be blossoming as the intensity of samadhi deepens 

this is to be understood  the tradition has been to give the initiation at the earliest young stage in life , enabling one to experience samadhi, directly, instantly without any preparatory steps. in a matter of a few days or a few weeks , in which his experience is checked errors corrected and he is left on his practice, fully validated to continue the practice over months, years  

 

Initially the experience of samadhi is momentary, 
he gets just a momentary glimpse of the pure awareness, the absolute, the parabrahma, beyond the entire range of the mind---and this one glimpse has given all the wisdom of million books in a moment. this is called lighting the inner lamp , which immediately removes all ignorance of the understanding of life, reveals to him the unified perspective in life, never to need of searching any more

 

This is called kshanika samadhi, a momentary experience of the state of samadhi for a fraction of a second in deep meditatin, with this one sitting , yes, he has become the enlightened, since his inner light is lit.
after his coming out , this experience will not sustain , so he has to again meditate , thus every morning, mid day and evening, thrikalsandhya.

as the practice of experience of samadhi grows, samadhi persists in his activity , stablelly

 

The experience of samadhi more and more , opens up all mental and physical potentialities or powers, this is called watering the root , sadhana regularly, sincerely, persistently, now is the time his body starts experiencing such flexibility ,agility, cordination ,health, and spontaneity, the astangas , 8 limbs start growing, his body mind becoming effortlessly n alinment with laws of nature, a virtuous life, a automatc self controlled life in his think talk walk

 

 

As the practice matures, this kshanika samadhi becomes nithya samadhi, 24x7, heightened awareness getting established in his body mind nervous sysetem, --unbroken samadhi prevails amidst al his dynamic activity , here he has gained ''yogastha kuru karmani---'' ie he acts while he is in fully samadhi and skill in action develops yogah karma sukaushalam

 

 

Thus pl understand that it is the samadhi first is the thing starting point in yoga sadhana , not the other limbs, nothing is prerequiite
this is placing the horse before the cart , and enabling the horse to make the cart to move and run efficiently.
it is generally misunderstood that we must be first virtuous to see god 
no ,we must first experience god then his great virtues will be ours.
that is why the importance of samadhi first

otherwise it is cart before the horse, never is the possibility of cart moving a bit
most of dos and donts are result of this basic misunderstanding.
in matured sadhana level ,there are no imposed dos and donts by others or by self ---it is just a state of natural mastery over body mid resulting in all good behavoiur , a life in acc with laws of nature, no negative tendensies or nothing to set right, as things go just right