[Advaita-l] Nirvikalpa Samadhi

[Kuntimaddi Sadananda]

PraNAms to everybody.
There seems to be a lot of confusion related to Nirvilpa samadhi. 
Q. What is the role of Nirvilpa Samadhi? Is this state essential for the realization of the absolute? Can one realize the truth without it? 
Many quote Bhagavan Ramana Maharshi - some out of context. He seems to say the mind is a problem, and one has to get rid of it!maanasantukim maarganekrute, naiva maanasam, maarga aarjavat| from Upadesha saara.Inquiring into the Nature of the mind itself - if one does that, the very mind disappears, and that is the direct path. 
Hari Om!Sada