[Advaita-l] [advaitin] Nirvikalpa Samadhi

[Bhaskar YR]

praNAms Sri Sada prabhuji
Hare Krishna

NS, contextually described differently in different texts.  But unfortunately, in Advaita tradition itself (particularly VC, paNchadashi, JMV) NS has been explained in terms of dvaita yOga shAstra i.e. asaMprajnAta samAdhi, i.e. NS as time bound mind inert mysterious state.  A must have experience ( as per vivaraNa and bhAmati) to literally experience the Atmaikatva jnAna or absolute absence of duality/jagat.  Going by this, now, in Advaita tradition pataNjala yOga and its ultimate experience closely knitted with AV’s paramArtha jnAna and importance of this experience highlighted by Jagadguru(s) as well.  However, some modern day vedAntin-s like Arsha vidyA gurukula (Sri Dayananda Saraswati etc.) and Sri SSS etc. have some other opinion on this.  You can find some relevant discussion on this very topic in Advaita-L as well, of course some decades back.

Hari Hari Hari Bol!!!
bhaskar


I raised the question since there are many posts on Facebook from people from different backgrounds endorsing that Nirvikalpaka state is a prerequisite for Self-realization, and quote many question-answers given by Ramana Maharshi related to this topic.