ESSAYS

Yoga prizes samadhi as the pinnacle of meditation. Advaita Vedanta honors it as discipline but insists that true freedom lies not in a state but in knowledge: recognizing that the Self illumines all states without ever changing.

Nirvikalpa samadhi is absorption without distinctions, praised in yoga as the highest state. Vedanta clarifies: it is an impermanent experience, a reflection of the Self in a sattvic mind, but not liberation. Moksha comes only through Self-knowledge.