What is Maha samadhi?

Mahasamādhi (the great and final samādhi) is the act of consciously and intentionally leaving one's body at the time of death. A realized yogi (male) or yogini (female) who has attained the state of Nirvikalpa Samadhi (enlightenement), will, at an appropriate time, consciously exit from their body and cease to live. This is known as Mahasamadhi. This is not the same as the physical death that occurs for an unenlightened person. Enlightened yogis take their Mahasamadhi during their final practice of samadhi: and they expire during this final sadhana practice. Therefore, Mahasamadhi occurs only once in a lifetime, when the yogi finally casts off their mortal frame and their karma is extinguished upon death. An enlightened or realized yogi is one who has attained the nondual state of Nirvikalpa Samadhi where duality of subject and object are resolved and the yogi becomes permanently established in the unity of full enlightenment.

In Jeeva samadhi, life is not allowed to go out of the body. In Maha samadhi, it is. This would normally mean that jeeva samadhi's would remain more energised compared to maha samadhi. But this is not always the case. If a master is very advanced and goes into mahasamadhi, it can be a lot more powerful than a jeeva samadhi. Also it is difficult to prove or show that one entered jeeva samadhi and the other a maha samadhi as this is an internal journey and not an external one.

Like a jeeva samadhi, the Maha samadhi is located most of the time somewhere inside a temple. The maha samadhi acts like a energy source for the whole temple, feeding it spiritual energies for those who come and receive it's blessings.

Sahaja samadhi: The effortless ecstasy. This is the state of the Jnani who has finally and irrevocably eliminated his ego. A Jnani in this state is able to function naturally in the world, just as any ordinary person does. Knowing that he is the Self, the Jnani sees no difference between himself and others or the world. For a Jnani, everything is a manifestation of the indivisible Self.

Neem Karoli Baba

Ndonguy (Papa-Andre)
Gabon

Ramakrishna

Osho

Perya siddhar
(Sri Mouna Nirvana Guru Swamigal)

Samadhi temple Located near the Kumbaeshwara Temple in Kumbakonam.
He used to stay most of his life in deep samadhi and is one of the most advanced spiritual beings in India but relatively unknown.

Dhan Nirankar ji

Sai Baba

Sawan Singh

Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche

Dzogchen meditation by Tulku Urgyen

Acharya shri ShantiSagar

Ramana Maharshi

Polai avadhoota swami Venkatapalem, Thullur mandal, Guntur district, Andhra Predesh For more images click here: image 1 , image 2

YogiRam

Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche

Khenpo Ngawang Palsang

Arik Dorje Chang Rinpoche

Grandmother Bernadette Rebienot (Oyenano Village, Gabon, Africa)

"Grandparents are inextinguishable flames. They are, in fact, eternity itself." - Bwiti Grandmother Bernadette
"The modern medicine only considers the physical side of man. It has nothing to do with the spirit. But you can't drive a car without the engine."

Meher Baba

Bramhanand

Nyoshul Khen Rinpoche

Nisargadatta

Ramesh Balsekar

H.H. Mataji Shri Nirmala Devi

Swami Rudrananda (Rudi)

Papaji

J. Krishnamurti

Shri Yukteswar

Joseph Anton Schneiderfranken

Sri Jayendra Saraswati swamiji

Swami Bhaskarananda Saraswati
(Varanasi)

Sri Satguru Jagjit Singh

SrilaSri Pichchai Sadaiswamigal // Dindigul, Tamil Nadu
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Amma Anasuya Devi

Mahakavi Jainacharya Gyansagar

Valia Amma

Shri Gopal Baba Maharaj Pithapuram, Andhra Pradesh
It is said that he entered samadhi in 2006 at the age of 170 years, a true breatharian.

Hanuman Das Baba 170 years old (Vrindavan - a holy town in Uttar Pradesh, northern India.)

Adi Da

Namkhai Norbu (Italy)

Sarada Devi

Chatral Sangye Dorje

Khandro Tsering Chodron

Ranjit Maharaj

Chandrasekharendra Saraswati Swamigal

Stuart Wilde

Vethathiri-Maharishi

Sant Kirpal Singh

Jinnuru Nannagaru

Prahlad Jani (true breatharian) Gurajat, India (Samadhi 2020)

Kripalu Jagadguru

Ayya (2018 samadhi, Tamil Nadu)

SrilaSri Rendi Swamigal

Kumbokonam mouna nirvana swamigal madalayam

Yogini Laksmiyammal

Tamil saint (Name unknown)
Caretaker of the jeeva samadhi of Isaniya Gnana Desikar in Tiruvannamalai

Baba Mani

Sri Tinnai swami

Pilot Baba

Uppaluri Gopala Krishnamurti

Alexander Smit

Kallukatti Swamy
-Chennai

Mooku Podi Swami // Tiruvannamalai
Image 2

Krishnanada Swamy
-Namakkal

Sivatiru Sri Sangarananda swamigal
-Dindigul

Sri Aruloli Siddhar Paba Swamigal
Sriperumbudur -Chennai

Gondavalekar maharaj

Krishnananda Saraswatiji

Swami Shraddhanand / Arya Samaj Swami Shraddhananda Sevashrama

Sri Ramavadhuta

Swami Sivananda Paramahamsar

Thavathiru Santhalinga Ramaswamy Adigalar

Sakarai Palani Siddha // Palani, Tamil Nadu
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Chagdud Tulku rinpoche

Trichen Rinpoche

Yogi Ramaiah

Swami Lakshmanjoo

Tridandi Swami Srimad Bhakti Promode Puri Maharaj

Mahasiva siddhar

Sri Sacchidananda Shivabhinava Nrisimha Bharati Mahaswamigal

Sant Mat Radhasoami

Kottang kuchi sithar

Bruno Gröning

Swami Nikhileshwaranand ji

Vallimalai Satchidananda Swamigal