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.
Maha samadhi of SrilaSri Viyakarbathar (Near Trichi, Tamil Nadu)
SrilaSri Viyakarbathar
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
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