Editing Samadhi (section)

==== ''Asamprajñata samādhi'' ====
According to Maehle, ''asamprajñata samādhi'' (also called ''nirvikalpa samādhi'' and ''nirbija samādhi'')<ref group=web name="Sivananda" /> leads to knowledge of ''[[purusha]]'' or consciousness, the subtlest element.{{sfn|Maehle|2007|p=179}} [[Heinrich Zimmer]] distinguishes ''nirvikalpa samādhi'' from other states as follows:
{{blockquote|''{{IAST|Nirvikalpa samādhi}}'', on the other hand, absorption without self-consciousness, is a mergence of the mental activity (''{{IAST|cittavṛtti}}'') in the Self, to such a degree, or in such a way, that the distinction (''{{IAST|vikalpa}}'') of knower, act of knowing, and object known becomes dissolved — as waves vanish in water, and as foam vanishes into the sea.{{sfn|Zimmer|1951|pp=436–437}}}}

Swami Sivananda describes ''nirbija samādhi'' (lit. "samādhi" without seeds) as follows:
{{blockquote|"Without seeds or [[Saṃskāra|Samskaras]] [...] All the seeds or impressions are burnt by the fire of knowledge [...] all the Samskaras and Vasanas which bring on rebirths are totally freed up. All Vrittis or mental modifications that arise from the mind-lake come under restraint. The five afflictions, viz., Avidya (ignorance), Asmita (egoism), Raga-dvesha (love and hatred) and Abhinivesha (clinging to life) are destroyed and the bonds of Karma are annihilated [...] It gives Moksha (deliverance from the wheel of births and deaths). With the advent of the knowledge of the Self, ignorance vanishes. With the disappearance of the root-cause, viz., ignorance, egoism, etc., also disappear".<ref group=web name="Sivananda"/>}}