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Are there various structured steps to Samadhi? || Acharya Prashant, on Vivekchudamani (2018)
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Vivek Choodamani
Adi Shankaracharya
Dispassion
Samadhi
Realization
Freedom
Bliss
Ego
Description

Acharya Prashant addresses a question regarding Shlok 375 of the Vivek Choodamani, clarifying that the concepts mentioned—dispassion, samadhi, realization, freedom from bondage, and eternal bliss—are not sequential steps or a ladder. Instead, they are various ways of pointing toward the 'beyond' or the Truth. He explains that these states are not dependent on each other as cause and effect, nor is one superior to the other. They serve as pointers to help an individual move past their personal universe of suffering and passion.