Samadhi vs. Nirvana: What's the Difference?

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with Pandit Rajmani Tigunait
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What is the difference between samadhi and nirvana? Are these two words, used by two different traditions, Yoga and Buddhism, actually different names for exactly the same experience—a state of sorrowless joy in which the mind is free of roaming tendencies? 

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Pandit Rajmani Tigunait

Spiritual head of the Himalayan Institute, Pandit Tigunait is the successor of Swami Rama of the Himalayas.... Read more

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