Samadhi

Bhagavad Gita • Chapter 2

A mind captivated by promises of pleasure and power cannot settle into the stillness of samadhi—the very grasping that seeks happiness prevents the peace that would fulfill it.

Bhagavad Gita • Chapter 2

Transcend the three gunas that even scripture operates within—rise beyond all dualities, release the anxiety of getting and keeping, and discover the Self that needs nothing because it already is everything.

Bhagavad Gita • Chapter 2

Your authority is over action alone, never over its fruits—this single truth, if truly absorbed, can liberate a human being from the prison of anxiety, disappointment, and the endless calculating mind that poisons every moment with thoughts of what might come.

Srimad Bhagavatam, Canto 4, Chapters 8-12

Five-year-old prince Dhruva, humiliated by his stepmother, performed intense austerities guided by sage Narada. His meditation with the mantra 'Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya' was so powerful that Vishnu appeared and granted him an eternal position as the Pole Star.

Brihadaranyaka Upanishad, Chapters 3-4

At King Janaka's philosophical debate, Yajnavalkya defeats all challengers including Gargi. He explains consciousness as the unchanging witness of waking, dreaming, and deep sleep states. When external lights are absent, 'the Self indeed is his light' - culminating in non-dual vision.

Rama & Vasishtha

Deep absorption is rest for the liberated, not a means to liberation; true freedom is demonstrated by moving fluidly between stillness and activity without attachment to either state.

Krishna & Uddhava

The Arrow-Maker teaches that total one-pointed concentration is the key to all spiritual attainment; when the mind becomes completely absorbed in its object, all distractions naturally fall away, and this power of focused attention becomes the doorway to Self-realization.