Samadhi is the highest state of yoga in which the practitioner, having reached the pinnacle of meditation, transcends his aham, senses and personal existence and realized the soul. This article compares the concept of samadhi described in the Patanjali yoga sutras and the hatha yoga texts. Hatha yoga texts such as the hatha yoga, gheranda Samhita, vasishtha Samhita, shiva Samhita, and the...