Samarasa (Sanskrit Devanagari: समरास; IAST: samarāsa; synonymous with IAST: ekarāsa; ;) is literally "one-taste" "one-flavour"</blockquote>
Dzogchen
Vajranatha (1996: p. 332) in his glossary of The Golden Letters, an annexure to his translation of, and commentary upon, the 'Three Statements' () of Garab Dorje, defines thus:
- ro-gcig: single taste, single flavour, the state of being a single taste, ekarasa
- ro-snyoms: same taste, the process of making everything into the same taste, samarasa
In Hinduism
Samarasa is one of four principal keywords and teachings of the Natha Tradition, the other three being 'svecchachara' (Sanskrit: स्वेच्छाचार), 'sama' (Sanskrit: सम), and 'sahaja' (Sanskrit: सहज).
Shri Gurudev Mahendranath (1911 - 1991), founder of the International Nath Order, wrote: