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Samādhi (Pali and Sanskrit: समाधि), in Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism and yogic schools, is a state of meditative consciousness. In many Indian religious traditions, the cultivation of Samādhi through various meditation methods is essential for the attainment of spiritual liberation (known variously as nirvana, moksha).

In Buddhism, it is the last of the eight elements of the Noble Eightfold Path. In the Ashtanga Yoga tradition, it is the eighth and final limb identified in the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali. In Jain meditation, samadhi is considered one of the last stages of the practice just prior to liberation.

In the oldest Buddhist sutras, on which several contemporary western Theravada teachers rely, it refers to the development of an investigative and luminous mind that is equanimous and mindful. In the yogic traditions and the Buddhist commentarial tradition, on which the Burmese Vipassana movement and the Thai Forest tradition rely, it is interpreted as a meditative absorption or trance attained by the practice of dhyāna.

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Bodhisattva Samadhi in Zen and the Flower Adornment Scripture

Samadhi, Concentration, Zazen
Feb 08 2025
AM
No Abode Hermitage

Reading The Flower Adornment Sutra, Book 26 part 4

Book 26 - The Ten Stages, p 764

Thomas Cleary translation

 

 

Meiya Reading Flower Adornment Sutra, Concentration, Liberation, Desire
2024
26d

Reading The Flower Adornment Sutra, Book 26 part 5

Book 26 - The Ten Stages p 788

 

Thomas Cleary translation

 

Meiya Reading Flower Adornment Sutra, Liberation, Concentration, Nirvana
2024
26e

Reading The Flower Adornment Sutra, Book 27 part 1

Book 27 - The Ten Concentrations

Thomas Cleary translation

 

 

Concentration, Discrimination, Liberation
2024
27a

Reading The Flower Adornment Sutra, Book 28

Book 28 The Ten Superknowledges

Thomas Cleary translation

 

Meiya Reading Flower Adornment Sutra, Concentration, Nirvana, Discrimination...
2024
28

Reading The Flower Adornment Sutra, Book 35

Book 35 - Qualities of Buddha’s Embellishments and Lights

Thomas Cleary Translation

Meiya Reading Flower Adornment Sutra, Buddha, Concentration, Complete Perfect...
2024
35

Reading The Flower Adornment Sutra, Book 25 part 5

Book 25 - Ten Dedications - Part 5

Thomas Cleary translation p606

Meiya Reading Flower Adornment Sutra, Attachment, Concentration, Peace
2024
25e

Reading The Flower Adornment Sutra, Chapter 11

Chapter 11 - Pure Conduct

Bhikshu Dharmamitra translation.

 

Meiya Reading Flower Adornment Sutra, Karma, Evil, Concentration
2024
11-dharmamitra

Reading The Flower Adornment Sutra, Chapter 12 Part 1

Chapter 12 - Foremost Worthy - Part 1

Bhikshu Dharmamitra translation.

 

Meiya Reading Flower Adornment Sutra, Samadhi, Concentration, Cultivation
2024
12a-dharmamitra

Reading The Flower Adornment Sutra, Chapter 12 Part 2

Chapter 12 - Foremost Worthy - Part 2

Bhikshu Dharmamitra translation.

 

Meiya Reading Flower Adornment Sutra, Concentration, Greed, Delusion
2024
12b-dharmamitra

Reading The Flower Adornment Sutra, Book 12

Book 12 - Chief in Goodness

Thomas Cleary translation.

Meiya Reading Flower Adornment Sutra, Concentration, Greed, Freedom
2024
12-cleary

Reading The Flower Adornment Sutra, Book 15

Book 15 - The Ten Abodes

Thomas Cleary translation.

Meiya Reading Flower Adornment Sutra, Concentration, Discrimination, Peace
2024
15

Reading The Flower Adornment Sutra, Book 17

Book 17 - The Merit of the Initial Determination for Enlightenment

Thomas Cleary translation.

Meiya Reading Flower Adornment Sutra, Attachment, Concentration, Discrimination...
2024
17

Reading The Flower Adornment Sutra, Book 18

Book 18 - Clarifying Method

Thomas Cleary translation.

Meiya Reading Flower Adornment Sutra, Concentration, Attachment, Evil
2024
18

Reading The Flower Adornment Sutra, Book 21

Book 21 - Ten Practices

Thomas Cleary translation.

Meiya Reading Flower Adornment Sutra, Attachment, Concentration, confusion
2024
21

Reading The Flower Adornment Sutra, Book 23

Book 23 - Ascent to the Palace of the Tushita Heaven

Thomas Cleary translation.

Meiya Reading Flower Adornment Sutra, Concentration, Generosity, Attachment
2024
23

Reading The Flower Adornment Sutra, Book 6

Book 6 - Vairocana

Thomas Cleary translation.

Meiya Reading Flower Adornment Sutra, Concentration, Equanimity, Freedom
2024
6

Reading The Flower Adornment Sutra, Book 2

Book 2 - The Appearance of the Buddha

Thomas Cleary translation.

Meiya Reading Flower Adornment Sutra, Observe, Peace, Concentration
2024
2

Reading The Flower Adornment Sutra, Book 3

Book 3 - The Meditation of the Enlightening Being Universally Good

Thomas Cleary translation.

Meiya Reading Flower Adornment Sutra, Concentration, Hindrances, Peace
2024
3

Reading The Flower Adornment Sutra, Book 4

Book 4 - The Formation of the Worlds

Thomas Cleary translation

Meiya Reading Flower Adornment Sutra, Observe, Freedom, Concentration
2024
4

Integrating Ethics and Wisdom in Zazen

Compassion, Practice, Concentration
Jan 2022

March 7th, 2019, Serial No. 04471

Zazen, Buddha, Concentration
Mar 07 2019

February 23rd, 2019, Serial No. 04467

Zazen, Letting Go, Concentration
Feb 23 2019

October 27th, 2018, Serial No. 04448

Concentration, Letting Go, Zazengi
Oct 27 2018

August 1st, 2017, Serial No. 04387

Delusion, Patience, Concentration
Aug 01 2017

Prajna Paramita, the Lovely, the Holy

Not abiding in anything, including wisdom; helping without the idea of helping; practicing the paramitas without holding on to them; Buddha twirling a flower, Manjushri smiling is transmission in...

Perfect Wisdom, Transmission, Concentration, Perfect Wisdom, Nirvana, Vow
Jul 08 2017
AM
No Abode Hermitage

November 24th, 2014, Serial No. 04175

Pain, Practice, Concentration
Nov 24 2014

November 18th, 2014, Serial No. 04170

Don't Know Mind, Desire, Concentration
Nov 18 2014

December 13th, 2013, Serial No. 04088

Concentration, Avatamsaka Sutra, Ceremony
Dec 13 2013

June 22nd, 2013, Serial No. 04062

Concentration, Discrimination, Samadhi
Jun 22 2013

June 2nd, 2013, Serial No. 04057

Concentration, Generosity, Zazen
Jun 02 2013

June 2nd, 2013, Serial No. 04058

Patience, Concentration, Generosity
Jun 02 2013

October 14th, 2012, Serial No. 04002

Bodhisattva, Karmic Consciousness, Concentration
Oct 14 2012

September 1st, 2012, Serial No. 03991

Fundraising, Buddha Mind, Concentration
Sep 01 2012

July 19th, 2012, Serial No. 03978

Addiction, Generosity, Concentration
Jul 19 2012

April 21st, 2012, Serial No. 03959

Precepts, Generosity, Concentration
Apr 21 2012

April 15th, 2012, Serial No. 03954

Addiction, Delusion, Concentration
Apr 15 2012

March 11th, 2012, Serial No. 03947

Suffering, Wisdom, Concentration
Mar 11 2012

March 10th, 2012, Serial No. 03945

Concentration, Study, Delusion
Mar 10 2012

January 8th, 2012, Serial No. 03924

Perfect Wisdom, Concentration, Precepts
Jan 08 2012

January 2nd, 2012, Serial No. 03921

Concentration, Complete Perfect Enlightenment, Bodhisattva Way
Jan 02 2012

2012, Serial No. 04026

Concentration, Evil, Precepts
2012

December 17th, 2011, Serial No. 03919

Concentration, Delusion, Addiction
Dec 17 2011

December 8th, 2011, Serial No. 03913

Fox, Bodhisattva Vow, Concentration
Dec 08 2011

December 5th, 2011, Serial No. 03909

Practice, Concentration, Suffering
Dec 05 2011

Bodhisattva Play: Creative Pathways to Enlightenment

Practice, Concentration, Time
Nov 17 2011

November 2011 talk, Serial No. 03902

Addiction, Concentration, Breath
Nov 2011

November 2011 talk, Serial No. 03903

Concentration, Attachment, Openness
Nov 2011

October 29th, 2011, Serial No. 03886

Ego, Concentration, Posture
Oct 29 2011

Pathway to Enlightened Practice

Patience, Precepts, Concentration
Jun 2011

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