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'''Samadhi''' (Skt. ''samādhi''; Tib. '' | '''Samadhi''' (Skt. ''samādhi''; Tib. [[ཏིང་ངེ་འཛིན་]], ''ting ngé dzin '', [[Wyl.]] ''ting nge ‘dzin'') is often translated as meditative absorption or concentration. Samadhi can refer to both the practice and the state of meditation. | ||
==Etymology== | ==Etymology== | ||
*The Sanskrit '' | *The Sanskrit ''samādhi'' means to hold things together. | ||
*The Tibetan '' | *The Tibetan ཏིང་ངེ་འཛིན་, ''ting ngé dzin '' means to hold firmly and unwaveringly from the depths so that there is no movement. | ||
==Different Samadhis== | ==Different Samadhis== | ||
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*[[three samadhis]] | *[[three samadhis]] | ||
*vajropamasamadhi | *vajropamasamadhi | ||
[[Category:Key Terms]] | [[Category:Key Terms]] | ||
[[Category:Sanskrit Terms]] | |||
[[Category:Meditation]] | [[Category:Meditation]] | ||
[[Category:Eleven Topics of Tantra]] | |||
Latest revision as of 15:28, 30 October 2021
Samadhi (Skt. samādhi; Tib. ཏིང་ངེ་འཛིན་, ting ngé dzin , Wyl. ting nge ‘dzin) is often translated as meditative absorption or concentration. Samadhi can refer to both the practice and the state of meditation.
Etymology
- The Sanskrit samādhi means to hold things together.
- The Tibetan ཏིང་ངེ་འཛིན་, ting ngé dzin means to hold firmly and unwaveringly from the depths so that there is no movement.
Different Samadhis
- samadhi called 'showing the way of all dharmas'
- three samadhis
- vajropamasamadhi