Samadhi

Samadhi (Skt. samādhi; Tib. ཏིང་ངེ་འཛིན་, tingédzin, Wyl. ting nge ‘dzin) is often translated as meditative absorption or concentration.

Etymology

• The Sanskrit samādhi means to hold things together.
• The Tibetan ཏིང་ངེ་འཛིན་, tingédzin 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