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


==Etymology==
==Etymology==

Revision as of 03:33, 3 February 2011

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

Etymology

  • The Sanskrit samadhi means to hold things together.
  • The Tibetan 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