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==Etymology== | ==Etymology== | ||
*The Sanskrit '' | *The Sanskrit ''samādhi'' means to hold things together. | ||
*The Tibetan ''tingédzin'' means to hold firmly and unwaveringly from the depths so that there is no movement. | *The Tibetan ཏིང་ངེ་འཛིན་, ''tingédzin'' means to hold firmly and unwaveringly from the depths so that there is no movement. | ||
==Different Samadhis== | ==Different Samadhis== | ||
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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