About

Print

The meaning and states of samadhi



In Chinese Samadhi is transliterated as "sanmei". Samadhi originally means meditative concentration, a state where that the mind and body, or the mind and the environment are one, and you no longer have scattered thoughts. But later in Mahayana and Chan, it denotes the combination of concentration and wisdom: undefiled and wise, one remains in concentration in all activities.

Extended Readings

Is there any harm in entering meditative concentration?
How to enter meditative concentration?
What does meditative concentration feel like, and what kind of wisdom it generated?
How to achieve the state of one-pointed concentration?






| More
Back to news list

Your are here : About > Master Sheng Yen's Video Dharma Talks:
Meditative Concentration
> The meaning and states of samadhi