Samadhi Talks

Samādhi (Pali and Sanskrit: समाधि), in Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism and yogic schools, is a state of meditative consciousness. In many Indian religious traditions, the cultivation of Samādhi through various meditation methods is essential for the attainment of spiritual liberation (known variously as nirvana, moksha).

In Buddhism, it is the last of the eight elements of the Noble Eightfold Path. In the Ashtanga Yoga tradition, it is the eighth and final limb identified in the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali. In Jain meditation, samadhi is considered one of the last stages of the practice just prior to liberation.

In the oldest Buddhist sutras, on which several contemporary western Theravada teachers rely, it refers to the development of an investigative and luminous mind which is equanimous and mindful. In the yogic traditions, and the Buddhist commentarial tradition on which the Burmese Vipassana movement and the Thai Forest tradition rely, it is interpreted as a meditative absorption or trance, attained by the practice of dhyāna.

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Things I Have Faith In

Right Effort, Blue Cliff Record, Oneness, New Year, Big Mind, Samadhi, resistance,...
Aug 21 2010

2010.08.07-serial.00124

Precepts, Meditation, training, Sangha, Monastic Practice, Vows, Mindfulness, Samadhi...
Aug 07 2010

Practicing Stillness in Motion

Serial: BZ-02102

Shuso talk

Subject-and-Object, Samadhi, Practice Period, Five Ranks, Absolute-and-Relative,...
May 29 2010

2009.06.28-serial.00228P

Samadhi, Silence, Building, Letting Go, Concentration
Jun 28 2009

Shikantaza Basic Zen Practice: Serial No. 01094

Continuous, Pure Existence, Teacher-and-Student, Ego, Hindrances, Happiness, Birth-...
Feb 28 2009
BZC

Platform Sutra: Non attachment within attachment: Serial No. 01081

Serial: BZ-01081

Rohatsu, Day 5, side B

Attachment, Samadhi, Composure, Discrimination, Offering, Non-attachment, Platform...
Dec 11 2008
Berkeley Zen Center

Platform Sutra: Non Attachment within Attachment: Serial No. 01451

Serial: BZ-01451

Rohatsu, Day 5, side A

Attachment, Discrimination, Samadhi, Composure, Manjushri, Offering, Non-attachment,...
Dec 11 2008
Berkeley Zen Center

Platform Sutra of 6th Ancestor Hui Neng

Serial: BZ-02008

Non-attachment Within Attachment, Rohatsu Day 5

Hui Neng, Attachment, Discrimination, Non-attachment, Composure, Offering, Platform...
Dec 11 2008
Berkeley Zen Center

Platform Sutra of Hui Neng: Serial No. 01080

Serial: BZ-01080

Rohatsu Day 4, side B

Samadhi, Mahayana, Big Mind, Ego, Posture, Anger, Demons, American, Building, Peace...
Dec 10 2008
Berkeley Zen Center

Platform Sutra of Hui Neng: Serial No. 01450

Serial: BZ-01450

Rohatsu Day 4, Side A

Samadhi, Big Mind, Mahayana, Posture, Ego, Anger, Passions, confusion, American,...
Dec 10 2008
Berkeley Zen Center

Platform Sutra of 6th Ancestor Hui Neng

Serial: BZ-02007

Rohatsu Day 4

Hui Neng, Posture, Ego, Samadhi, Big Mind, Mahayana, Passions, American, Peace,...
Dec 10 2008
Berkeley Zen Center

Ordinary Mind is the Way

Serial: BZ-02003

Mumonkan No. 19, Saturday Lecture

MM-19, Ordinary Mind, Dharma Transmission, Intuition, Gaining Mind, confusion,...
Nov 22 2008
Berkeley Zen Center

2008.10.03-serial.00197

difficulty, Precepts, Passions, Samadhi, Samsara, Intention, Daily Life, Subject-and-...
Oct 03 2008

Current Heightened Awareness of Fear 

Money, Gratitude, War, Samadhi, Anger
Sep 20 2008
Afternoon
No Abode Hermitage

Precepts and Zazen

Serial: BZ-01158

Harmonizing Buddha Nature, Instincts, and Desires, Saturday Lecture

Precepts, Zazen, Desires, Buddha Nature, Precepts, Concentration, Buddha Nature,...
Sep 13 2008
Berkeley Zen Center

2008.01.22-serial.00112H

Daily Life, Buddha Nature, Oneness, Buddha Ancestors, difficulty, Impermanence,...
Jan 22 2008

2008.01.21-serial.00112E

Buddha Mind, Buddha Ancestors, Compassion, Soto Zen, Samadhi, Dependent Origination,...
Jan 21 2008

December 5th, 2007, Serial No. 01102, Side B

Samadhi, Birth-and-Death, Non-duality, Hindrances, Evil, Nirvana, Hate, Building, War...
Dec 05 2007

Illumination of Zazen

Serial: BZ-01099

Absorption in the Treasury of Light, Rohatsu Day 1

Zazen, BCR-, Silent Illumination, Light-and-Darkness, Samadhi, Manjushri, Intuition,...
Dec 02 2007
Berkeley Zen Center

Three Bodies of Buddha

Serial: BZ-01098

Saturday Lecture

Trikaya, Buddha Mind, Buddha Nature, Dogen, Manjushri, Continuous, Dragons, Samadhi,...
Dec 01 2007
Berkeley Zen Center

BCR: Case #74: "Kingyu Osho-Rice Pot" (Dear Bodhisattvas)

Serial: BZ-00988

BCR: Case #93: "Taiko's 'You For Devil'", Saturday Lecture

BCR-74, Buddha Mind, Gratitude, Fox, Observe, Monastic Practice, Dogen, Tassajara,...
Aug 04 2007
Berkeley Zen Center

Zen Meditation as Bodhisattva Vow

During this course, we will study the bodhisattva vow, to see how the compassionate intentions of enlightening beings generate, work, and play with the mind of enlightenment to promote peace and...

resistance, Discrimination, Giving-and-Taking, Soto Zen, Samadhi, Non-discrimination...
Jul 31 2007
The Yoga Room

The Five Powers of Practice and How They Interact

Serial: BZ-00986

Kid Zendo: Zen: inside and outside the circle's center, Saturday Lecture

Practice, Concentration, Mindfulness, Daily Life, Intuition, Mahayana, Instruction,...
Jul 21 2007
Berkeley Zen Center

No Gaining Mind

Serial: BZ-01444

Sesshin Day 5

Pure Existence, Ego, Dream World, Gaining Mind, Discrimination, Big Mind, Practice...
Jun 24 2007
Berkeley Zen Center

Six Factors of Zazen

Serial: BZ-01431

One-Day Sitting

Zazen, Concentration, Birth-and-Death, Daily Life, Emotions, Samadhi, Posture,...
Apr 15 2007
Berkeley Zen Center

Enlightenment as Everyday Life; "Nothing Special"

Serial: BZ-01421

Koun Ejô and Suzuki-roshi commentaries, Sesshin Day 3

Enlightenment, Koun Ejô, Samadhi, Daily Life, Thoroughness, Continuous, Gaining Mind...
Feb 19 2007
Berkeley Zen Center

Nothing Outside of Practice

Serial: BZ-01420

"Treasury of Radiant Light Samadhi" by Koun Ejô, Sesshin Day 2

Samadhi, Dream World, Darkness and Light, Renunciation, Samadhi, Chanting, resistance...
Feb 18 2007
Berkeley Zen Center

2007.01.14-serial.00116B

Buddha Nature, Nirvana Sutra, Attachment, Describe, Samadhi, Bodhidharma, Sangha,...
Jan 14 2007

December 16th, 2006, Serial No. 01409

Instruction, Buddha Mind, Conversation, Precepts, Karma, Aspects of Practice,...
Dec 16 2006

Big Mind

Serial: BZ-01405B

Dharmakaya/Sambhogakaya/Nirmanakaya, Rohatsu Day 5

Trikaya, Dharmakaya, Sambhogakaya, Nirmanakaya, Monkey Mind, Big Mind, Buddha Nature...
Dec 01 2006
Berkeley Zen Center

Seijiki Ceremony - Relating to Death and Dying

Serial: SF-00029

Heading into winter; what is the most important thing at the end of your life? taking refuge; how are we also hungry ghosts; six realms.

Ceremony, Offering, Vows, Ordination, Death-and-Dying, Six Realms, Sangha, Emptiness...
Oct 29 2006

Commentary on "Komyo-zo Zammai" by Koun Ejô

Serial: BZ-01174

Storehouse of Radiant Light Samadhi, One-Day Sitting

Koun Ejô, Concentration, Samadhi, Hate, Discrimination, Echo, Gaining Mind,...
Jul 16 2006
Berkeley Zen Center

July 13th, 2006, Serial No. 01173

Birth-and-Death, Practice Period, Family Practice, Composure, Concentration, Daily...
Jul 13 2006

The Paramitas: Meditation

Serial: BZ-01169A

Sesshin Day 3

Samadhi, Composure, Renunciation, Right Effort, Big Mind, Monastic Practice, Peace,...
Jun 16 2006
Berkeley Zen Center

June 3rd, 2006, Serial No. 01238

Blue Cliff Record, Heart Sutra, Daily Life, Funeral, Practice Period, Commitment,...
Jun 03 2006

Heart Sutra

Serial: BZ-01232

Saturday Lecture

Heart Sutra, Duality, Samadhi, Attachment, Oneness, Samsara, Nirvana, Non-duality,...
May 06 2006
Berkeley Zen Center

March 19th, 2006, Serial No. 01223

Happiness, Passions, Commitment, Emotions, Obstacles, Anger, Addiction, Ego, Samadhi...
Mar 19 2006

Fukanzazengi Part II

Serial: BZ-01218

Zazen Anecdotes, Sesshin Day 3

Fukanzazengi, Sojun Mel Weitsman, Meditation, Posture, Don't Know Mind,...
Feb 20 2006
Berkeley Zen Center

January 28th, 2006, Serial No. 01212

Aspects of Practice, Light-and-Darkness, Right Speech, Five Ranks, Non-duality,...
Jan 28 2006

The Eight Attributes of an Enlightened Being

Serial: BZ-01209

Reading from Dogen, Saturday Lecture

Eight Aspects, Dogen, Eight Awarenesses, Big Mind, Greed, Samadhi, Anger, Hindrances...
Jan 07 2006
Berkeley Zen Center

November 5th, 2005, Serial No. 01197

Darkness and Light, Evil, Mahayana, Practice Period, Duality, Aspects of Practice,...
Nov 05 2005

Intuition

Serial: BZ-01185

Sesshin Day 1

Intuition, Body-and-Mind, Intuition, Posture, Instruction, Beginners, Commitment,...
Sep 03 2005
Berkeley Zen Center

May 26th, 2005, Serial No. 01032, Side A

Subject-and-Object, Duality, Birth-and-Death, Non-duality, Five Ranks, Samadhi,...
May 26 2005

May 26th, 2005, Serial No. 01560

Five Ranks, Subject-and-Object, Samadhi, Duality, Separation, Buddha Nature, Doubt,...
May 26 2005

2005.05.09-serial.00186

Buddha Nature, Intention, Compassion, Samadhi, Daily Life, Happiness, Anger, Non-...
May 09 2005

May 8th, 2005, Serial No. 01322, Side B

Samadhi, Concentration, Practice Period, Renunciation, Composure, Platform Sutra,...
May 08 2005

Samadhi

Serial: BZ-01561

Imperturbable Mind, One-Day Sitting

Samadhi, Imperturbability, Samadhi, Concentration, Practice Period, Renunciation,...
May 08 2005
Berkeley Zen Center

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