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Samadhi Talks

Samādhi (Pali and Sanskrit: समाधि), in Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism, 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 that 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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Eights Aspects Enlightened Person/Right Samadhi

Serial: BZ-00324A

Saturday Lecture

Eight Aspects, Enlightenment, Samadhi, Samadhi, Concentration, Eight Aspects,...
Nov 02 1997
Berkeley Zen Center

November 2nd, 1997, Serial No. 02883

Equanimity, Samadhi, Doubt
Nov 02 1997

Buddhism & Enjoyment

Serial: BZ-00315B

Sesshin Day 5

Seven Factors of Enlightenment, Big Mind, Samadhi, Vow, Four Noble Truths, Peace,...
Jun 22 1997
Berkeley Zen Center

What Is Our Practice? Zazen Instruction

Serial: BZ-00313B

Sesshin Day 1

Zazen, Instruction, Practice, Silent Illumination, Posture, Big Mind, Samadhi,...
Jun 18 1997
Berkeley Zen Center

Dharma As Medicine

Serial: SF-03621

Sunday Lecture, children's talk: good medicine (cabin) anything remarkable, beautiful, unique, like a gift from nature that anyone was able to see or feel; in quiet you are...

Book of Serenity, Impermanence, Three Treasures, Realization, Samadhi, Dragons,...
Jun 01 1997
Green Gulch Farm

Zen in Everyday Breath

Serial: RB-01583A

Practice-Week

Practice, Time, Samadhi
May 1997
Johanneshof

Samadhi

Concentration, Hindrances, Practice Period, Doubt, Greed, Commitment, Samadhi, Lay...
Apr 19 1997
Berkeley Zen Center

Mastering the Language of Zen

Serial: RB-00979A

Practice-Period_Talks

Samadhi, Practice, Time
Apr 04 1997
Crestone Zen Mountain Center

Blue Cliff Record: Case #65

Serial: BZ-00360B

Saturday Lecture

BCR-65, Separation, Duality, Birth-and-Death, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Discrimination,...
Mar 22 1997
Berkeley Zen Center

Zazengi: Mindfulness, Concentration, Equanimity

Serial: BZ-00360A

One-Day Sitting

Zazengi, Mindfulness, Concentration, Equanimity, Concentration, Subject-and-Object,...
Mar 16 1997
Berkeley Zen Center

Dogen's Zazengi

Serial: BZ-00359B

Saturday Lecture

Zazengi, Concentration, Lotus Sutra, Pure Existence, Duality, Posture, Buddha...
Mar 15 1997
Berkeley Zen Center

Song of Jewel Mirror Samadhi

Serial: SF-00072

5:00 class

Buddha Ancestors, Four Noble Truths, Absolute-and-Relative, Emptiness, Samadhi,...
Feb 04 1997

Zen Time: Unveiling Present Consciousness

Serial: RB-00977B

Practice-Period_Talks

Time, Practice, Samadhi
1997
Crestone Zen Mountain Center

December 20th, 1996, Serial No. 02843

Samadhi, Concentration, Practice
Dec 20 1996

Title Unknown

Serial: BZ-00808B

Rohatsu Day 5

Culture, Right Effort, Samadhi, Doubt, Ego, Rinzai, Intuition, Happiness, Continuous...
Dec 06 1996
Berkeley Zen Center

Title Unknown

Serial: BZ-00784B

Rohatsu Day 3

Dragons, Daily Life, Equanimity, Samadhi, Hindrances, Lineage, Separation, Posture,...
Dec 04 1996
Berkeley Zen Center

Sandokai

Serial: SF-03106

Sunday Lecture

Manjushri, Samadhi, Oneness, confusion, Darkness-and-Light, Perfect Wisdom, Intimacy...
Dec 01 1996
Green Gulch Farm

Mumonkan: Case #46

Serial: BZ-00789A

100 Foot Pole, Barriers in Practice, Saturday Lecture

MM-46, Beginners, Sixth Patriarch, Lotus Sutra, Non-duality, Birth-and-Death, Buddha...
Oct 19 1996
Berkeley Zen Center

October 3rd, 1996, Serial No. 02831

Zazen, Samadhi, Ceremony
Oct 03 1996

Jewel Mirror Samadhi Class

confusion, Four Noble Truths, Soto Zen, Rinzai, Absolute-and-Relative, Five Ranks,...
Sep 10 1996
Green Gulch Farm

Five Lords or Powers

Serial: BZ-00792A

Saturday Lecture

Concentration, Mindfulness, Buddha Nature, Offering, Bowing, Ego, Samadhi, Daily Life...
Sep 06 1996
Berkeley Zen Center

Hui Neng's Instruction on Dhyana and Imperturbability

Serial: BZ-00800A

Rohatsu Day 4

Hui Neng, Dhyana, Imperturbability, Big Mind, Dream World, Discrimination, Samadhi,...
Jun 22 1996
Berkeley Zen Center

Platform Sutra

Serial: BZ-00253

Class 5 of 9

Heart Sutra, Attachment, Liberation, Don't Know Mind, Bodhidharma, Samadhi, Lay...
Jun 13 1996
5
Berkeley Zen Center

Work Practice (Fushin Samu)

Serial: BZ-00804B

Saturday Lecture

Work, Monastic Practice, Daily Life, Samadhi, Concentration, Practice Period,...
May 11 1996
Berkeley Zen Center

Work and Practice

Serial: BZ-00118

Lecture

Practice, Work, Parinirvana, Samadhi, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Continuous...
Apr 24 1996

Blue Cliff Record: Case #50

Serial: BZ-00806B

One-Day Sitting

BCR-50, Birth-and-Death, Lotus Sutra, Samadhi, Separation, Doubt, Dragons, Oneness,...
Apr 21 1996
Berkeley Zen Center

Blue Cliff Record: Case #17

Serial: BZ-00806A

Saturday Lecture

BCR-17, First Principle, Bodhidharma, Samadhi, Concentration, Separation, Offering,...
Apr 20 1996
Berkeley Zen Center

Lotus Sutra Class

Serial: SF-03223

Context of the Lotus Sutra - history of Hinayana and Mahayana texts - stylistic differences of - history of Lotus Sutra - key elements/doctrine of sutra - key elements of...

Lotus Sutra, Nirvana, Manjushri, Mahayana, Demons, Offering, Avalokiteshvara,...
Apr 07 1996
Green Gulch Farm

Hongzhi's Practice Instructions

Serial: BZ-00810B

Emptying Out, Transfer Merit, Saturday Lecture

Hongzhi, Practice, Merit, Silent Illumination, Instruction, Book of Serenity, Samadhi...
Feb 25 1996
Berkeley Zen Center

Parinirvana

Serial: BZ-00749

Eight Awarenesses, Lecture

Eight Awarenesses, Eight Awarenesses, Nirvana, Eight Aspects, Mindfulness, Samadhi,...
Feb 15 1996

Eight Awarenesses of an Enlightened Being

Serial: BZ-00811B

Saturday Lecture

Eight Awarenesses, Parinirvana, Eight Awarenesses, Nirvana, Samadhi, Nirvana Sutra,...
Feb 11 1996
Berkeley Zen Center

Samadhi and Prajna

Serial: BZ-00786A

Evening Lecture 1 sesshin in rohatsu tapes

Samadhi, Attachment, Mundane Life, Posture, Non-attachment, Sixth Patriarch,...
1996

Title Unknown

Serial: BZ-00816B

Rohatsu Day 5

Repentance, Precepts, Evil, Buddha Nature, Anger, Practice Period, Ordination, Vinaya...
Dec 07 1995
Berkeley Zen Center

Hongzhi's Silent Illumination

Serial: BZ-00974A

Saturday Lecture

Hongzhi, Practice Period, Silent Illumination, Daily Life, Instruction, Offering,...
Apr 22 1995
Berkeley Zen Center

Dragons

Dragons, Anger, Precepts, Building, Attachment, Samadhi, confusion
Mar 25 1995
Berkeley Zen Center

Title Unknown

Serial: BZ-00741

Lecture

Practice Period, Gratitude, Discrimination, Daily Life, Samadhi, Concentration,...
Mar 01 1995
Tassajara

Heart Sutra: Setting the Scene

Serial: BZ-00952B

Skandas and Emptiness, Rohatsu Day 4

Heart Sutra, Skandas, Emptiness, Heart Sutra, Four Noble Truths, Non-duality, Samadhi...
Dec 07 1994
Berkeley Zen Center

Bendowa III: Falling into Emptiness, Story of Michael

Serial: BZ-00952A

Rohatsu Day 3

Blue Cliff Record, Samadhi, Bell, Heart Sutra, Funeral, Gratitude, Silence, Mahayana...
Dec 06 1994
Berkeley Zen Center

Bendowa II: Jijuyu Samadhi, Faith and Doubt

Serial: BZ-00953B

Rohatsu Day 2

Commitment, Doubt, Samadhi, Sangha, Anger, Happiness, Evil, Posture, Building...
Dec 05 1994
Berkeley Zen Center

Bendowa I: Bendowa and Thoughts

Serial: BZ-00953A

Rohatsu Day 1

Uchiyama, Lotus Sutra, Samadhi, Vow, Posture, Mahayana, Instruction, Equanimity,...
Dec 04 1994
Berkeley Zen Center

Continuous and Discontinuous Time

Serial: BZ-00935B

Developing Character, Saturday Lecture

Time, Continuous Practice, Peace, Ego, Daily Life, Equanimity, Samadhi, Separation,...
Sep 10 1994
Berkeley Zen Center

Blue Cliff Record: Case #50

Serial: BZ-00940A

Saturday Lecture

BCR-50, Samadhi, Doubt, Platform Sutra, confusion, Lotus Sutra, Birth-and-Death,...
Jul 16 1994
Berkeley Zen Center

Freedom, Commitment, Intention, Samadhi

Serial: BZ-00960A

Saturday Lecture

Freedom, Commitment, Intention, Samadhi, Commitment, Practice Period, Samadhi,...
May 07 1994
Berkeley Zen Center

Title Unknown

Serial: BZ-00738

Lecture

Samadhi, Big Mind, Silence, Bell, Happiness, Continuous Practice, Birth-and-Death,...
May 05 1994
San Francisco Zen Center

Samadhi and Losing Oneself

Serial: BZ-00961B

Saturday Lecture

Samadhi, Pure Existence, Subject-and-Object, Practice Period, Samadhi, Bowing,...
May 01 1994
Berkeley Zen Center

Uniting Body, Breath and Mind

Serial: BZ-00050A

Sesshin Day 3

Posture, Birth-and-Death, Right Effort, Demons, Samadhi, Building, Harmonizing,...
Mar 26 1994
Tassajara

This Moment's Activity

Serial: BZ-00108A

Sesshin Day 1

Samadhi, Bell, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Offering, Posture, Buddha Nature, Ego,...
Mar 24 1994
Tassajara

Trikaya and Platform Sutra: Four Wisdoms

Serial: BZ-00965B

Three Bodies of Buddha pt. I, Sesshin Day 1

Trikaya, Platform Sutra, Wisdom, Ego, Platform Sutra, Samadhi, Big Mind, Hindrances,...
Mar 12 1994
Berkeley Zen Center

Platform Sutra: The Four Part Verse and Samadhi/Prajna

Serial: BZ-00549

Class, Part 4 of 10, Winter Practice Period

Attachment, Samadhi, Precepts, Non-attachment, Don't Know Mind, Discrimination,...
Jan 29 1994
4
Tassajara

Lotus Sutra

Serial: BZ-00223

Class 1 of 4

Lotus Sutra, Heart Sutra, Dragons, Offering, Samadhi, Chanting, Mahayana, Manjushri,...
Jan 13 1994
1
Berkeley Zen Center

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