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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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Beyond Knowing: Zen's Experiential Wisdom

Consciousness, Ego, Buddha Nature, Intimacy, Mindfulness, Subject-and-Object,...
Dec 06 1985

December 6th, 1985, Serial No. 00385

Consciousness, Ego, Buddha Nature, Mindfulness, Subject-and-Object, Delusion, Samadhi...
Dec 06 1985

Considering the Hindrances and Seeing the Dharmas

Serial: BZ-00884A

Saturday Lecture

Hindrances, Mindfulness, Concentration, Equanimity, Hindrances, Study Period, Sixth...
Sep 21 1985
Berkeley Zen Center

The Five Hindrances

Serial: BZ-00411B

Saturday Lecture

Hindrances, Anger, Hindrances, Doubt, Equanimity, Attachment, Emotions, Lay, Ego,...
Sep 06 1985
Berkeley Zen Center

Zazen and Shikantaza

Serial: BZ-00415B

Saturday Lecture

Zazen, Shikantaza, Instruction, Posture, Concentration, Building, Anger, Greed, Daily...
Jun 15 1985
Berkeley Zen Center

Patience and the Paramitas

Serial: BZ-00424A

Sesshin Day 2

Patience, Equanimity, Daily Life, Concentration, Bell, Patience, Duality, Precepts,...
Mar 17 1985
Berkeley Zen Center

Mindfulness Practice in Sesshin

Serial: BZ-01523A

Vipassana and Samadhi, Saturday Lecture

Mindfulness, Vipassana, Samadhi, Concentration, Mindfulness, Attachment,...
Jan 19 1985
Berkeley Zen Center

Particle After Particle Samadhi: Tassajara Life

Serial: BZ-00404A

Saturday Lecture

Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Samadhi, Concentration, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center...
Nov 24 1984
Berkeley Zen Center

Ego and Personality

Serial: BZ-00390A

Saturday Lecture

Ego, Birth-and-Death, Ego, Offering, Bowing, Samadhi, Discrimination, Evil, Anger,...
Jun 30 1984
Berkeley Zen Center

Spiritual Athletics and Mindful Unity

Big Mind, Samadhi, Vow, Bell, Intention
Apr 07 1984

Zen's Path to True Oneness

Samadhi, Oneness, Delusion, Manjushri, Sixth Patriarch
Apr 05 1984

Shikantaza, Kensho, Jijuyu Samadhi

Serial: BZ-00432A

Saturday Lecture

Shikantaza, Kensho, Jijuyu Zanmai, Dharma Transmission, Building, Daily Life,...
Mar 10 1984
Berkeley Zen Center

Practicing Enlightenment Without Desiring Enlightenment

Serial: BZ-00422B

Saturday Lecture

Enlightenment, Emotions, Lay Practice, Monastic Practice, Samadhi, Buddha Nature, Lay...
Feb 11 1984
Berkeley Zen Center

Zazen is Turning Right to Get Left

Mindfulness, Daily Life, Samadhi, Beginners, Anger, Priest, Commitment, Enemies...
Dec 19 1983
Berkeley Zen Center

Mumonkan: Case #42

Serial: BZ-00418B

The Girls Comes Out of Samadhi, Rohatsu Day 7

Samadhi, MM-42, Four Noble Truths, Manjushri, Samadhi, Hindrances, Concentration,...
Dec 1983
Part 2 of 2
Berkeley Zen Center

The Second Grave Precept

Serial: SF-00027

Not taking what is not given.

Buddha Nature, Precepts, Peace, Realization, Samadhi, Ceremony, Ego, Silence,...
Aug 04 1983
3 of 3

Eight Ways of an Enlightened Person II

Serial: BZ-00399B

Saturday Lecture

Enlightenment, Buddha Nature, Eight Aspects, Concentration, Right Speech, Samadhi,...
Jul 02 1983
Berkeley Zen Center

Heart Sutra: Gate, Gate, Paragate

Serial: BZ-00001A

The Mantra of Your Life, Sesshin Day 5

Daily Life, Heart Sutra, Zazen Mind, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Priest,...
May 15 1983
Berkeley Zen Center

Prajna Paramita: Four Samadhis

Serial: BZ-00002B

Sesshin Day 4

Samadhi, Emptiness, Samadhi, Zazen
May 14 1983
Berkeley Zen Center

The Self-Centered Meets the Absolute

Serial: BZ-00041B

Sesshin Day 2

Practice, Samadhi
Sep 26 1982
Berkeley Zen Center

Zen Practice, Psychotherapy, and Feminism

Culture, Zoom, Religion, Teacher-and-Student, Ego, Samadhi, Silence, Hate, Building,...
Sep 12 1982

Blue Cliff Record: Case #17

Serial: BZ-00029B

"Sitting Long and Getting Tired", Sesshin Day 5

BCR-17

 

Composure, Zazen, Koan, Samadhi, First Principle, Time
May 23 1982
Berkeley Zen Center

Fundraising for the New Zendo

Serial: BZ-00007B

What is Our Basis?, Sesshin Day 4

Fundraising, Sangha, Samadhi, difficulty
May 22 1982
Berkeley Zen Center

Rinzai Zen

Sixth Patriarch, Soto Zen, Lotus Sutra, Heart Sutra, Platform Sutra, Doubt, Buddha...
Feb 26 1982
Berkeley Zen Center

The Stages of Practice II

Serial: BZ-00024B

Saturday Lecture

Daily Life, Samadhi, Mindfulness, Doubt, American, Emotions, Priest
Apr 04 1981
Berkeley Zen Center

April 4th, 1981, Serial No. 01064

Daily Life, Samadhi, Mindfulness, Doubt, Priest, Ego
Apr 04 1981
Berkeley Zen Center

Learning How To Sit

Serial: BZ-00025

Saturday Lecture

Technique, Posture, Instruction, Complete activity, Passions, Samadhi, American...
Dec 20 1980
Berkeley Zen Center

November 8,1980, Serial No. 01060

Study Period, Eight Aspects, Right Effort, Discrimination, Concentration, Samadhi,...
Nov 08 1980
Berkeley Zen Center

Study Period and Sesshin

Serial: BZ-01511B

Saturday Lecture

Study Period, Eight Aspects, Right Effort, Eight Awarenesses, Discrimination,...
Nov 08 1980
Berkeley Zen Center

Unity Within the Present Moment

Realization, Concentration, Buddha Nature, Right Effort, Building, Subject-and-Object...
Dec 13 1979

Unity of Practice and Realization

Realization, Delusion, Samadhi, Enemies, Instruction, Oneness, Discrimination,...
Dec 13 1979

Zen Blooming: Living with Pure Presence

Mindfulness, Obstacles, Samadhi, Enemies, Balance, Bell, Nirvana, Emotions, Evil,...
Mar 07 1979

Blooming in Mindful Presence

Mindfulness, Samadhi, Obstacles, Chanting, Enemies, Balance, Bell, Nirvana, Emotions...
Mar 07 1979

Desireless Equilibrium: Path to Enlightenment

Desire, Samadhi, Happiness
Mar 02 1979

Harmonious Being Through Zen Presence

Hindrances, Posture, Balance, Teacher-and-Student, Realization, Samadhi, Oneness,...
Feb 28 1979

Embodied Zen: Practice and Presence

Samadhi, Posture, Hindrances
Feb 28 1979

Perceiving Reality Through Samadhi

Practice, Time, Samadhi
Jun 20 1976

Zen Reality: Unseen Depths

Practice, Time, Samadhi
Jun 20 1976

Zen Truths: Shedding Self-Deception

Practice, Buddhism, Samadhi
Jun 15 1976

Embracing Non-Dual Cosmic Unity

Samadhi, Sixth Patriarch, Buddhism
Apr 02 1976

Seamless Unity in Zen Meditation

Sixth Patriarch, Samadhi, Buddhism
Apr 02 1976

Zen Lessons Beyond Words

Practice, Compassion, Samadhi
Apr 06 1975

Navigating Naturalness in Zen Practice

Consciousness, Samadhi, Letting Go
Oct 01 1973

Samadhi in Everyday Conduct

Samadhi, Practice, Buddhism
Sep 07 1973

The Eternal Shared Gift

Practice, Samadhi, Time
Apr 10 1973

Harmonizing Through Sacred Vibrations

Serial: MS-00434

Mantra Prayer (Part 1)

Silence, Religion, Samadhi
1973
Mount Saviour Monastery

Sufi Mysticism: Path to Divine Unity

Serial: MS-00437

Sufism in the Dialogue Between Religions

Consciousness, Religion, Samadhi
1973
Mount Saviour Monastery

Flowing Through Life and Death

Buddha Nature, Samadhi, Greed, Liberation, Community, Religion, Realization,...
Apr 1972

The Essence of Tranquil Zen Practice

Compassion, Realization, Rinzai, Samadhi, American
Jan 26 1972

Wholehearted Presence in Everyday Life

Concentration, Mahayana, Samadhi, Instruction, Beginners, Posture, Attachment...
Oct 26 1971

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