> > Samadhi: 1. Sanskrit (Saúmaúdhi) n. Jap., sanmai or
> > zanmai 2. Nirvana, Parinirvana 3. from the root word
> > 'Sam', to establish, make firm. 4. A conscious experience
> > that lies beyond waking, dreaming, and deep sleep.
> > 5. A non-meditative meditative mental equipoise.
> >
cardemaister:
> ROFLOL! :D
>
..."intense application or fixing the mind on , intentness ,
attention (%{-dhiM-kR} , `" to attend "') MBh. R. &c. ;
concentration of the thoughts , profound or abstract
meditation , intense contemplation of any particular object
(so as to identify the contemplator with the object
meditated upon ; this is the eighth and last stage of Yoga
[lW. 93] ; with Buddhists Sama1dhi is the fourth and last
stage of Dhya1na or intense abstract meditation [MWB. 209]
; in the Ka1ran2d2a-vyu1ha several SñSama1dhi are enumerated)
Up. Buddh. MBh. &c. ; intense absorption or a kind of trance
MBh. Ka1v.&c. ; a sanctuary....
or tomb of a saint W. RTL. 261;"
LoL!
Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon:
http://tinyurl.com/c3z3vyb
> > > ...we have experienced death many times. If death
> > > is a samadhi, then where has the "samadhi" gone?
> > >
> > In fact, the word Samadhi seems to have been deliberately
> > avoided, except in the case of the later Vedanta work,
> > Vedantasara.
> >
> > There is no reference in the Upanishads to a meditation
> > practice leading to the suspension of the faculties such
> > as we find in the literature dealing with yoga.
> >
> > In the Hindu scriptures the word Samadhi first appears
> > in the Maitrayni (6.18, 34), a late Upanishad. This text
> > apparently recognizes five of the eight limbs of
> > Patanjali's classical Ashtanga Yoga.
> >
> > It should be noted that there are over 200 Upanishads in
> > the Vedic literature and all were composed after the
> > Gautama Buddha's passing.
> >
> > It would seem that yogic practice entered into
> > Upanishadic and Vedantic literature osmosis-like, a
> > blending of Buddhist yogic and Upanishadic milieus.
> >
