Mike, maybe?
"In terms of early traditions as found in the vast Pali canon <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pali_canon> and the Âgamas <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%80gama_(Buddhism)> , meditation can be contextualized as part of the Noble Eightfold Path <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noble_Eightfold_Path> , explicitly in regard to: * Right Mindfulness (samma sati) exemplified by the Buddha's Four Foundations of Mindfulness (see Satipatthana Sutta <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satipatthana_Sutta> ). * Right Concentration (samma samadhi) culminating in jhanic <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jhana> absorptions through the meditative development of samatha.[8] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhist_meditation#cite_note-7> And implicitly in regard to : * Right View (samma ditthi) embodying wisdom traditionally attained through the meditative development of vipassana founded on samatha.[9] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhist_meditation#cite_note-8> " Much more at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhist_meditation <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhist_meditation> --ED --- In [email protected], mike brown <uerusuboyo@...> wrote: > > Bill, > > "Simple one pointedness of mind was all that it takes." > > So is samadhi, or at least access concentration (the state of mind just before entering the first jhana), essential towards awakening? > > Mike
