what puts you in samahdi?

cabossimn

for me its talks with my best freind.

bodhipunk

Usually meditation centering on the mindfulness of breath. Samadhi, meaning concentration, is also a prerequisite for the cultivation of jhanas (or "meditative absorptions"). Jhana has been translated as Dhyana in Sanskrit, Ch’an in Chinese, Son in Korean, and Zen in Japanese. Those terms have also become synonymous with meditation in general.

I also suggest reading Keeping the Breath in Mind and Lessons in Samadhi by Ajaan Lee Dhammadharo.

Jeffrey

slowing down. doing some walking meditation. a ritual like a rememberance of the fellow beings and awakening.

often it comes through working through the confusion. sometimes it seems like you don't have a right to be on earth, but you just keep at it. I think the samadhi comes at the end of a confusion. the craving is the obstacle in between the two. Which is why you can't carry the weight of the whole world and you have to accept that we don't always know the right thing to do but that if we keep open the energy of the whole universe is on our side.

In the most fearful moments I think non-harming, keeping things simple, and giving time and space for all thoughts to be very valuable.

vixthenomad

The simple internal mantra 'love, kindness' compassion'. I haven't found one to best it yet; it seems to work both on and off the cushion.

abhishek_laser

If talking can put you into samadhi then it's not samadhi. Samadhi is a extremely peaceful,still state of mind not something that happens with your eyes open.

Floating_Abu

for me its talks with my best freind.

Please don't misunderstand samadhi. Though you know the word, its the essence that counts in Buddhism.

caz

Samadhi is a very pure focused concentration that gives rise to the bliss of concentration, Ive only briefly experienced medatative states like these but I can say without a doubt that it is very hard to come from any other activity then single pointed meditative focus.

Jeffrey

caznamyaw, why do you say without doubt? having had only brief experience?

seeker242

Breathing in and out.

caz

caznamyaw, why do you say without doubt? having had only brief experience?

Its highly unlikely unless the person your speaking to is like Buddha or your spiritual guide, Its very hard for Samadhi to come from any other activity other then meditation.

Jeffrey

caz, my question is why you say that? did you read it somewhere?

caz

caz, my question is why you say that? did you read it somewhere?

In the books Ive have read such concentration generally comes from meditation and very rarely anything else.

Jeffrey

Caz, I haven't read much, though I was curious because my teacher said samadhi means clarity and it is part of the nature of mind which is always present. If I recollect from a dharma talk.

I am guessing that you are also correct and the way I would put that together would be that meditaion lets the mind settle down and notice the nature which it always had.

I_AM_THAT

Samadhi can come on any time, any place and often when you least expect. Every moment can be lived in Samadhi...

caz

Caz, I haven't read much, though I was curious because my teacher said samadhi means clarity and it is part of the nature of mind which is always present. If I recollect from a dharma talk.

I am guessing that you are also correct and the way I would put that together would be that meditaion lets the mind settle down and notice the nature which it always had.

Samadhi is pretty much synonymous with the mental abidings, Clarity is a basic way of putting it but there is alot more to it then that.

almer45

When you are not attached to anything and you have your mind free of thoughts in meditation then your true nature appears, the nature of the mind. You just sit and be, sit and be, only that. This is at first, but with the time samadhi can extend to any time... It is as everything was perfect. When you return to your daily activities you feel that unfortunately you have come down to earth! (This is only my opinion)

cabossimn

Samadhi can come on any time, any place and often when you least expect. Every moment can be lived in Samadhi...

agreed

taiyaki

@almer45

thats why practice must extend towards all activities.

the real work is for most is on the cushion.
then the even more real work is engaging with the world.

person

There are 9 stages of calm abiding meditation. The 9th stage is samadhi.

The monk meditates, and the elephant just sleeps. The meditator is totally non-dependent upon the senses and in perfect equanimity. The path has ended and the elephant is at rest. At this stage there is no limit to the length of fixed concentration. According to the meditator's feelings, his mind and the object become one. The ninth stage of samadhi or mental absorption is attained through the power of total habituation, a familiarization and integration in Calm-Abiding.

And the description of experience after reaching the 9th stage.

After the 9th Stage of Calm-Abiding is attained, many new and extraordinary experiences come, which have never been experienced before. When these experiences come, this is the sign that Calm-Abiding has been attained.

http://www.dharmafellowship.org/library/essays/nine-stages-of-abiding.htm#ninth

ddrishi

Meditation requires constant effort to remain aware. Samadhi is an advanced stage when it becomes effortless.

jll

Sorry, as far as I know this is incorrect.
Samadhi is a deep state of concentration
where almost all your senses are 'gone'.
(cant find the right word)
unless your 'samadhi' is a different kind.

Samadhi can come on any time, any place and often when you least expect. Every moment can be lived in Samadhi...

agreed

taiyaki

There are different samadhis.