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Samadhi

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Samadhi (Skt. samādhi; Tib. ཏིང་ངེ་འཛིན་, ting ngé dzin, Wyl. ting nge ‘dzin) is often translated as meditative absorption or concentration or relaxed focused awareness. Samadhi can refer to both the meditation practice and the state of meditation.

Etymology

*The Sanskrit samādhi means to hold things together.
*The Tibetan ཏིང་ངེ་འཛིན་, ting ngé dzin means to hold firmly and unwaveringly from the depths so that there is no movement.

Different Samadhis

*samadhi called 'showing the way of all dharmas'
*three samadhis
*vajropamasamadhi

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