The Buddha made up the word Samadhi- Buddhist Meditation

In this snippet from a talk at Joshua Tree on 3-9-09 on the subject of the eightfold path (MN117), Bhante Vimalaramsi reveals some interesting information about the word Samadhi and its actual origin. It does not mean Absorption as defined by other teachers but a kind of "Collectedness" that the Buddha taught.

He also discusses what the proper practice of this method leads to, which is the ultimate goal of experiencing Nibbana here and now. As he explains...this is possible in this lifetime.

And here he talks about Sama (Tranquility)-dhi (Wisdom) (Tranquil-Wisdom) not Samathi (Sanskrit for absorption).

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[SarahaJi]

Hi begintosee,

Sahaji samadhi looks like Pali nibbana and kevala samadhi looks like 8 perception attainments by Sri Ramana ............

like a river discharged into the ocean and its identity lost;-Sahaji

You would have to read the whole page...

What is Liberation According to the Teachings

of Sri Ramana Maharshi?

[begintosee]

Hi -Thanks but I have read the teachings and am very aware of this state. It is likely to be the 8th Jhana. BUT it is a one-pointed absorption state but here Bhante Vimalaramsi is talking about an entirely different type of Tranquility which is what he calls an Aware Jhana. That is, a Jhana without Craving.

[SarahaJi]

Sri Ramana describes clearly the difference between kevala samadhi and sahaja samadhi in talk 187 from Talks with Sri Ramana Maharshi:

[begintosee]

SarahaJi

The samadhi you refer to are 'One-Pointed" concentration absorptions. These are Hindu related states of absorption which the Buddha said were not the path when he turned his back on the 5 ascetics and left them. The Buddha learned the one-pointed absorptions to the highest concentration of neither perception nor non-perception and found when he came out there was still craving present in his mind-thus his journey started again... This is what Bhante is showing us.

[hearts0ngs]

"...one love...one heart...let's get secluded and feel alright!"

[Kalatiso]

Practice!

[Kalatiso]

Sutta-Nerds!

[zatoichiable]

A wonderful man. . Salam,

[VerotteTube]

@begintosee

Ramana was offering a totally different way of clearing the hinderances, one that relied on satsang and transmission.

I won't say one method is better than another but to compare the path laid out by the Buddha and the assistance given to the savaks by Ramana is to compare apples and oranges. The truth is much larger than either pratītyasamutpāda or advaita vendanta and i think if the Buddha were alive today he would be neither a Buddhist or Advaitin.

[AryaSravaka]

i m so happy to hear speeches of great sangha fathers like him. thanks a lot