--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Richard J. Williams" <richard@...> wrote: > > > > emptybill: > > ...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. > > 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. >
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