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Awaken the Living Awareness Within Glossary

Samādhi (Sanskrit: समाधि), also called samāpatti, in Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism and yogic schools refers to a state of meditative consciousness; it is a meditative absorption or trance, attained by the practice of dhyāna. In samādhi the mind becomes still – it is a state of being totally aware of the present moment; a one-pointedness of mind. In Buddhism, it is the last of the eight elements of the Noble Eightfold Path. In the Ashtanga Yoga tradition, it is the eighth and final limb identified in the Yoga Sūtras of Patañjali. See also closely related terms Satori, and Nirvana.

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~ ∞ ~ Awaken the Living Awareness Within: Zen ~ ∞ ~

Awaken the Living Awareness Within Glossary

The word Zen is derived from the Japanese word Chán, which in turn is derived from the Sanskrit word dhyāna – meaning “meditation,” or “meditative state”; Dhyana is the practicing of the inward life, the silent realization by which the individual is instructed in the great universal truths. Zen is a total state of focus that incorporates a total togetherness of body and mind – in other words, Zen is a way of being; it is also a state of mind, which involves dropping the illusion, and seeing the World as-it-is, without the distortion created by our own thoughts – in other words, Zen is a way of living, a way of being in the World; it is the achieving of the balance between the World and the Self.

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