. Absorption / samadhi
, raggiunto mediante l'esercizio della meditazione, ( dhyana ). Often in China dhyana and samadhi are designated with a single word Chan-ting, which indicates a state of inner peace (samadhi), achieved through the practice of meditation (dhyana).
Though dhyana and samadhi may seem synonymous, in reality the term dhyana refers to the method or means (sadhana) to reach the ultimate perfection (sadhya), samadhi.
T he term Samadhi means "to concentrate the mind."
Samadhi is a state of constant awareness and uninterrupted object of meditation, but devoid of self-consciousness, as if emptied of itself. In the previous stage was self-awareness and the Monaco was aware of both the object of which focused than himself. But gradually even self-consciousness disappears, giving way to pure consciousness (without distinction of knower, known and knowledge).
There are two aspects of samadhi:
- the samprajnata-samadhi, the initial phase gained through philosophical inquiry, in which the mind remains conscious of itself,
- the asamprajnata-samadhi, in which there is no self-consciousness, achieved by transcending the pleasures of the senses.
This preliminary stage does not last long, because it is a preparation for the next phase, which follows the vision of Divine forms (rupa), led by deduction (tarka), reflection (Vicara) and bliss (ananda), a state of consciousness, experienced only in a context of high purity and inspiration, where thanks to a sense of total satisfaction, vanishes every sense of incompleteness, and all desires are met. Obtained liberation from conditioning material, by developing a higher level of awareness, the ability of the individual perception resumes its original integrity and receives the information directly, not filtered through the senses and the mind. Then it becomes possible to overcome the objective physical limitations, have access to the higher faculties of the psyche, and supra-psychic knowledge, proper functions of the pure spiritual essence.
Once you make your spiritual identity and further development of meditation, is to extend the vision of the Supreme Spirit, because they know only "part" does not know "Everything". As the drop is part of the ocean, so the spirit is part and parcel of the Supreme Spirit, beyond which nothing else remains to be known. All Sacred Texts accomandano meditation on the Supreme Spirit, and not on "empty". The pseudo-ascetics, who meditate on what is the shape of the Spirit and Absolute Supemo, only lose their time in vain looking for some pipe dream. The ultimate goal of meditation is to become aware of the Supreme Self and devote themselves to Him.
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