Samadhi

Samadhi is the unconditional, omnipresent, omnipotent reality.

Ed and Deb Shapiro: Yoga Is Not What You Think Ed 2010

The yogi's state of complete immersion in the ground state of consciousness is called Samadhi, an immersion from which all ancient spiritual knowledge was obtained.

Deepak Chopra: Can Science Explain the Soul? 2010

Paralleling the Indian Kundalini meditation, the Taoists opened each of the centers until, at the very top, they reached what the Hindus called Samadhi, the Buddhists called Nirvana, and the Taoists called Stillness.

The Tao of Health, Sex and Longevity Daniel Reid 1989

And let it not be supposed that this state called Samadhi is merely one of intense meditation.

Appearances Being Notes of Travel 1897

The goal of such practice, if there is a goal, is to become centered, to experience a level of consciousness called Samadhi, or stillness, and to know yourself.

The Orange County Register - News Headlines : News By ILANA D. ARAZIE 2010

The goal of such practice, if there is a goal, is to become centered, to experience a level of consciousness called Samadhi or stillness, and to know yourself.

Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local editor@denverpost.com (<B>By Ilana D. Arazie</B> 2009

The goal of such practice, if there is a goal, is to become centered, to experience a level of consciousness called Samadhi or stillness, and to know yourself.

post-gazette.com - News 2009

4 Eitel has a long article (pp. 114, 115) on the meaning of Samadhi, which is one of the seven sections of wisdom (bodhyanga).

A Record of Buddhistic Kingdoms 2003

"Samadhi," says Eitel, "signifies the highest pitch of abstract, ecstatic meditation; a state of absolute indifference to all influences from within or without; a state of torpor of both the material and spiritual forces of vitality; a sort of terrestrial nirvana, consistently culminating in total destruction of life."

A Record of Buddhistic kingdoms: being an account by the Chinese monk Fa-hsien of travels in India and Ceylon (A.D. 399-414) in search of the Buddhist books of discipline ca. 337-ca. 422 Faxian

I wrote, in my later years, the following poem, "Samadhi," endeavoring to convey the glory of its cosmic state:

Autobiography of a Yogi Paramahansa Yogananda 1922