One-pointedness

ekaggatā

Serenity (samatha) Building on it Stage 6 of 8

One-pointedness, collectedness (a jhāna factor).

On the path: 6 · Mindfulness and immersion — How does the mind become present, steady and penetrating? Satipaṭṭhāna, mindfulness of breathing, the factors of awakening, samādhi, the absorptions, serenity and insight. → to this stage in the learning path

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The meditation of the noble ones Theravāda · concentration, insight & the four stages of awakening
The nine attainments and entering the fruit Meditation / jhāna (part 4)

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Passages where ekaggatā occurs literally — in the original, and, where a German translation of the same lines exists, in German.

Pāli commentaries · Visuddhimaggo (Paṭhamo bhāgo) · Pāli

Samādhi pana vīriyena saṃyojito kosajje patituṃ na labhati. Vīriyaṃ samādhinā saṃyojitaṃ uddhacce patituṃ na labhati, tasmā tadubhayaṃ samaṃ kātabbaṃ. Ubhayasamatāya hi appanā hoti. Apica samādhikammikassa balavatīpi saddhā vaṭṭati. Evaṃ saddahanto okappento appanaṃ pāpuṇissati. Samādhipaññāsu pana samādhikammikassa ekaggatā balavatī vaṭṭati. Evañhi so appanaṃ pāpuṇāti. Vipassanākammikassa paññā balavatī vaṭṭati. Evañhi so lakkhaṇapaṭivedhaṃ pāpuṇāti. Ubhinnaṃ pana samatāyapi appanā hotiyeva. Sati pana sabbattha balavatī vaṭṭati.
Kangyur · The Great Cloud (1) · English

There is the samādhi called mind equal to space .
Tipiṭaka · ps1.1 · Pāli

pītipharaṇatā, sukhapharaṇatā, cetopharaṇatā, ālokapharaṇatā, paccavekkhaṇānimittaṁ. Cha samādhī— buddhānussativasena cittassa ekaggatā avikkhepo samādhi, dhammānussativasena cittassa ekaggatā avikkhepo samādhi, saṅghānussativasena cittassa ekaggatā avikkhepo samādhi, sīlānussativasena cittassa ekaggatā avikkhepo samādhi, cāgānussativasena cittassa ekaggatā avikkhepo samādhi, devatānussativasena cittassa ekaggatā avikkhepo samādhi. Satta samādhī— samādhikusalatā, samādhissa samāpattikusalatā, samādhissa ṭhitikusalatā, samādhissa vuṭṭhānakusalatā, samādhissa kallatākusalatā, samādhissa gocarakusalatā, samādhissa abhinīhārakusalatā. Aṭṭha samādhī— pathavīkasiṇavasena cittassa ekaggatā …
Indian tantras · Mahāsaṃnipātaratnaketudhāraṇīsūtra, 1-6, 10-11 · Sanskrit

āparamapāramitāprāptairekānte niṣaṇṇaiḥ sārdhaṃ bodhisattvaniyutaiḥ mahatā bodhisattvasaṃghena tadyathā meruśikharadharakumārabhūtena varūṇamatikumārabhūtena sumatikumārabhūtena jinamatikumārabhūtena raśmimatikumārabhūtena ākāśamatikumārabhūtena vidyunmatikumārabhūtena mañjuśriyā kumārabhūtena śākyakumārabhūtena varūṇakumārabhūtena vimalakumārabhūtena maitreyeṇa bodhisattvena mahāsattvena / te sarve bodhisattvaniyutāḥ kṣāntidhāraṇa-samādhi-pratilabdhāḥ sarvadharmānāvaraṇajñāḥ sarvasattvasamacittāḥ sarvamāraviṣayasamatikrāntāḥ sarvatathāgataviṣayāvatārajñānakuśalā mahāmaitrī mahākaruṇāsamanvāga

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