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

• Kangyur · The Great Cloud (1) · English

  “There is the samādhi called brilliant light . There is the samādhi called garlanded king of inexhaustible intellect . There is the samādhi called water of the cloud-like, inexhaustible intellect . There is the samādhi called radiant great flow . There is the samādhi called seed-like . There is the samādhi called oceanic intelligence . the samādhi called attached to the various branches of experience . There is the samādhi called abiding in liberation through faith . There is the samādhi called possessing cause and conditions . There is the samādhi called similar to karma .

• Dzogchen · Locations for Cultivating Samādhi · English

  A Guide to Locations for Cultivating Samādhi On mountaintops, in secluded forests and on islands and the like, Places which are agreeable to the mind and well suited to the season, Cultivate tranquil samādhi, which is single-pointed and unwavering— Clear light, which is free from the slightest conceptual elaboration. This is achieved naturally when three pure factors come together: The ideal location, individual and Dharma to be practised. First of all, the location must be one that is secluded and agreeable, Somewhere conducive to spiritual practice in the different seasons.

• Pāli commentaries · Visuddhimaggo (Paṭhamo bhāgo) · Pāli

  Tatridaṃ vissajjanaṃ. Ko samādhī ti samādhi bahuvidho nānappakārako. Taṃ sabbaṃ vibhāvayituṃ ārabbhamānaṃ vissajjanaṃ adhippetañceva atthaṃ na sādheyya, uttari ca vikkhepāya saṃvatteyya, tasmā idhādhippetameva sandhāya vadāma, kusalacittekaggatā samādhi. Kenaṭṭhena samādhī ti samādhānaṭṭhena samādhi. Kimidaṃ samādhānaṃ nāma? Ekārammaṇe cittacetasikānaṃ samaṃ sammā ca ādhānaṃ, ṭhapananti vuttaṃ hoti. Tasmā yassa dhammassānubhāvena ekārammaṇe cittacetasikā samaṃ sammā ca avikkhipamānā avippakiṇṇā ca hutvā tiṭṭhanti, idaṃ samādhānanti veditabbaṃ.

• Arthaśāstra · Arthaśāstra · Sanskrit

  (samdhi.karma -samādhi.mokṣah) KAZ07.17.01/ śamaḥ saṃdhiḥ samādhir ity eko^arthaḥ //

• Tipiṭaka · Paṭisambhidāmagga · Pāli

  pariggahaṭṭhena samādhi, parivāraṭṭhena samādhi, paripūraṭṭhena samādhi, ekaggaṭṭhena samādhi, avikkhepaṭṭhena samādhi, avisāraṭṭhena samādhi, anāvilaṭṭhena samādhi, aniñjanaṭṭhena samādhi, vimuttaṭṭhena samādhi, ekattupaṭṭhānavasena cittassa ṭhitattā samādhi, samaṁ esatīti samādhi, visamaṁ nesatīti samādhi, samaṁ esitattā samādhi, visamaṁ nesitattā samādhi, samaṁ ādiyatīti samādhi, visamaṁ nādiyatīti samādhi, samaṁ ādinnattā samādhi, visamaṁ anādinnattā samādhi, samaṁ paṭipajjatīti samādhi, visamaṁ nappaṭipajjatīti samādhi, samaṁ paṭipannattā samādhi, visamaṁ nappaṭipannattā samādhi, samaṁ jhāyatīti samādhi, visamaṁ jhāpetīti samādhi, samaṁ jhātattā samādhi, visamaṁ jhāpitattā samādhi …

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