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- | '''Samadhi''' is Sanskrit for "meditative absorption." The exact meaning and usage of the term varies among the Indian religious traditions (such as Hinduism and Buddhism) but its literal meaning is "settled" ("sama"), mind ("dhi"): the settled mind. | ||
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- | '''Samadhi''' is also the [[Hindi]] word for a structure commemorating the dead (tomb). | ||
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- | '''Mahasamadhi''' is the [[Hindi]] word for a realized yogi's conscious departure from the physical body at death. | ||
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- | ==References== | ||
- | * Wikipedia (2004). [http://www.wikipedia.org/Samadhi Samadhi]. Retrieved Oct. 16, 2004. | ||
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- | ==External links== | ||
- | *[http://www.acmuller.net/cgi-bin/search-ddb4.pl?Terms=三昧 Digital Dictionary of Buddhism] (log in with userID "guest") | ||
- | *[http://www.religiousbook.net/Books/Online_books/Ec/Ecology_34.html Samadhi] | ||
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- | [[Category:Buddhism]] | ||
- | [[Category:Hinduism]] |