Ajahn Chah ~ Developing Samadhi (One Pointedness) ~ Theravadin Buddhism Forest Tradition
Published 2022-09-11
The Pali/Sanskrit word samādhi, usually translated as “concentration,” is made up of three parts, a verbal root and two prefixes (sam+ā+dhi). The last part, dhi, is a noun form derived from the verbal root dhā, meaning “to put or place.” The prefix ā gives direction and suggests “placing upon,” and the prefix sam means “gathering or bringing together.” When combined and used in a Buddhist context, these elements add up to the sense of “unifying the mind and placing its awareness upon a particular object.”
Traditional sources also emphasize that the mind focuses on a single (eka) point (agga), and “one-pointedness” (Pali, ekaggatā; Skt. ekāgratā) is another common way of defining samādhi (Andrew Olendzki).
Ajahn Chah was a Thai Buddhist monk and meditation Master. He was an influential teacher of the Buddhadhamma and a founder of two major monasteries in the Thai Forest Tradition. He was reputed to be an Arahant.
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Last Saturday i visited Amaravati Buddhist Monastery St Margaret's Hertfordshire where fallowing the contemplate teachings Ajahn Chain and Ajahn Sumedho. Two hours meditation passed like 10 minuses. Incredible quiet and completely out of any mind description place. Thank you for reading.
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I pay my homage to the venerable Ajahn Chah
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Peace be with all seekers 🙏 🤲 🕍 🕌 ⛪️ 🛕 No matter who we think we are we are all one .
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Ajahn Chah has such a gift of clarity. He has a great gift of simplicity and clarity. And your reading, Friend does him justice.
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I can’t stop listening. I am hungry for this ray of light. I don’t want to explain or inform anyone about how this is feeding my existence.
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….I usually go to sleep to ur playlist. Last night, during sleep, I experienced something profound as I could hear ur instructions. Especially when instructed to expel my breath totally. I went through many different stages. From seeing my body float to the ceiling as I laid in the bed, to the many different levels of breathing, to feeling and seeing my body contour, to feeling like I was expelling my LAST breath but drawn back to INHALE. Your familiar VOICE kept me grounded especially since I AM healing from a “monkey mind”. Thank u f YOUR PRICELESS READING from ASCENDED MASTER. 🙏 ❤️ ✌🏾 💡 ❤️🩹
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THANKYOU. WISH WE COULD LISTEN TO YOUR TEACHINGS FOR ETERNITY. YOU HAVE BEEN MoRE THAN KIND.
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This is the best talk / guided meditation on One Pointedness of Mind and entering into Samadhi I have encountered. Thank you for having made this.
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Gratitude and appreciation ✨️ 🙏 💛 💓 💗 💖 One Love ❤️ Namaste 🙏 👋 ♥️
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I attained Samadhi two years ago and haven't been able to get it back. It happened at the lowest point in my life. I was dying on my bed blaming the world. Then I began to feel pity. Then, I resigned to die and suddenly I felt the greatest compassion for the world that I had ever felt. At this time, I pictured a flame in my mind and suddenly there was no difference between me and the Flame. I was a flame for all intents and purposes. The supreme method to enter Samadhi is effortless; Samadhi isn't supposed to be difficult, atomism gets in the way. For those who cannot embody the supreme method, there are crude methods which can aid one in entering Samadhi. I will list as many as i can conceive of: Through complete physical exhaustion one may forget the indivual self and enter Samadhi. During hypnagogia or hypnopompia one may forget the indivual self and enter Samadhi. Through unbound compassion one may forget the individual self and enter Samadhi. Through visualization of a flame (or any object) one may forget the individual self and enter Samadhi. Through altruistic actions one may forget the individual self and enter samadhi. Through perfect absorption meditation one may forget the individual self and enter Samadhi. Through perfect absorption in sound one may forget the self and enter Samadhi. After purification through penance or abnegation, with the removal of guilt, one may forget the self and enter Samadhi. To enter Samadhi is to transcend the Jiva, or the illusion of individuality. In order to prepare the mind for the Ultimate Reality it can be useful to decondition oneself from cultural programming—to transcend the illusion created by the corporate fiction called society. Ultimately, The way to enter the higher states of consciousness is to purify thought until the true reality becomes manifest. Theres is no need to do stretches nor poses nor asanas nor mudras. There is no need to become vegan, unless meat eating is a cause for guilt within your illusion. One must remove doubt and exude trust and utter honesty within oneself.
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Thank you greatly for creating this audio teachings. The most beautiful readings of great wisdom teachers. You have given us a tremendous gift. ✨🙏 ✨
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Thank you dear mother.. om jai maa..
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One of the hardest steps to complete in this process is the complete release of control. But in so doing you find complete control. The mind screams in terror, but as you jump into the abyss of the unknown, you are filled with otherworldly serenity when you realize the terror and screaming came from the mind, not the sensations. I know this, and still I struggle without realizing. Like a child about to drown weighs itself down through the effort of staying afloat. The only way is to stop worrying about drowning.
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❤❤🙏🙏❤❤ Thanks for lifetime for your wisdom and guidance 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
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I now realize keeping the mind chatter at bay is the sole point of meditation. Samadhi is a lucky bonus.
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Bowing with. gratitude
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This is invaluable.. There's so much wisdom in these 60 minutes. Thank You!!
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Such beauty, truth and clarity emerging from that little Vihara on Haverstock Hill. A little bit of single pointed calmness can reveal all the secrets of life if that's what we are looking for. Thank you for this wonderful reading.
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