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Sanskrit terminology. All articles of CBE. animitta-ceto-samadhi; “ (effected and thought out which means it is impermanent and liable to stopping.
Feb 20, 2012 · According to this Sutta, animitta-ceto-samadhi is still “effected and thought out” which means it is impermanent and liable to stopping. Often in Mahayana Buddhism we find emptiness (shunyata) equated with suchness or tathata.
The 6th Abhiñña would cover destruction of the āsavas, i.e. arahantship, but it’s not explicitly stated so it could mean he had really impressive psychic powers for abhiñña #1-5, and attained arahantship at a later time. Conclusion: we don’t know from this passage whether animitta ceto-samadhi automatically leads to arahantship.
It teaches the liberation of the mind, not as a mind-boggling theory, but as a very basic skill that starts with keeping the breath in mind. The teachings here are drawn from the works of Ajaan Lee Dhammadharo (1906-61), one of Thailand's most renowned teachers of Buddhist meditation.
Early Buddhist texts and modern translations. Suttas (sutras) from the Tipitaka (Tripitaka) in Pali, Chinese, Sanskrit, and Tibetan with the Buddha's teachings on mindfulness, insight, wisdom, and meditation.
Jun 9, 2020 · Sanskrit dictionary. [«previous (C) next»] — Cetosamadhi in Sanskrit glossary. Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary. Cetosamādhi (चेतोसमाधि).— f.
The Buddha replies that there is such a samadhi, where a monk is "percipient thus (evam-sanm): this is the real. . . detachment, stopping, nibbana." Such a samadhi must surely be the same as that at A.V.321-2, and is also reminiscent of the samadhi at A.IV.426-8, which we have argued (p. 26) to be an animitta samadhi.
