सम्मा समाधि
Sammā Samādhi
Right Concentration
正定
Grammar 語法
compound: sammā + samādhi (concentration, masculine noun — i-stem)
Definition 釋義
The eighth path factor — the culmination of the sīla and samādhi divisions of the path. Right Concentration is specifically the four jhānas (meditative absorptions): first jhāna (with applied and sustained thought, pīti and sukha born of seclusion), second jhāna (internal stillness, pīti and sukha born of concentration), third jhāna (equanimity and sukha), fourth jhāna (pure equanimity and one-pointedness). These are the 'noble abidings' that provide the mental clarity for liberating insight (vipassanā).
Canonical Example 典籍例句
Katamo ca, bhikkhave, sammā samādhi? Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu vivicceva kāmehi, vivicca akusalehi dhammehi, savitakkaṃ savicāraṃ vivekajaṃ pītisukhaṃ paṭhamaṃ jhānaṃ upasampajja viharati.
And what, monks, is right concentration? Here, monks, a monk, quite withdrawn from sensual pleasures, withdrawn from unwholesome states, enters and dwells in the first jhāna, which has applied and sustained thought, with rapture and pleasure born of withdrawal.
Source: Vibhaṅga Sutta, SN 45.8
At a Glance
- Pali
- Sammā Samādhi
- IAST
- Sammā Samādhi
- Devanagari
- सम्मा समाधि
- Chinese
- 正定
- Difficulty
- intermediate
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