Ajahn Chah ~ Developing Samadhi (One Pointedness) ~ Theravadin Buddhism Forest Tradition

This is a reading of a talk given to a group of lay practitioners
on the topic of samadhi at Hampstead Vihara, London in the late
1970s. It is designed to be listened to as a guided meditation.
 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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