Parent:: [[Sikkha|Sikkhā]], [[5 Indriya|Pañca Indriya]], [[Noble 8-fold Path]] Related:: [[Sila|Sīla]], [[Panna|Paññā]], [[Sati]], [[Samatha]] Child:: [[Jhana|Jhāna]] # Samādhi (Stable Attention) > [!info] What is Samādhi? > - **Samādhi** = ***Sama*** (equal) + ***adhi*** (here / put / keep) = **(the mind) Maintaining in one particular state** > - It gets developed into **[[Jhana|Jhāna]]** > - It leads to the development and deepening of [[Panna|Paññā]] ## Develop Samadhi! ![[SN22.5 Samādhisutta#^develop-samadhi]] ## [[Sila|Sīla]] -> Samādhi -> [[Panna|Paññā]] ![[DN16 Mahāparinibbānasutta#^sila-samadhi-panna]] ## Category of Samādhi = Right Effort + right [[Sati|Mindfulness]] + right Samādhi ![[MN44 Cūḷavedallasutta#^sila-samadhi-panna|MN44]] ## Maintaining Balance ### Balancing Samadhi, Exertion, and Upekkha! ![[AN3.102 Nimittasutta#^balancing]] ### CONTINUOUSLY Balancing — Not too Loose or Tight, Constricted or Scattered ![[SN51.20 Vibhaṅgasutta#^balance-samadhi]] ## Cautions ![[AN7.61 Pacalāyamānasutta#^never-argue]] ## Videos - [[(2023-03-28) Discussion on how to meditate (Meditation Object)]] - (Fantastic) What is Samādhi? ([Youtube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpEq5ot7hYA)) - Fantastic talk on [[Ariya]] v.s. [[Anariya]] ## Suttas - AN4.41 Samādhibhāvanāsutta ([link](https://suttacentral.net/an4.41/en/sujato)) - **(Most Important)** Overview of **4 types of samadhi**! (For 1) **_bliss_**, 2) **_knowledge_**, 3) **_mindfulness_**, and 4) **_ending of defilements_**) - [[SN22.5 Samādhisutta]] - Welcoming and clinging of the 5 aggregates causes the PS cycle. When that is dropped, suffering ends. - [[AN3.102 Nimittasutta]] - Balancing of Samadhi, Effort, and Upekkha! - SN47.8 Sūdasutta ([link](https://suttacentral.net/sn47.8/en/sujato)) - A foolish cook doesn't take the hint from his master; a foolish meditator doesn't take the hint from the mind - [[MN117 Mahācattārīsakasutta]] - Detailed explainations of the 10-fold path, with prerequisites to samma samadhi.