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sān mèi

san mai

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三昧 is the Chinese, Japanese Kanji, and old Korean Hanja way to write Samādhi.

Samadhi is the state of intense concentration achieved through meditation.

Some will define Samādhi as putting together, composing the mind, intent contemplation, perfect absorption, or union of the meditator with the object of meditation.

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Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese	Pronunciation Romanization	Simple Dictionary Definition
三昧 see styles	sān mèi san1 mei4 san mei sanmai; zanmai さんまい; ざんまい	More info & calligraphy: Samadhi Samadhi (Buddhist term) (1) (さんまい only) {Buddh} samadhi (state of intense concentration achieved through meditation) (san:); (suffix noun) (2) (usu. ざんまい) being immersed in; being absorbed in; indulging in; doing to one's heart's content; (suffix noun) (3) (usu. ざんまい) prone to; apt to; (given name) Sanmai (三昧地) Samādhi, "putting together, composing the mind, intent contemplation, perfect absorption, union of the meditator with the object of meditation." (M. W.) Also 三摩地 (三摩提, 三摩帝, 三摩底). Interpreted by 定 or 正定, the mind fixed and undisturbed; by 正受 correct sensation of the object contemplated; by 調直定 ordering and fixing the mind; by 正心行處 the condition when the motions of the mind are steadied and harmonized with the object; by 息慮凝心 the cessation of distraction and the fixation of the mind; by 等持 the mind held in equilibrium; by 奢摩他, i.e. 止息 to stay the breathing. It is described as concentration of the mind (upon an object). The aim is 解脫, mukti, deliverance from all the trammels of life, the bondage of the passions and reincarnations. It may pass from abstraction to ecstasy, or rapture, or trance. Dhyāna 定 represents a simpler form of contemplation; samāpatti 三摩鉢底 a stage further advanced; and samādhi the highest stage of the Buddhist equivalent for Yoga, though Yoga is considered by some as a Buddhist development differing from samādhi. The 翻譯名義 says: 思專 when the mind has been concentrated, then 志一不分 the will is undivided; when 想寂 active thought has been put to rest, then 氣虛神朗 the material becomes etherealized and the spirit liberated, on which 智 knowledge, or the power to know, has free course, and there is no mystery into which it cannot probe. Cf. 智度論 5, 20, 23, 28; 止觀 2; 大乘義章 2, 9, 1 3, 20, etc. There are numerous kinds and degrees of samādhi.
一三昧 see styles	yī sān mèi yi1 san1 mei4 i san mei ichi zanmai	一三昧 Custom Scroll ekāgra, aikāgrya. Undeflected concentration, meditation on one object; v 一行三昧.
三三昧 see styles	sān sān mèi san1 san1 mei4 san san mei san zanmai	三三昧 Custom Scroll (三三昧地) The three samādhis, or the samādhi on three subjects; 三三摩 (三三摩地); 三定, 三等持; 三空; 三治; 三解脫門; 三重三昧; 三重等持. There are two forms of such meditation, that of 有漏 reincarnational, or temporal, called 三三昧; and that of 無漏 liberation, or nirvāṇa, called 三解脫. The three subjects and objects of the meditation are (1) 空 to empty the mind of the ideas of me and mine and suffering, which are unreal; (2) 無相to get rid of the idea of form, or externals, i.e. the 十相 which are the five senses, and male and female, and the three 有; (3) 無願 to get rid of all wish or desire, also termed無作 and 無起. A more advanced meditation is called the Double Three Samādhi 重三三昧 in which each term is doubled 空空, 無相無相, 無願無願. The esoteric sect has also a group of its own.
三昧佛 see styles	sān mèi fó san1 mei4 fo2 san mei fo Zanmai Butsu	三昧佛 Custom Scroll Samādhi Buddha, one of the ten Buddhas mentioned in the 華嚴經.
三昧堂 see styles	zanmaidou / zanmaido ざんまいどう	三昧堂 Custom Scroll (given name) Zanmaidou
三昧定 see styles	sān mèi dìng san1 mei4 ding4 san mei ting zanmai jō	三昧定 Custom Scroll samādhi, concentration
三昧樂三昧乐 see styles	sān mèi lè san1 mei4 le4 san mei le zanmai raku	三昧樂 Custom Scroll bliss of samādhi
三昧火 see styles	sān mèi huǒ san1 mei4 huo3 san mei huo zanmai ka	三昧火 Custom Scroll Fire of samādhi, the fire that consumed the body of Buddha when he entered nirvāṇa.
三昧王 see styles	sān mèi wáng san1 mei4 wang2 san mei wang zanmai ō	三昧王 Custom Scroll royal samādhi
三昧田 see styles	sanmaiden さんまいでん	三昧田 Custom Scroll (place-name) Sanmaiden
三昧經三昧经 see styles	sān mèi jīng san1 mei4 jing1 san mei ching Zanmai kyō	三昧經 Custom Scroll Samādhi-sūtra
三昧耶 see styles	sān mèi yé san1 mei4 ye2 san mei yeh sanmaiya さんまや	三昧耶 Custom Scroll (1) (Buddhist term) time (san: samaya); (2) (Buddhist term) meeting; coming together; (3) (Buddhist term) equality, warning, or riddance of hindrances (esp. in esoteric Buddhism as vows of the buddhas and bodhisattvas) samaya is variously defined as 會 coming together, meeting, convention; 時 timely; 宗 in agreement, of the same class; 平等 equal, equalized; 驚覺 aroused, warned; 除垢障 riddance of unclean hindrances. Especially it is used as indicating the vows made by Buddhas and bodhisattvas, hence as a tally, symbol, or emblem of the spiritual quality of a Buddha or bodhisattva.
三昧谷 see styles	sanmaitani さんまいたに	三昧谷 Custom Scroll (place-name) Sanmaitani
三昧門三昧门 see styles	sān mèi mén san1 mei4 men2 san mei men zanmai mon	三昧門 Custom Scroll The different stages of a bodhisattva's samādhi; cf. 智度論 28.
三昧魔 see styles	sān mèi mó san1 mei4 mo2 san mei mo zanmai ma	三昧魔 Custom Scroll samādhi-māra, one of the ten māras, who lurks in the heart and hinders progress in meditation, obstructs the truth and destroys wisdom.
入三昧 see styles	rù sān mèi ru4 san1 mei4 ju san mei nyū zanmai	入三昧 Custom Scroll to enter samādhi
火三昧 see styles	huǒ sān mèi huo3 san1 mei4 huo san mei ka zanmai	火三昧 Custom Scroll fire samādhi
王三昧 see styles	wáng sān mèi wang2 san1 mei4 wang san mei ō zanmai	王三昧 Custom Scroll 三昧王三昧; 三昧王 The king ofsamādhis, the highest degree ofsamādhi, the 首楞嚴定 q. v. The first is also applied to invoking Buddha, or sitting in meditation or trance.
禪三昧禅三昧 see styles	chán sān mèi chan2 san1 mei4 ch`an san mei chan san mei zen zanmai	禪三昧 Custom Scroll dhyāna and samādhi, dhyāna considered as 思惟 meditating, samādhi as 定 abstraction; or meditation in the realms of 色 the visible, or known, and concentration on 無色 the invisible, or supramundane; v. 禪定.
空三昧 see styles	kōng sān mèi kong1 san1 mei4 k`ung san mei kung san mei kū zanmai	空三昧 Custom Scroll The samādhi which regards the ego and things as unreal; one of the 三三昧.
頂三昧 see styles	dǐng sān mèi ding3 san1 mei4 ting san mei	頂三昧 Custom Scroll peak samādhi
風三昧风三昧 see styles	fēng sān mèi feng1 san1 mei4 feng san mei	風三昧 Custom Scroll 風奮三昧 A samādhi in which the whole body is conceived of as scattered.
一相三昧 see styles	yī xiàng sān mèi yi1 xiang4 san1 mei4 i hsiang san mei ichisō zanmai	一相三昧 Custom Scroll A state of samādhi in which are repressed hate and love, accepting and rejecting, etc., and in which the mind reaches an undivided state, being anchored in calm and quiet.
一行三昧 see styles	yī xíng sān mèi yi1 xing2 san1 mei4 i hsing san mei ichigyouzanmai / ichigyozanmai いちぎょうざんまい	一行三昧 Custom Scroll (yoji) (See 念仏三昧) complete concentration on one subject (usu. prayer); one-practice absorption 眞如三昧, 一相三昧 A samādhi for realizing that the nature of all Buddhas is the same; the 起信論 says all Buddhas and all beings. Another meaning is entire concentration of the mind on Buddha.
三三昧地 see styles	sān sān mèi dì san1 san1 mei4 di4 san san mei ti san zanmaichi	三三昧地 Custom Scroll three samādhis
三昧之定 see styles	sān mèi zhī dìng san1 mei4 zhi1 ding4 san mei chih ting zanmai nojō	三昧之定 Custom Scroll samādhi, concentration
三昧樂門三昧乐门 see styles	sān mèi lè mén san1 mei4 le4 men2 san mei le men zanmai rakumon	三昧樂門 Custom Scroll approach of indulgence in meditative absorption
三昧正取 see styles	sān mèi zhèng qǔ san1 mei4 zheng4 qu3 san mei cheng ch`ü san mei cheng chü sanmaishōju	三昧正取 Custom Scroll great concentration
三昧正定 see styles	sān mèi zhèng dìng san1 mei4 zheng4 ding4 san mei cheng ting zanmai shōjō	三昧正定 Custom Scroll samādhi, right concentration
三昧王經三昧王经 see styles	sān mèi wáng jīng san1 mei4 wang2 jing1 san mei wang ching Zanmai ō kyō	三昧王經 Custom Scroll King of Samādhi Sūtra