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total absorption

TECHNICAL TERM DETAILS (English)

Term total absorption

Referenced by:
meditative equipoise (alternative term)
absorption, total (cross-reference only)
equipoise, meditative (cross-reference only)
Tibetan mnyam-bzhag
Sanskrit samahita
Pali
Definition A state of mind having the joined pair of shamatha and vipashyana, and in which absorbed concentration is focused single-pointedly on a voidness that is like space. It may be either conceptual or nonconceptual. Sometimes translated as "meditative equipoise."

TRANSLATIONS

German völlige Vertiefung
French absorption totale
Italian assorbimento totale
Jeffrey Hopkins En, Ti... meditative equipoise
Russian полная поглощённость