Buddhist-Meditation-Systematic-and-Practical

different, each term having exact and recognized
meanings, making it much easier for those who want
to study and practice.
1. Five terms of great importance are: samatha,
samapatti, samapanna, dhyana, and samadhi. The first
one means the practice which calms the mind's
disturbances; in this stage thinking is not admitted. This
leads on to samapatti, which is investigating the truth
using the force of samatha as one's instrument. If one
uses the mind to think with at this stage then it is not
true samapatti. (Note: Samapatti is used throughout this
work as the equivalent of vipasyana, clear insight.)
When one attains something close to the truth, this is
called samapanna. At that time the mind is not
wandering, and examination of truth has become very
subtle, as object and subject are very nearly identified.
States of consciousness known before the actual
attainment of Full Enlightenment samadhi are
collectively termed dhyana. They are all common or
worldly concentrations experienced in connection with
the first three of the terms used here. They range from
the first dhyana of form up to attainment of Arhat. The
latter must be included here since one has not yet
experienced Full Enlightenment, and samadhi-states
only commence with the possession of this in the
Mahayana. Samadhi itself is when the subjective
searcher and the objective truth of the Dharmakaya are
completely identified—and this comes only with the
Full Enlightenment of a Buddha. There are other
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