Donald Rothberg: Guided Meditation: Developing Samadhi (Concentration)

02/04/2025 41 min
Donald Rothberg: Guided Meditation: Developing Samadhi (Concentration)

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(Spirit Rock Meditation Center) We begin with a brief account of the nature of samadhi (usually translated as "concentration"), and then give instructions for developing samadhi in formal meditation. (We'll come back to discuss samadhi in more depth in the talk.) There are several reminders during the meditation to return to the focus on cultivating samadhi. In the last part of the meditation, we connect the greater stability that's developed in the practice of cultivating samadhi with cultivating mindfulness.

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