Vajropamasamadhi, Vajropamasamādhi, Vajropama-samadhi: 2 definitions
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In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: academia.edu: A Study and Translation of the GaganagañjaparipṛcchāVajropamasamādhi (वज्रोपमसमाधि) refers to the “concentration called ‘that which is like a thunderbolt’”, according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: the eighth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta (a collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly, as Bodhisattva Gaganagañja explains to Bodhisattva Ratnaśrī what kind of concentration should be purified: “[...] (31) [when the Bodhisattvas attain] the concentration called ‘Like a thunderbolt’ (vajropamasamādhi), they will understand all dharmas; (32) [when the Bodhisattvas attain] the concentration called ‘Being endowed with good conduct’, they will know the entrance into the thoughts and deeds of all living beings; (33) [when the Bodhisattvas attain] concentration called ‘Upholding the earth’, there will be no greed or hatred; [...]”.
Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many sūtras of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.
Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
Source: 84000: The Transcendent Perfection of Wisdom in Ten Thousand Linesvajropamasamādhi (विद्युत्समाधि) refers to the “adamantine meditative stability”, according to the Daśasāhasrikā-prajñāpāramitā, a large Mahāyāna Sūtra detailing the structural progression of the Bodhisattva path in thirty-three chapters.—Accordingly, as Buddha Śākyamuni said to Venerable Subhūti: “Leaving aside the meditative stabilities of the Tathāgatas—the meditative stability that resembles lightning, the authentic meditative stability, and the adamantine meditative stability (vajropamasamādhi)—they will also achieve and maintain whichever other meditative stabilities are appropriate—the meditative stability of the śrāvakas, the meditative stability of the Pratyekabuddhas, or any other categories of meditative stability, having suffused them all with their bodies.408 But they will not relish these meditative stabilities or the fruits of these meditative stabilities [...]”.
Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (vajrayāna) are collected indepently.
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Partial matches: Vajropama, Samadhi, Camati.
Full-text: Vajropama, Bodhisattva, Vajrabhumi.
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Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)
1. Prajñā of the śrāvakas < [Part 2 - Prajñā and the prajñās]
Appendix 1 - The path of the śrāvakas < [Chapter XXX - The Characteristics of Prajñā]
II. The three concentrations (samādhi) according to the Mahāyāna < [Part 2 - The three meditative stabilizations]
Abhidharmakośa (by Leo M. Pruden)
Mahayana Mahaparinirvana Sutra
Chapter XXXIX - On Bodhisattva Lion's Roar (g) < [Section Seven]
Guhyagarbha Tantra (with Commentary) (by Gyurme Dorje)
Introduction 1: (A Single Supreme Emanational Buddha-body) < [Chapter 3 (text and commentary)]