Vidyutsamadhi, Vidyut-samadhi, Vidyutsamādhi: 1 definition
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Vidyutsamadhi means something in Buddhism, Pali. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
In Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
Source: 84000: The Transcendent Perfection of Wisdom in Ten Thousand LinesVidyutsamādhi (विद्युत्समाधि) refers to the “meditative stability that resembles lightning”, 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 (vidyutsamādhi), the authentic meditative stability, and the adamantine meditative stability—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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