The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (2091 page)

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dhi and liberation (
mok
a
) through
Ku
a-lin
and
mantra yoga
.
In Buddhism, sam
dhi is produced through the practice of that aspect of Buddhist meditation concerned with mind-development (
citta
-bh
van
), involving tranquillity (
samatha
) and the absorptions (jh
na), as distinct from insight-development (
vipassan
-bh
van
). It is therefore used as a synonym for these meditations.
Unlike insight (vipassan
), sam
dhi can be realized by non-Buddhist as well as Buddhist ascetics, and it is through its practice that supernormal powers (
iddhi
) are achieved. Sam

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