Pure Mountain Tao

Samadhi is described as making the mind still, that is, keeping it unaffected by busyness or even nothingness. It has been described as sitting down to meditate, remaining awake and alert, and then getting up thinking only a few moments have passed when actually hours may have passed.These types of meditative sessions are rare and to set a goal for having one is not practical. In the Hindu and Buddhist traditions, only the most enlightened beings are those who live in a constant state of Samadhi.

For most of us, the practice of 

meditation is the most common way to experience a glimpse of Samadhi. If you are fortunate you may experience it even if it is only for a few seconds at a time. As you meditate, the mind becomes blanketed with stillness, until all thinking stops and you enter the state of pure consciousness. Of course, as soon as you start thinking that you are in a state of samadhi, you have just departed from it. This is because the mind that is totally absorbed does not comment on what is happening.