Definition of "samadhi" [samadhi]

• A state of transcendent union supposed to be assumed by a holy man or yogi at his death. (noun)
• The burial of a holy man before his death in anticipation of such a state. (noun)
• The highest state of meditation, at which complete unity is reached. (noun)

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• "This brings us to the last limb of Yoga, which is called samadhi."
• "A samadhi is a state of total absorption, with full concentration on an object or on a state of mind."
• "I think SF (and a lot of other literature) is about the marriage of reason and passion; in fact Kim Stanley Robinson has a lengthy peroration on the subject in The Years of Rice and Salt - he uses the term samadhi to refer to it."