Studies in the Origins of Buddhism c19.157

c19.157

¹¹⁷ It forms part of the list of Balas, Indriyas and Sambojjhaṅgas. In the first two it is equated to the 4 Jhānas—AN. III. II. 12; SN. V. 196. As a Sambojjhaṅga it is defined "Samathanimittam avyagganimittam" SN. V. 66; "Samādhipamukhā sabbe Dhammā" AN. IV. 339; Ib. V. 107. Buddhaghosa defines Samādhi as Kusalacittekaggatā (Vm. p. 47; the def. occurs without the qualification in the Nikāyas: MN. I. 30). The role of interest in concentration was fully recognized—DN. I. 73. "Sukhino cittaṃ samādhiyati"; so "sukhaṃ samādhattham samādhānisamsaṃ" AN. V. 2ff. 311f.