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Upacára-samádhi

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upacára-samádhi: 'neighborhood or access-concentration', is the non-canonical belief that there is a degree of concentration just before entering any of the absorptions, or jhánas. The Buddha however, did not apparently feel it necessary to recognize such a state. Thus, the editors of this dictionary consider this term an example of later obfuscation by the priestly community who apparently wished to distance the experience of attainment (phala) from the people.



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