Zammai

[GrowingSmaller]

Zammai: Japanese pronunciation of the word "samadhi". In Mahayana Buddhism samadhi generally designates equilibruim, tranquility and collectedness of mind. In zen, beyond that, zammai designates a completely wakeful total absorbtion of the mind in itself. It is a nondualistic state of mind in which there is no distinction between subject and object, inner and outer, in which, in other words, there is no "mind" of the meditator (subject) that is directed towards an object of meditation or concentrated on a "point" (so called one-pointedness of mind); in zammai subject and object are one.

Source of qoute "Rider Encyclopedia of Eastern Philosophy and Religion" (book available on Amazon)

Have you ever experienced anything like this? Is "nonduality" a phenomenological possibility? Does the metaphysics actually make sense, and is that actually necessary for it to describe a "metaphysical experience"? Is "zammai" a misleading experience, or can it teach or reveal something, or is it just another alternative to Duff Beer and a film? There may be an alternative to consumerist behavior in meditation but is it rewarding enough to actually compete?

 

[juvenissun]

Source of qoute "Rider Encyclopedia of Eastern Philosophy and Religion" (book available on Amazon)

Have you ever experienced anything like this? Is "nonduality" a phenomenological possibility? Does the metaphysics actually make sense, and is that actually necessary for it to describe a "metaphysical experience"? Is "zammai" a misleading experience, or can it teach or reveal something, or is it just another alternative to Duff Beer and a film? There may be an alternative to consumerist behavior in meditation but is it rewarding enough to actually compete?

It used understandable words to "describe" this state. That is it. If this literal description make sense to you, then it exists. Otherwise, either you do not understand the description, or it is indescribable, or it does not exist.

Like Zen, I doubt whoever experienced this state will ever feel that it is something directly describable. Otherwise, one does not need to meditate so many years and hope to reach to that feeling or understanding.