First we need to define Samma Samadhi:
Concentration has various meanings. When it is kusala it can
be
the type that is associated with samatha or with vipassana.
When the texts talk about meditation, jhaya, it is useful toAnguttara Nikaya IV.41
Samadhi Sutta
"Monks, these are the four developments of concentration.
Which
four?
1. There is the development of concentration that, when
developed & pursued, leads to a pleasant abiding in the here &
now. .There is the development of concentration that, when
developed & pursued, leads to the attainment of knowledge &
vision. 3.There is the development of concentration that, when
developed & pursued, leads to mindfulness & alertness.4. There
is
the development of concentration that, when developed &
pursued,
leads to the ending of the effluents.
"And what is the development of concentration that, when
developed & pursued, leads to a pleasant abiding in the here &
now? There is the case where a monk -- quite withdrawn from
sensuality, withdrawn from unskillful qualities -- enters &
remains in the first jhana:..... he enters & remains in the
fourth jhana: purity of equanimity & mindfulness, neither
pleasure nor pain. This is the development of concentration
that, when developed & pursued, leads to a pleasant abiding in
the here & now.
"And what is the development of concentration that, when
developed & pursued, leads to mindfulness & alertness? There
is
the case where feelings are known to the monk as they arise,
known as they persist, known as they subside. Perceptions are
known to him as they arise, known as they persist, known as
they
subside. Thoughts are known to him as they arise, known as
they
persist, known as they subside. This is the development of
concentration that, when developed & pursued, leads to
mindfulness & alertness.
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know that there are two types. The Dhammapada 371 :
"
.Meditate, o bhikkhu and be not heedless
The atthakatha says "o bhikkhus meditate by the two kinds of
meditative absorptions"
And the tika notes that this is twofold in "the sense of
meditative absorption that arises depending on an object and
meditative absorption that arises dependent on
characteristics"
The tika later explains this by saying that the first is (p506
note 6 of carter and palihawadana)
"the eight attainments
(jhanas) to be obtained by training the mind in concentrating
on one of the thirty eight objects such as kasina [or metta, or
Buddha or Dhamma or breath etc] and the second means
"'insight
wisdom, path and fruit'..to be obtained by reflecting on the
three characteristics'
Now when it says 'reflecting' this is a wide term that can
mean
pondering deeply or it can mean direct insight into the actual
characteristics and conditions of the present moment right up
to the vipassana nanas and magga and phala.
THe Dhammapada pradipaya (see p457 of carter) says
"
> robertto consider the coming into being of rupa on account of
ignorance, craving, kamma and nutrition, and also to see the
mere characteristics of its instantaneous coming into being,
without looking for causative aspect; thus one should consider
the rise of rupa in five ways. Likewise to consider the rise
of the other 4 khandas in the same way...Thus the rise of the
pancakkhanda (five aggregates )is seen in 25 ways. To see that
the rise of the khandas is stopped by abolishing the
causes:ignorance, craving, kamma and nutrition..in this way
the cessation of the agregates should be seen"
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