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'''''Samāpatti''''' ([[Sanskrit]]; [[Pali]]; {{CJKV|t=三摩跋提|p=sānmóbátí}}) is a common term in [[Buddhism]] and [[Hindu]] [[Yoga]], frequently used as a synonym for ''[[samādhi]]''.{{citation needed|date=June 2021}}<br />
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==Etymology==<br />
Samāpatti stands for correct (''samyag'') acquisition (''āpatti'') of Truth.{{citation needed|date=June 2021}} It is a form of alaukika-pratyakṣa (extraordinary perception) forming thus a legitimate part of the perceptual ([[pratyakṣa]]) instruments of adequate knowledge ([[Pramana|pramāṇa]]).{{citation needed|date=June 2021}}<br />
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==Buddhism==<br />
In Buddhism, ''samapatti'' refers to the [[Dhyāna in Buddhism#The arūpa āyatanas|four attainments]] (the realm of the infinity of space, realm of the infinity of consciousness, realm of nothingness, realm of neither consciousness nor unconsciousness). As per the suttas the samapattis are of a different nature than the four jhānas (i.e. samadhi the eighth component of the eightfold path). The samapatti are not part of the path and are not known to be of any use for realising nibbana. The Buddha in MN 26 The Noble Search sutta (Ariyapariyesana sutta) after having learned and mastered the samapattis with his two teachers decided to abandon them as he realised that "this teaching does not lead to disenchantment, to dispassion, to nibbana." By contrast, the Surangama Sutra mentions samapatti 26 times, with a positive instruction in their practice.{{citation needed|date=June 2021}}<br />
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==Pātañjala Yoga==<br />
In the [[Yoga Sutras of Patanjali]], ''samāpatti'' is discussed as the universal form of the [[Yoga]] called samprajñāta-samadhi, or ''[[savikalpa samadhi]]'', followed by asamprajñāta-samadhi, or ''[[Nirvikalpa Samadhi|nirvikalpa samadhi]]''. It has as its prerequisite the annihilation of all (non-[[Sattva|sattvic]]) modifications (''[[vritti|vṛtti]]'') of mind (''[[citta]]'').<ref>{{cite book |last1=Hartranft |first1=Chip |last2=Patanjali |author2-link=Patanjali |title=The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali |date=2003 |publisher=Shambhala |isbn=978-1590300237 |pages=38 and passim}}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Buddhist meditation]]<br />
* [[Dhyāna in Buddhism]]<br />
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* {{Citation | last=Whicher | first=Ian | year=1998 | title=The Integrity of the Yoga Darsana: A Reconsideration of Classical Yoga | publisher=SUNY Press}}<br />
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