<p>Are you trying to practice Samadhi?</p>

<p>How I practice, Samadhi plays only a supportive role. When I started practicing  Mahasi dry Satipatthana I was practicing Samadhi by accident(I hear that this is a common thing with beginners of this kind of practice). I was not focusing on the actual moment by moment sensation of the breath. I was focusing on my own moment by moment "guess" of what the breath actually was.  I would picture the breath in my mind or I would focus on the noting word "rising, falling" or "in, out" in some way but none of these things were an actual reality happening moment by moment. I was feeling great peace but I wasn't practicing the way I intended to practice.</p>

<p>At some point I started <strong>just watching the sensation of the breath as it happened</strong> and I stopped experiencing so much peace during this practice but this is the way to "see things as they are" and gain wisdom but I still got to practice Metta.</p>

<p>When I practice Metta, I feel great peace and joy. The mindfulness gained from seeing things as they are allows me to know when to have metta or  compassion for myself. </p>

<p>This is just what I have experienced. I hope it helps.</p>

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<p>The state described is basic <em>samadhi</em> ('concentration'; 'collectedness'), which ideally is to be maintained &amp; developed when meditating. MN 19 describes about how the Buddha-To-Be developed samadhi, in the following manner:</p>
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<p>I steadied my mind internally, <strong>quieted</strong> it, brought it to singleness, and concentrated it...So that my mind was <strong>not strained</strong>. Tireless energy was aroused in me and unremitting mindfulness was established, my body was <strong>tranquil</strong> and <strong>untroubled</strong>, my mind concentrated and unified. Quite secluded from sensual pleasures, secluded from unwholesome states, I entered upon and abided in the first jhāna, which is accompanied by applied and sustained mind, with rapture and pleasure born of seclusion.</p>
<p><a href="https://suttacentral.net/en/mn19" rel="nofollow noreferrer">MN 19</a></p>
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today during meditation lost the hearing of sounds and feel go into something.is it still Samadhi?
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<p>During practice of meditation when notice thoughts disappear . experience peace and happy . innerconversation has lost. what is this state?</p>

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Personal practices of meditation
# Personal practices of meditation

(Asked by: username_0 on 2017-11-18)

During practice of meditation when notice thoughts disappear . experience peace and happy . innerconversation has lost. what is this state?

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2017-11-18. Score: 3

The state described is basic *samadhi* ('concentration'; 'collectedness'), which ideally is to be maintained & developed when meditating. MN 19 describes about how the Buddha-To-Be developed samadhi, in the following manner:

> I steadied my mind internally, **quieted** it, brought it to singleness, and concentrated it...So that my mind was **not strained**. Tireless energy was aroused in me and unremitting mindfulness was established, my body was **tranquil** and **untroubled**, my mind concentrated and unified. Quite secluded from sensual pleasures, secluded from unwholesome states, I entered upon and abided in the first jhāna, which is accompanied by applied and sustained mind, with rapture and pleasure born of seclusion.
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> [MN 19](https://suttacentral.net/en/mn19)

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: today during meditation lost the hearing of sounds and feel go into something.is it still Samadhi?  

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### Answer by username_1 on 2017-11-18. Score: 1

Are you trying to practice Samadhi?

How I practice, Samadhi plays only a supportive role. When I started practicing Mahasi dry Satipatthana I was practicing Samadhi by accident(I hear that this is a common thing with beginners of this kind of practice). I was not focusing on the actual moment by moment sensation of the breath. I was focusing on my own moment by moment "guess" of what the breath actually was. I would picture the breath in my mind or I would focus on the noting word "rising, falling" or "in, out" in some way but none of these things were an actual reality happening moment by moment. I was feeling great peace but I wasn't practicing the way I intended to practice.

At some point I started **just watching the sensation of the breath as it happened** and I stopped experiencing so much peace during this practice but this is the way to "see things as they are" and gain wisdom but I still got to practice Metta.

When I practice Metta, I feel great peace and joy. The mindfulness gained from seeing things as they are allows me to know when to have metta or compassion for myself.

This is just what I have experienced. I hope it helps.


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