(Sanskrit and Pali: samâdhi, "concentration, absorption in the self")
Concept in Indian Religion and philosophy. Samadhi is the stage in meditation where the meditating person abandons his own identity and sense of the outer world.
In yogic philosophy, samadhi is the ultimate goal of a yogi. In Buddhism, samadhi is the term used to describe the highest degree of meditative absorption in the self - not as a goal in itself, but as a means to perfect enlightenment.