Question: Is it true that once we regress, we will not have samādhi again and how can we have the chance to go higher?
Than Ajahn: Samādhi is still at the level of aniccā, and it still can regress, so you have to keep maintaining mindfulness, keep maintaining the samādhi, because once you stop for some time, you will lose that ability to enter into samādhi.
The Sotāpanna level is attained by way of vipassanā or wisdom. He or she can protect the mind from regressing. It is a different thing with samādhi that is attained through the use of mindfulness only. If you use wisdom, samādhi cannot regress, but if you only use mindfulness or sati, it can regress.
When you don’t maintain your mindfulness and let your mind think about things then your mind will become restless and agitated again. So, with samādhi, you need to maintain mindfulness all the time.
When you don’t maintain your mindfulness and let your mind think about things then your mind will become restless and agitated again. So, with samādhi, you need to maintain mindfulness all the time.
Dhamma in English, Jun 30, 2016.
By Ajahn Suchart Abhijāto
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