[Buddha-l] sagaramudra samadhi

[Dan Lusthaus]

Bernhard,

Have you looked at E. Conze's _Materials for a Dictionary of the
Prajnaparamita Literature_? I don't have it on hand, but that would be
promising source.

cheers,
Dan

----- Original Message ----- 
> A friend of mine (Ralf Boeck) did find in the
> Astasahasrika-Prajnaparamitasutra:
> - 46. samâdhi: sarvadharmavibhavamudrA nAma samAdhi
> - 47. samâdhi: sarvadharmavibhavasamudro nAma samAdhi
>        with "samudro = ocean", but also "samudro = sealed"!
>
> Obviously there are many occurences of hǎiyìn sānmèi, 海印三昧, in the
> Avatamsaka-sutra, but until now, I have no hint of this
> sāgara-mudrā-samādhi in any early Sanskrit-text. Did anyone here has
> seen this mysterious samâdhi anywhere :-) ?
>
> Thank you very much,
> in metta,
> bernhard