By: Bhikkhu P.A. Payutto
The mind with samadhi contains the following main attributes:
1. Strong and vigorous. It is compared to a stream of water channeled into one direction, which has greater power than water that has been allowed to flow about without direction.
2. Calm and serene, still and deep. It is like a pool or lake of still water, the surface untouched by wind and unbroken by waves.
3. Clear, lucid, transparent. It is like still water, without ripples, in which any dust has settled to the bottom.
4. Pliant and malleable, or fit for work, because it is not tense, not willful, not confused, not dull, not agitated.
From: The Essential Buddhadhamma:The Teachings and Practice of Theravada Buddhism. Bhikkhu Payutto is widely acknowledged as one of Thailand’s foremost Buddhist scholars. His Essential Buddhahamma is considered to be one of the most significant scholarly works on the Buddhism of the Pali Canon published in the last century. It was first published in Thailand in 1971 and was recently translated into English.