Samatha (PÄli), (Sanskrit: à¤¶à¤®à¤¥, Åamatha[note 1]) is the Buddhist practice (bhÄvanÄ) of the calming of the mind (citta) and its 'formations' (saá¹khÄra). This is done by practicing single-pointed meditation most commonly through mindfulness of breathing. Samatha is common to many Buddhist traditions.
Convert speed of light to kilometers per second. You are currently converting speed units from speed of light to kilometers per second. 1 c = 299792.458 kps. speed of light. kilometers per second.
How huge? Light moves at 186,282 miles per second, or 299,792.5 kilometers per second. That's 670.6 million miles an hour. The distance to the nearest star is 4.3 light-years, or 25.3 trillion miles (40.7 trillion km). The first mention of light-years dates back to 1838 and a German scientist named Friedrich Bessel.