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  2. Seeds of Becoming
     … And that way you can begin to take it apart, because you see that there’s really not much there, even in a good state of concentration. Don’t be too quick to take it apart, though. If you get a little a bit of concentration and take it apart too fast, then the mind has no place to settle down. I knew a … 
  3. Bedside Dhamma
     … So whatever discernment, whatever concentration you develop as you practice, remember it’s there to be put to use. And it can be put to use. My teacher had a student who had extremely strong powers of concentration, but she felt somehow that doing the concentration would take care of all her problems. So she didn’t even try to apply her discernment in … 
  4. A Slave to Craving
     … Again there are many levels of concentration. There’s a level of concentration where you can focus on reading something or listening to something, working through a problem. It’s called momentary concentration because it stays with things for a certain period of time and drops them. But again, concentration is something we already have. Discernment as well: a lot of ways in which … 
  5. Look in the Mirror
     … What is the mind doing, even in its concentration? When you notice what the disturbance is, then you let it go. Now, if you let it go and you lose concentration, that’s a sign that you’re not ready to let it go yet. So you come back and pick it up again. You’re learning to read yourself. You’re using your … 
  6. All of a Piece
     … That way, you can begin to tune in to more and more refined levels of concentration. First just getting the mind concentrated is quite an accomplishment. Then there’s keeping it there. Once you get really good at a particular level of concentration—in other words, you can tap into it whenever you want—you’ve got to look into it, because there is … 
  7. A Concentration Checklist
     … Although some of them have to do specifically with that type of meditation—where you’re seeing visions and seeing light—there are eight factors that deal with any kind of concentration, so they provide a good checklist for any kind of concentration. Whether you’re focusing on the breath, focusing on a part of the body, focusing on the brahmaviharas, when you lose … 
  8. The Image of the Raft
     … This is why we give rise to pleasure in the concentration. I don’t know how many times have I heard people say, “Watch out for concentration. There’s going to be a sense of pleasure and happiness. You’re going to get addicted. You’re going to get attached. So it’s better not to do concentration at all.” Well, the Buddha wasn … 
  9. The Mind Set Tall
     … Anger comes up and what are you going to do? Are you going to wait until your concentration is perfect? No. You’ve got to deal with it right now, using whatever powers of concentration and discernment you’ve already mastered. And it’s in the dealing with it that they actually get stronger. It’s like the muscles of your body. Only by … 
  10. Suffering Is a Feeding Addiction
     … This is why mindfulness and concentration go together. The Buddha never talked about them as being two radically separate practices. This is one of the major misunderstandings that you often hear. For him, the practice of mindfulness is what you’re doing to get the mind concentrated. It’s simply a matter of getting more and more deeply into it; more established at it … 
  11. The Sport of Wise People
    The Sport of Wise People June 19, 2015 Ajaan Fuang once called concentration practice “the sport of wise people.” Like any sport, it’s something you want to do well but you also want to enjoy yourself while you’re doing it. So you’ve got to find that right balance between sticking with it, mastering the technique, and having some fun in the … 
  12. The Unity of the Path
     … So your right concentration is directed by right view. There’s also a connection between concentration and right resolve, because remember: Part of right resolve is to abandon sensuality. It’s only when you get the mind in a good solid state of concentration that it really is above its sensual concerns. The happiness of concentration is said to be a happiness of form … 
  13. The Buddha Meant What He Said
     … That takes you to more and more subtle levels of concentration. Similarly with the formless levels of concentration. You find that one perception, when you put it aside, is replaced by another that’s more refined, less disturbing to the mind. You’re not dealing with blatant stress and suffering, but there is a little level of disturbance in the concentration that’s caused … 
  14. Concentration Teamwork
     … In some cases, you just come out of concentration. In others, you drift off into a fuzzy place that Ajaan Lee calls delusion concentration, where the mind is quiet but there’s very little alertness, very little mindfulness. So you’ve got to watch out for that. What’s happened is that you’ve dropped the directed thought and evaluation before the time came … 
  15. The Noble Eightfold Path to the Deathless
     … And you have to develop powers of concentration. That starts with right mindfulness and goes into the levels of jhana in right concentration. Now, when you get at right concentration, it’s not as if you’re arriving at the end of the path. The path spirals around. Concentration then becomes a basis for more discernment. When the mind is still, it can see … 
  16. The Need for Evaluation
    When you focus on the breath, when you try to bring the mind to a state of concentration, you’re trying to do two things at once. One is to give the mind a place where it can rest, gather its strength, heal its wounds, and in general develop a sense of ease and well-being. The second purpose is to be able to … 
  17. Insight from Jhana
     … Seeing this makes you less interested in them and, as a result, your attachment to the concentration gets stronger. Now there’s healthy attachment to concentration and pathological attachment. Pathological is when you just want to hide away in the concentration and don’t want to do your duties. You don’t want to engage with the world outside. You don’t want to … 
  18. Strengthening Concentration
    Strengthening Concentration January 5, 2012 In English, when we talk about somebody being single-minded, the implication is that the person is very focused on one single purpose, or one single aim. It’s a quality of the will. And that’s a very relevant way of thinking about concentration. It’s not only that you should have a single object on which you … 
  19. Mature Concentration
  20. Developing Concentration
  21. Right Concentration
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