Tag: Meditation

Concentration ultimately means one-pointedness of mind - the centering of the mind and mental factors rightly and evenly on an object. Right concentration collects together the dispersed stream of mental states to induce an inner unification. Unbroken attentiveness to an object brings along tranquility of the mental functions. The unconcentrated mind moves in a scattered manner and rushes from idea to idea, from thought to thought, without inner control. Such a distracted mind often gets overwhelmed by worries and concerns, it sees things only in fragments, distorted by the ripples of random thoughts ... read more of What is Right Concentration? ...

To make any progress on the Noble Path requires Right Effort, which is exertion of wholesome energy guided by Right View and Right Intention. Right Effort has two sides and is often divided into the 'four great endeavors':

The one side of Right Effort aims at overcoming unwholesome states of mind caused by latent defilements – the first effort to prevent the unwholesome states from arising and the second to get rid of unwholesome states that arise despite the first effort ... read more of What is Right Effort? ...