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With further practice the factors of concentration gain in strength and bring the mind to absorption. Like access concentration, absorption takes the counterpart sign as object. Concentration in the stage of absorption is divided into eight levels, each marked by greater depth, purity, and subtlety than its predecessor. The first four levels form a set called the four jhana. The second four are immaterial states. The eight levels have to be attained in progressive order, the achievement of any later level being dependent on the mastery of the immediately preceding level ... read more of Stages of Concentration 2 ...