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Source: Shodhganga: The concept and practice of dhyana in the Buddhist literatureConcentration, in the Buddhist discipline, aims at providing a base for wisdom by cleansing the mind of the dispersive influence of the defilements. But in order for the concentration exercises to effectively combat the defilements, the coarser expressions of the latter through bodily and verbal action first have to be checked. Moral transgressions being invariably motivated by defilements–by greed, hatred and delusion–when a person acts in violation of the precepts of morality he excites and reinforces the very same mental factors by which his practice of meditation is intended to eliminate. This involves him in a crossfire of incompatible aims which renders his attempts at mental purification ineffective. The only way he can avoid frustration in his endeavor to purify the mind of its subtler defilements is to prevent the unwholesome inner impulses from breathing out in the coarser form of unwholesome bodily and verbal deeds.
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Ends with: Access Concentration, Attainment Concentration, Neighbourhood Concentration, Preparatory Concentration.
Full-text (+1002): Samadhi, Dharana, Samadhibala, Samadhindriya, Samadhana, Sammasamadhi, Jhana, Upacara, Samadhisambojjhanga, Yojana, Samadhimukha, Four Concentrations, Samadhija, Samatha, Aikagrya, Dhyana, Pindastha, Bhavana, Yoga, Riddhipada.
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Search found 293 books and stories containing Concentration; (plurals include: Concentrations). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:
Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)
III. The knowledge of the dhyānas, etc. < [Part 2 - The ten powers in particular]
4. Causes and conditions in the concentrations < [Part 4 - Questions relating to the dhyānas]
E.3. The Four Bases of Magical Power (ṛddhipāda) < [Abhidharma auxiliaries (E): Detailed study of the auxiliaries]
Introducing Buddhist Abhidhamma (by Kyaw Min, U)
Chapter 12 - Buddhist Method of Mental Culture < [Book II]
Chapter 11 - Preliminary Concentration Exercises < [Book II]
Introduction < [Book II]
Vipassana Meditation Course (by Chanmyay Sayadaw)
Part 5 - Balance < [Chapter 8 - Daily Activities]
Chapter 5 - Right Understanding
Part 1 - Samatha And Vipassana Meditation < [Chapter 1 - Preliminary Stage]
The Perfection Of Wisdom In Eight Thousand Lines
The Jhanas (by Henepola Gunaratana Mahāthera)
The Two Vehicles < [Chapter 4 - Jhānas and the Supramundane]
Jhāna and Samādhi < [Introduction]
Perfecting the First Jhāna < [Chapter 2 - The First Jhāna and its Factors]
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