Right Concentration
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Right Concentration is the Buddhist practice of cultivating deep meditative absorption (jhāna) to stabilize and unify the mind as part of the path to liberation.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Buddhist practice
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Noble Eightfold Path factor ⓘ mental cultivation ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
stabilize the mind
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support liberation from suffering ⓘ unify the mind ⓘ |
| belongsToCategory |
Buddhist meditation techniques
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Buddhist path factors ⓘ |
| characterizedBy |
freedom from the five hindrances
ⓘ
one-pointedness of mind ⓘ sustained attention on a meditation object ⓘ |
| hasAspect |
first jhāna
ⓘ
fourth jhāna ⓘ second jhāna ⓘ third jhāna NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPaliName | Sammā Samādhi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSanskritName | Samyak Samādhi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isAssociatedWith |
Buddhist meditation
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Early Buddhism NERFINISHED ⓘ Theravāda Buddhism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isContrastedWith | wrong concentration ⓘ |
| isCultivatedThrough |
jhāna
ⓘ
meditative absorption ⓘ |
| isDefinedAs | unification of mind ⓘ |
| isDescribedIn |
Mahācattārīsaka Sutta
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Noble Eightfold Path discourse ⓘ Pāli Canon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isLinkedTo |
Right Effort
ⓘ
Right Mindfulness NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Noble Eightfold Path NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isPracticedBy |
Buddhist lay practitioners
ⓘ
Buddhist monastics ⓘ |
| presupposes |
ethical conduct (sīla)
ⓘ
mental discipline (samādhi) ⓘ wisdom (paññā) ⓘ |
| requires |
Right Action
ⓘ
Right Effort ⓘ Right Intention ⓘ Right Livelihood ⓘ Right Mindfulness ⓘ Right Speech ⓘ Right View ⓘ |
| supports |
cessation of suffering
ⓘ
direct knowledge of the Four Noble Truths ⓘ insight (vipassanā) ⓘ |
| ultimateGoal |
Nibbāna
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
liberation from the cycle of rebirth (saṃsāra) ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.