The Right Concentration

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The Right Concentration

(How many kinds of Meditation are there? Part 2)

If you would like to get benefits from meditation, you have to practice in the right way. In addition, the practitioner needs to know the objective of his meditation. Meditation in the right way of Buddhism is called the Right Concentration. The Right Concentration generally means the way to stand one’s mind stable and well. The Right Concentration has been found many places in the Tripitaka and the Abhidhamma.

What is the Right Concentration?

People who practice the Right Concentration will free from lust and unwholesomeness when they attain the first absorption until the third absorption. When they attain the fourth absorption, they will be in the state of no happiness, no sadness and equanimity and have the pure consciousness.

The Characteristic of Right Concentration

1. The appearance of the Right Concentration is one’s mind is not distracted.
2. The Right Concentration is one’s mind always stands stable.

The Right Concentration can get rid of the False Concentration, defilements and distraction. It also makes the practitioner to reach the Nirvana. So when a person would like to meditate, he should do the Right Concentration. He should meditate to clean and calm his mind and free his mind from the lust, unwholesomeness and distraction until his mind stands stable. If he does like this, his practice will match to the Lord Buddha’s teaching and he can reach Nirvana.