Why Right Concentration is the Only Way to Clearly See Your Mind! (Buddhism Explained)

Jhana - Why Right Concentration is the Only Way to Clearly See Your Mind - Buddhism Explained.
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In the sutra “The Analysis of the Path,” that the longest section is the one describing right concentration. It’s the only section that talks about stages in the practice. And it gives a fairly detailed map of the different elements in each stage. The question is, how do we relate to the map? It’s tempting to say, well, there’s this ingredient, there’s that ingredient, and so you pull the different ingredients together and hope that what you’ve got is a state of jhana.
But it doesn’t really work that way. It’s like being told that durian tastes a little bit like garlic, a little bit like onions, a little bit like custard. It has a little bit of cyanide, a little bit of vitamin E. So you throw all those things together, thinking that you’re going to get durian, but what you get is an inedible mess. If you want to get durian, you have to plant the seed. Here the seed is the topic of the meditation. The topic, as the Buddha said, is the four establishings of mindfulness. For example, staying focused on the body in and of itself, ardent, alert, and mindful, putting aside greed and distress with reference to the world: That’s the process you focus on. Once you’ve planted the seed and keep watering the seed, the tree will grow. When it’s mature, the tree will start giving fruit. If you’ve planted the right seed, you’re going to get the right fruit. So you don’t have to go designing the fruit. You just have to be very careful to plant the right seed and care for it well.
So focus on the breath in and of itself. As you’re focusing on the breath, put aside any sensual passions. There’s the phrase in the description of jhana, “secluded from sensuality.” Some people interpret that as meaning totally cut off from any input from the physical senses. Some interpret it as meaning secluded from sensual pleasures, so that you have to meditate in a place that’s unpleasant or a place that’s very boring. But neither of those interpretations is what the Buddha means. Sensuality, in his sense of the word, is your passion for your sensual thoughts and plans: the extent to which you love to obsess about those things. So in being secluded from sensuality, you’re not trying to close off any contact with outside senses and you’re not trying to put yourself in a dull, boring place. You’re trying to develop a more internal seclusion: If you see any sensual passion coming up, you sidestep it. You put it aside.

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Right explanation for easy understanding

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AMAZING

[@truongnguyentien4683]

great, thanks for helping me understand Buddhism

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thank you

[@annasingh5981]

​@@EgoPodcastenglishwhat does it mean when you cry during mediation?

[@christianmuchiri2221]

Have watched all the videos reviewed some of this series for more than 10 times to get the basics. Thanks 🙏🏿 for the insights,the universe is kind

[@annasingh5981]

Sadhu absolutely wonderful video thank you .

[@ElmerTan-ut4qn]

Want to help others? Do you have the wisdom to help others? To offer drinking water to others, you must have a jug of water. If your own cup is half full, how can you offer a full cup of water to other? A deluded wants to help another deluded. What do you think of the outcome and the consequences? How can we help others then? Help oneself first! If you are not a strong swimmer never attempt to save a drowning person. Until one has wisdom, don't attempt to help others. The Buddha’s teachings contains three major points : discipline, meditative concentration and wisdom. Wisdom is the goal and meditative concentration is the crucial process toward achieving wisdom. Discipline through observing the precepts, is the method that helps one to achieve meditative concentration : wisdom will then be realised naturally. 🙏🙏🙏Amitabha Buddha

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Yes we can easy way

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[@magicaree]

Great video but Jhana part is incorrect. Entering first Jhana is a very clear event. It’s an orgasmic experience. Definitely not something that goes unnoticed. That’s why it’s so hard to stay in it because the excitement and surprise tend to overwhelm