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**VZF74G0M** · 04-21-2010, 09:04 PM

There are 3 kinds of status during practice the meditation. For example :-

From Path to Enlightenment II
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6.7.1 Contemplation of breathing: If during contemplation of breathing one is absorbed and mindless, it is unacceptable. If one gazes at an object until consciousness is firmly fixed to the breath, it is concentration (samatha) practice. If it is mindful of the body and mind and consciousness is a knower that is separate from the known object, then it is insight (vipassanā) practice on the foundation of body. If during breathing consciousness is abstracted and mindfulness recollects it, if consciousness unknowingly gazes at breathing and mindfulness recollects it, if consciousness is happy, unhappy or indifferent and mindfulness recollects it, and if consciousness is moral or immoral and mindfulness recollects it, then these are exercises in mindfulness of the condition of Mind. They are stepping stones to mindfulness practice towards insight development on the foundation of Mind.
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If we don't know which kind is arising and we cling to only one kind. This is unwholesome and does not lead to Enlightenment.

04-21-2010, 09:04 PM	#8
VZF74G0M Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 518 Senior Member	There are 3 kinds of status during practice the meditation. For example :- From Path to Enlightenment II URL --------------------------------- 6.7.1 Contemplation of breathing: If during contemplation of breathing one is absorbed and mindless, it is unacceptable. If one gazes at an object until consciousness is firmly fixed to the breath, it is concentration (samatha) practice. If it is mindful of the body and mind and consciousness is a knower that is separate from the known object, then it is insight (vipassanā) practice on the foundation of body. If during breathing consciousness is abstracted and mindfulness recollects it, if consciousness unknowingly gazes at breathing and mindfulness recollects it, if consciousness is happy, unhappy or indifferent and mindfulness recollects it, and if consciousness is moral or immoral and mindfulness recollects it, then these are exercises in mindfulness of the condition of Mind. They are stepping stones to mindfulness practice towards insight development on the foundation of Mind. ------------------------------------ If we don't know which kind is arising and we cling to only one kind. This is unwholesome and does not lead to Enlightenment.
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