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.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Right Concentration canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Buddhist practice ⓘ
Noble Eightfold Path factor ⓘ
mental cultivation ⓘ
aimsTo stabilize the mind ⓘ
support liberation from suffering ⓘ
unify the mind ⓘ
belongsToCategory Buddhist meditation techniques ⓘ
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 ⓘ
hasPaliName Sammā Samādhi ⓘ
hasSanskritName Samyak Samādhi ⓘ
linked to: Sammā Samādhi
isAssociatedWith Buddhist meditation ⓘ
Early Buddhism ⓘ
linked to: Nikaya Buddhism

Theravāda Buddhism ⓘ
linked to: Theravada
isContrastedWith wrong concentration ⓘ
isCultivatedThrough jhāna ⓘ
meditative absorption ⓘ
isDefinedAs unification of mind ⓘ
isDescribedIn Mahācattārīsaka Sutta ⓘ
Noble Eightfold Path discourse ⓘ
Pāli Canon ⓘ
linked to: the Pali Canon
isLinkedTo Right Effort ⓘ
Right Mindfulness ⓘ
isPartOf Noble Eightfold Path ⓘ
linked to: Eightfold Path
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 ⓘ
linked to: Nibbana

liberation from the cycle of rebirth (saṃsāra) ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Eightfold Path → hasPart → Right Concentration ⓘ