Samadhi And Wisdom | 19 Oct 2023
by Ajahn Anan
Training the mind with wisdom, for the arising of samādhi” begins with hearing and listening (to the Dhamma). When we contemplate, we understand more deeply. Our minds become peaceful and enter into samādhi. It develops from momentary concentration (khanika samādhi) to access concentration (upacāra samādhi). When samādhi wanes, we return to investigating and contemplating. Venerable Ajahn Chah told us to contemplate this body—see the impermanent, unsatisfactory, non-self nature of the body. Though at first contemplation is based on memory and perception, through contemplation samādhi becomes solid and secure. When the mind withdraws from samādhi, continue with contemplating, and investigating. Rapture, concentration, and wisdom become stronger than before, to the point where the mind becomes one-pointed and the Path arises, destroying the defilements: Vipassana and Wisdom arise.
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