concentration

Right concentration is the intensified steadiness of the mind comparable to the unflickering flame of a lamp in a windless place concentration fixes the mind rightly and causes it to be unmoved and undistributed the correct practices of concentration maintain the mind in a state of balance many mental impediments confront a meditator but with the support of right effort and right mindfulness he can dispel them and gain perfect concentration the perfectly concentrated mind is not distracted by sense objects for it sees thins as they really are.