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Mindfulness and Concentration

Bhante Henepola Gunaratana on the difference between Mindfulness and Concentration

Bhante Henepola Gunaratana

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Vipassana meditation is something of a mental balancing act. You are going to be cultivating two separate qualities of the mind-mindfulness and concentration. Ideally, these two work together as a team. They pull in tandem, so to speak. Therefore it is important to cultivate them side by side and in a balanced manner. If one of the factors is strengthened at the expense of the other, the balance of the mind is lost and meditation becomes impossible.

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