Concentration is not wholesome in itself. A thief needs concentration to break into a house.The object of our concentrat — Thich Nhat Hanh, The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching: Transforming Suffering into Peace, Joy, and Liberation
Concentration is not wholesome in itself. A thief needs concentration to break into a house.The object of our concentrat — Thich Nhat Hanh, The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching: Transforming Suffering into Peace, Joy, and Liberation
Concentration is not wholesome in itself. A thief needs concentration to break into a house.The object of our concentrat — Thich Nhat Hanh, The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching: Transforming Suffering into Peace, Joy, and Liberation
Concentration is not wholesome in itself. A thief needs concentration to break into a house.The object of our concentrat — Thich Nhat Hanh, The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching: Transforming Suffering into Peace, Joy, and Liberation
Concentration is not wholesome in itself. A thief needs concentration to break into a house.The object of our concentrat — Thich Nhat Hanh, The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching: Transforming Suffering into Peace, Joy, and Liberation
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Concentration is not wholesome in itself. A thief needs concentration to break into a house.The object of our concentration is what makes it beneficial or not. If you use meditative concentration to run away from reality, that is not beneficial.

— Thich Nhat Hanh, The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching: Transforming Suffering into Peace, Joy, and Liberation
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