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Basic Buddhist Teachings 17 - Right Concentration
Today, we study the Four Noble Truths at Lower Hamlet, continuing the lesson on Right Diligence, emphasizing diligence from joy, faith, enthusiasm, and peace. Thich Nhat Hanh shares spiritual experiences, emphasizing that true joy does not come from exhausting effort. He speaks about the zeal in practice despite difficulties and the joyful experience of chanting sutras. He emphasizes guidance and focus in practice, avoiding coercion. He shares about waking up with a smile, living fully in each moment, keeping a pure heart, and viewing life with compassion. He also discusses the Buddha’s path, the Noble Eightfold Path, which includes eight elements: right view, right livelihood, right speech, right mindfulness, right concentration, right thought, right action, and right effort. He emphasizes mindfulness in every action, including eating and drinking. He discusses the concept of “samadhi” in meditation, deeply focusing on a specific object. He shares about transcending imagination, looking deeply into true reality, and attaining a state beyond perception. He emphasizes looking deeply into internal knots, ignorance, achieving the wisdom of equality, and transforming delusions into the Four Wisdoms. He discusses the three types of samadhi: emptiness samadhi, signlessness samadhi, and aimlessness samadhi. He emphasizes recognizing the impermanence, non-self, and interdependent origination of all things, achieving right view through mindfulness and concentration.