Early Monastic Buddhism v1.c17.8
Early Monastic Buddhism v1.c17.8
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v1.c17.8
1. upacāra-samādhi and appanā-samādhi. While atempting concentration of mind, upacāra is said to be that mental state which immediately precedes the fixation of the mind on a certain point; the fixation is appanā (Sans. arpaṇa). It may be described also as the preparatory attempts for developing complete concentration of mind, i.e., appanā;