Right Concentration specifically produces Happiness.
Suffering is embedded in every aspect of the Sangsara. The Sangsara is our world (and all other worlds). It is life itself. Everywhere, beings are being born into circumstances they don't want. They are growing old (which they don't want). They are sick (which they don't want). They are dying (which they only want if they think it will be better than being alive).
When a man concentrates the mind successfully on a single wholesome object, he deliberately withdraws his attention from his physical link with our world. He does not see, hear, smell, taste or touch the world. It therefore does not cause him physical pain while he is in this state of 100% concentration. Because he does not see, hear smell, taste or touch, there is no point of contact with external things and therefore no feelings arise. So feelings cannot cause him pain. Because his mind is fixed on a single object, he makes no contact with the outside world at the mind sense door. He does not contact thoughts or memories or mental images with the mind. So these things cannot trouble him and cause him pain.
He finds himself, consciously, in a state which is absolutely free from pain, discomfort or any kind of suffering, whether mental or physical. Absence of suffering is the beginning of Eternal Happiness.
Therefore; Right Concentration specifically produces Happiness.
NEW PROJECT: In-tray / Out-tray
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