Practicing the Jhanas: Traditional Concentration Meditation as Presented by the Venerable Pa Auk Sayada w

In samatha practice, we build our capacity in the same way. Every single time we realize that our awareness has strayed from our object and we bring our awareness back, we are building our capacity to be free from the suffering of life, both large and small.

Every time we bring our awareness back to our object, we are “building the muscle” of concentration.