Blissful. Peaceful. Tranquil. With good reason, these are all words that have been used to describe aspects of right concentration, the final step on the noble eightfold path. When we practice right concentration, we cultivate a clarity of awareness that weakens our mental hindrances, calms the mind, and allows us to perceive experience more clearly. Essentially, right concentration is what we practice when we do certain forms of meditation, and it’s also the culmination of all the factors on the path.
“Right” is a translation of the Pali word , which has connotations of thorough, harmonious, and complete., which implies collectedness, calm, and unification. So, when we practice right concentration, we’re practicing bringing the mind in harmony with the other aspects of the noble eightfold path.
