MAINTAINING & PRACTISING THE TRANQUILITY

Tranquility should mean a perfectly concentrated state. It contains two concentrated qualities stability and clarity. The two are present in what the tradition calls one pointed mental focus.

What is tranquility? It is to settle the mind in tranquility, regularly, attentively, to clear the mind, to pacify the mind completely, and to settle the mind in one pointedness and equipoise. 

Role of Mindfulness 

There can be no concentration without mindfulness for mindfulness infuses the concentration state with vital energy. 

During the early state one may find that the concentration is weak because one mindfulness is unsteady as consequence of the restless mind. With the help of self-control and dedication one’s mindfulness will become steadier and will act as guardian of the concentration state. It will then instantly detect and determine emerging distraction.