The Fourth Noble Truth :  Magga : The Path

Samadhi: Concentration :-   The next stage in the Path to Deliverance is Mental Culture , Concentration (Samadhi)., which includes three other factors of the Eightfold path: they are  Right Effort,  Right Mindfulness and Right Concentration.

Right Effort is the persevering endeavour:

a) to prevent the arising of evil and unwholesome thoughts that have not yet   

    arisen in a man’s mind,

b) to discard such evil thoughts already arisen

c) to produce and develop wholesome thoughts not yet arisen and

d) to promote and maintain the good thoughts already present.

Right Mindfulness is the application or arousing of attention in regard to the

a) activities of the body  b) feelings or sensations  c) the activities of the Mind and  d) mental objects.

As these factors of the Path are interdependent and co-operating, Right Mindfulness aid Right Effort and together they can check the arising of unwholesome thoughts and develop the good and wholesome thoughts already entertained.  The man vigilant in regard to his actions, verbal, physical and mental, avoids all that is detrimental to his spiritual growth or progress.

Right Concentration is the intensified steadiness of the mind, comparable to the unflickering flame of a lamp in a windless place. It is the concentration that fixes the mind right and causes it to be unmoved and undisturbed. With the support of Right Effort and Right Mindfulness , the fullyconcentrated mind is capable of dispelling the impediments, the passions that disturb man.The perfectly concentrated mind is in a state of balance and see things as they really are and in their proper perspective.