How to attain the first concentration
| Attention | Notes | |
|---|---|---|
| Beginner's attention | calm abiding | Attained through the: Nine mental abidings |
| Attention individually knowing characteristics | concordance with special insight | Analysis of coarseness of desire realm and peacefulness of first concentration |
| Attention arisen from belief | special insight | union of ca+spi and awareness arisen from meditation |
| Attention of thorough isolation | special insight | 3 uninterrupted paths + 3 liberated paths for three rounds of small afflictions |
| Attention of joy and withdrawal | special insight | 3 uninterrupted paths + 3 liberated paths for three rounds of middling afflictions |
| Attention of analysis | special insight | Analysis to see that desire realm afflictions still exist in continuum despite not being manifest |
| Attention of final application | special insight | 3 uninterrupted paths + 2 liberated paths for three rounds of great afflictions |
| Attention that is the result of final application | actual first concentration | liberated path for the small of the small afflictions |
Up a level: Concentrations