When the mind becomes peaceful and stable as the result of successful practice for tranquility, the mind will overcome the Five Hindrances and reach a state of one-pointedness " ( ekaggata ) ".
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In the current environment, said Prof . Rodney A . Smolla of the University of Richmond School of Law, " there is not much realistic exposure to liability, though it would depend on the pointedness of the tip ."
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Ms . Ono's " Pointedness " of 1964 consists of a golf-ball-size bronze pellet accompanied by the suggestive words " This sphere will be a sharp point when it gets to the far corner of the room in your mind ."
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Michael Washburn states that the " Yogasutras " text identifies stepwise stages for meditative practice progress, and that " Patanjali distinguishes between Dharana which is effortful focusing of attention, Dhyana which is easy continuous one-pointedness, and Samadhi which is absorption, ecstasy, contemplation ".
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According to Bhikkhu Bodhi, the right concentration factor is reaching a one-pointedness of mind and unifying all mental factors, but it is not the same as " a gourmet sitting down to a meal, or a soldier on the battlefield " who also experience one-pointed concentration.
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After a battle with the illness which went on from dusk until midnight, Tambiah writes that Ajahn Mun's mind " realized the nature of the formations, including the gripping pain, and'the illness totally disappeared and the mind withdrew into absolute, unshakable one-pointedness'".
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In his review Adler said that " . . . Kent may or may not be " the greatest ballad singer in half a century, " as her PR claims, but her straightforward renditions of these by-request ballads are not at all generic . . . There's a certain brassiness, a trumpet-like pointedness, in her voice, as well as a host of endearing idiosyncrasies.
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The pointedness of this statement and the self-discipline with which John L . McKenzie responded to those who corresponded with him, as well as his commitment to write not only scholarly theological books and essays, but also to publish the results of his intellectual labors in popular, non-academic prose, all arose directly from an empathic mission that lay deep within him as a human being, a Christian, and a scholar.
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Kohn ( 2008d : 453 ) explains, " The two words indicate the two basic forms of Buddhist meditation : " zhi " is a concentrative exercise that achieves one-pointedness of mind or " cessation " of all thoughts and mental activities, while " guan " is a practice of open acceptance of sensory data, interpreted according to Buddhist doctrine as a form of " insight " or wisdom . " " Guan " meditators would seek to merge individual consciousness into emptiness and attain unity with the Dao.
