Serenity⏳
Serenity, when developed, leads to concentration and subdues defilements such as craving and ill will. The cultivation of serenity requires skill in steadying, composing, unifying, and concentrating the mind; the jhanas being the succesive stages of these efforts.
References
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Bodhi, Bhikkhu. (2005). In the Buddha’s Words An Anthology of Discourses From the Pali Canon Chapter VIII. MASTERING THE MIND (Location 3967, 4482). Somerville, MA: Wisdom Publications.
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Anguttara Nikaya 2: iii, 10; I 61
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Anguttara Nikaya 4:94; II 93–95
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