Ekagrata
focused or "one pointed" awareness or concentration, the ability to focus the mind on an object without distraction for extended periods of time.
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Ksayo = Weakening of; Sarvarthatai = Attention on many things destructiveness; Udayoh = Rise of; Ekagrata = One-pointedness; Cittasya = State of the mind is; Samadhi = Deep absorption; ...
One-pointedness of consciousness has been so mastered through the progressive displacement of all distractions that ekagrata, one-pointedness, alone subsists, and this becomes ekagrataparinama, total one-pointedness.
The one-pointed concentration of mind is termed 'ekagrata'. There are numerous distractions which obstruct ekagrata. Association and identification through the eyes and sight are major contributing factors to this leakage.
Dhāraṇā builds further upon this by refining it further to ekagrata or ekagra chitta, that is single-pointed concentration and focus, which is in this context cognate with shamata.
He had the highly developed Ekagrata of a Yogi. He could draw, as it were, any single thought from the brain pigeon-hole, dwell on it as long as he liked and could shove it back when finished.
the merger of the Seer ( Subject), process of seeing and Seen ( Object) * Before coming to Dharana we have to learn Ekagranta ( concentartion) to tame the randomness of mind ( chanchalata) CHANCHALATA (Multiple object, Multiple thoughts), EKAGRATA ( ...
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