Wrong collectedness ☁️ dark
1 discourses
Synonyms:
wrong concentration, Supported by:{wrong mindfulness}, Leads to:{insanity}
Context:
A concentration that steadies the mind upon unwholesome aims—power, sensual pleasure, or self-exaltation. Though appearing calm, it is unpurified by right view or intention. Such collectedness deepens delusion instead of insight.
Pāli term:
micchāsamādhi
Opposite:
In Numerical Discourses (Aṅguttara Nikāya)
Approaching wrongness leads to failure, not success. Approaching rightness leads to success, not failure.