Wrong collectedness ☁️ dark
2 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.
With wrong view, all actions lead to suffering. With right view, all actions lead to happiness. The Buddha explains this with an example of seeds.