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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.
Also known as: wrong concentration
Pāli: micchāsamādhi
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Wrong mindfulness

Wrong mindfulness

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Misdirected presence of mind and unwholesome retention; the faculty that remembers worldly or harmful narratives, anchors attention to objects of craving and distress, and leaves the mind unguarded against unwholesome states.

Also known as: inferior recollection
Pāli: micchāsati
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Leads to
Insanity

Insanity

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A disturbed and unstable mental condition in which the mind is scattered, erratic, or deranged. It can range from temporary disorientation and agitation to severe forms of insanity, obstructing clarity and discernment.

Also known as: craziness, mental derangement, lunacy, loss of reason, madness
Pāli: ummattaka, cittakkhepa
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Opposite
Collectedness

Collectedness

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☀️ bright quality

A mental quality of composure where awareness is gathered, steady, rather than scattered or tense. In such collectedness, supported by mindfulness and right view, experience is clearly known and can be wisely contemplated.

Also known as: mental composure, stability of mind, stillness of mind, concentration, undistracted awareness
Pāli: samādhi, samāhita, susamāhita, sammāsamādhi
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Discourses

AN 10.104 Bīja sutta - Seeds

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.

PTS 5.212–5.213

SN 45.18 Paṭhama kukkuṭārāma sutta - Kukuṭa’s Park (First)

The venerable Bhadda asks the venerable Ānanda about the ”wrong spiritual practice.”

PTS 5.15

SN 45.32 Dutiya paṭipatti sutta - Practice (Second)

The Buddha defines practicing wrongly as possessing the eight factors of the wrong path, and practicing rightly as possessing the eight factors of the noble eightfold path.

PTS 5.23

AN 10.103 Micchatta sutta - Wrongness

Approaching wrongness leads to failure, not success. Approaching rightness leads to success, not failure.

PTS 5.211