3) Replacement
4) Close Placement
5) Controlling
6) Pacifying
7) Fully Pacifying
8) Making Single-pointed
9) Equal Placement
The First Instruction is Placing the Mind.
Here mind’s single essential nature is considered to perform three functions:
1) When the mind abides directly and peacefully upon its object, this is called stillness.
2) When the mind in the next moment moves without remaining on its object, this is called movement.
3) Becoming aware of this movement, by means of mindfulness and alertness, is called awareness.
When the mind remains focused on it’s object single pointedly without distraction, whether the object is the form of a deity, a thangka, a flower, etc, this is called Placing the Mind.
Excerpt of text written by Khenpo Karten Rinpoche, from the book Precious Teachings, chapter entitled “Nine Instructions for Concentration Meditation,” page 110 in the paper book, and page 118 in the PDF version.
