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People make much fuss about concentration without knowing the right way. They very easily pass a remark that liberation can be achieved by destroying passions. 'ware-gfa yf:'; whether you possess material possessions or not, that is not at all essential.
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As a blind person is unable to see the outward objects, likewise if one has not abandoned his outward objects of attachment he is incapable of acquiring supreme type of concentration. Ignoble thoughts haunt the mind of one, who has external things. One can humbly ask, Holy sir, if you have no love or real affection for the object in your possession, why do you waste your precious time and energy towards the upkeep of those things and you glorify the docturine of possessionlessness? In this respect this directive of Tatvanushashna is very significant.
संगत्यागः कषायाणां निग्रहो व्रत धारणम् ।
मनोक्षाणां जयचेति सामग्री ध्यानजन्मने ॥ ७५ ॥
The material necessary for concentration consists of abandonment of attachment (and the sources of attachment) control over mind and senses.
The fickle mind can be controlled by a person who is the embodiment of living Vairagya (complete detachment). Since you possess a thing, you own the same and you look after its safety you cannot sincerely and honestly aver that your inner mind has no allurement for the same. A saint without worldly possessions gets his mind polluted by
