Concentration

Author(s): Virchand R Gandhi
Publisher: Shardaben Chimanbhai Educational Research Centre

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our fellow beings. Therefore the first part is the desire to do good to our fellow beings. The second part is the Determination to do good to our fellow beings. Third is the desire to do good, not merely to wish good. Fourth, it is a desire to do good, to somebody; as distinguished from injury. Lastly, it is a desire to do good to our fellow beings and not to ourselves alone. First meditate on the DESIRE; come to know what it means and what it is and what it does not mean. What it is and what it is not. There are so many kinds of desires. Desire for fame, desire for dress, etc. Settle the point of how the desire to do good to our fellow beings differs from other desires, grasp the full content of the idea that is contained in idea; then say what conclusion can I draw ? The conclusion must be one that can be applied to ourselves. It must be special and not general. Or it is like the aimless discharge of artillery. A general conclusion does not destroy our anger, for instance. It must be special towards a certain person, at a
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