A monastery is a controlled environment where this sort of emotional noise is kept to a minimum. Members of the opposite sex don’t live together there. Therefore, there is less opportunity for lust to arise. Possessions aren’t allowed, thereby eliminating ownership squabbles and reducing the chance for greed and covetousness. Another hurdle for concentration should also be mentioned. In really deep concentration, you get so absorbed in the object of concentration that you forget all about trifles. Like your body, for instance, and your identity, and everything around you. Here again the
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