Why is morality the basis for concentration, and how can we refine this understanding in our lives? As mentioned in earlier chapters, sīla is the cause for nonremorse, nonremorse the condition for happiness, happiness the cause for concentration, and concentration the condition for liberating wisdom. We can see how this cycle and its opposite play out in our practice. A common meditation experience is to relive memories of past wholesome and unwholesome actions. In remembering them, the former bring an ease and confidence of mind, a gladdening of the heart; the latter bring feelings of regret
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