THE NOVICE MEDITATOR Stage One: Establishing a Practice Stage Two: Interrupted Attention and Overcoming Mind-Wandering Stage Three: Extended Attention and Overcoming Forgetting Milestone One: Continuous Attention to the Meditation Object THE SKILLED MEDITATOR Stage Four: Continuous Attention and Overcoming Gross Distraction and Strong Dullness Stage Five: Overcoming Subtle Dullness and Increasing Mindfulness Stage Six: Subduing Subtle Distraction Milestone Two: Sustained Exclusive Focus of Attention THE TRANSITION Stage Seven: Exclusive Attention and Unifying the Mind Milestone Three:
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