<p>Kusala means  minds that arise to abandon chance to arise of akusala-minds. While kusala arising, akusala-minds can't not arise ( just in the same person).</p>

<p>3 sikkha = adhisila-kusala-training, adhicitta-kusala-training (<strong>concentration meditation</strong>), and adhipanna-kusala-training.</p>

<p>So, the practitioner practices adhisila-kusala to abandon a chance of  akusala arising that form action/speech, practices adhicitta for just  some other akusala arising--such as beauty-attachment (akusala) by asubha-adhicittasikkha, etc, and practices adhipanna for whole akusala arising--11 khandha such as the past khandha, etc.</p>

<p>While whatever sikkha arising, no hindrances, no akusala arising.</p>

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<p>Samatha meditation suppresses hindrances and Vipassna meditation eradicates them.</p>

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<p>I heard one needs concentration to abandon the hindrances -- however to have strong concentration, you need to have [already] abandoned hindrances, so that nothing can stop your focus. Which one is it? How do I abandon the hindrances: one hindrance at a time or all together?</p>

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This question is a duplicate of [During jhana do you eliminate all hindrance at once?](https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/q/20434/254), isn't it?
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How to concentrate to suppress hindrances?
# How to concentrate to suppress hindrances?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2017-09-19)

I heard one needs concentration to abandon the hindrances -- however to have strong concentration, you need to have [already] abandoned hindrances, so that nothing can stop your focus. Which one is it? How do I abandon the hindrances: one hindrance at a time or all together?

**Tags:** meditation-hindrances, five-hindrances

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: This question is a duplicate of [During jhana do you eliminate all hindrance at once?](https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/q/20434/254), isn't it?  

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### Answer by username_2 on 2017-09-19. Score: 1

Kusala means minds that arise to abandon chance to arise of akusala-minds. While kusala arising, akusala-minds can't not arise ( just in the same person).

3 sikkha = adhisila-kusala-training, adhicitta-kusala-training (**concentration meditation**), and adhipanna-kusala-training.

So, the practitioner practices adhisila-kusala to abandon a chance of akusala arising that form action/speech, practices adhicitta for just some other akusala arising--such as beauty-attachment (akusala) by asubha-adhicittasikkha, etc, and practices adhipanna for whole akusala arising--11 khandha such as the past khandha, etc.

While whatever sikkha arising, no hindrances, no akusala arising.


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### Answer by username_3 on 2017-09-19. Score: -1

Samatha meditation suppresses hindrances and Vipassna meditation eradicates them.


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