Practice Note: Vitakka and Vicāra
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By: Gil Fronsdal
In meditation practice, mindfulness works by applying your attention to notice something. That initial application of attention is vitakka. Vicāra is is taking the initial placing of attention a step further and sustaining the attention there.
Recorded: Wednesday, November 30, 2011 at Insight Meditation Center
Duration: 06:17