coarse engagement - Thubten Chodron

Repeatedly directing and applying the mind to the meditation object. (Pali: vitakka, Sanskrit: vitarka)

Glossary: absorption factors
Glossary: five dhyānic factors
Five absorptions factors in brief
A brief description of each of the five absorption factors. How the pleasure we get from these deep states of concentration is different from worldly pleasure.
Patience in developing serenity
How we cultivate the absorption factors along with cultivating serenity and the importance of patience in cultivating concentration.
Counteracting the hindrances
How we use the absorption factors when cultivating concentration and which absorption factors counteract which of the hindrances.