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oupes, keep the Precepts, meditate or listen to Dhamma sermons. Such determination is a precursor of concentration called 'khaṇika-samādhi'. 7.2 Right Concentration (transcendental): At high level Right Concentration means attaining neighbourhood concentration [upacāra-samādhi] and access concentration [appāna-samādhi] — the former means concentrating the mind to the degree that it is so stable that it rests on the brink of the 'absorptions' and the latter means attaining the absorptions, from the first absorption upwards. The Dhammacakka: Transport to Nirvana The word 'cakkha' means a 'wheel' — a wheel in just the same way as a cartwheel or a car wheel. Any wheel has three important components: hub, spokes and rim. For as long as the components are separated, they could not be called a wheel. Just as a skilled wheelwright can assemble the components to make a strong wheel ready to be put to work, the Buddha, through his preaching of the three groupings of Dhamma to the pañcavaggiya, and relating them, gave rise to a 'Dhammacakka' which would bear the practitioner towards benefit and ultimately liberation. The Dhammacakka was also composed of these three components — the Lord Buddha compared the (see also pages 14, 16-7): ● the hub to the Thirty-Seven Factors of Enlightenment ● the spokes to the Links of Dependent Origination ● the rim to the Four Noble Truths The close relationship between these three sets of Dhamma teachings is manifested by their relationship in the Dhammacakka — the sets of Dhammas rely on each other for their strength in just the same way as the different components of a wheel lend each other mutual support. The ser-