Mental dullness goes hand in hand with drowsiness. The drowsiness do not have to be strong but there will be mild drowsiness. If this is the case use the techniques in Pacala Sutta to eradicate them.
The way to increase concentration is to do sustained pratice of Anapana with continuously smaller areas in which you look for sensations:
- triangular area from top of the nose to the base of the nose and upper lip
- triangular areas from tip to the base of the nose and upper lip
- base of the nose and upper lip
- a spot in the centre of the upper lip
Even if you do not feel anything it does not matter as long as you are continuously trying to and your attention is in the area. The success criteria is not that you feel anything but there is sustained and continuous effort to feel sensation in this area.
One you feel the sensation, you should scrutinise the sensation to see smallest elements which make it. At some point you will see they are smaller clusters of sensation and finally the arising and passing of these sensations.
Also see my aswer to: Faintness of Object of Meditation
from http://ift.tt/1RBbhBg - User Suminda Sirinath S. Dharmasena - Buddhism Stack Exchange (http://ift.tt/1NMLzIc) by Suminda Sirinath S. Dharmasena (http://ift.tt/1ZwZIP2)
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