Practicing the Jhanas: Traditional Concentration Meditation as Presented by the Venerable Pa Auk Sayada wTwo experienced American meditators explain the stages and techniques of concentration meditation, as taught by the Buddhist master Pa Auk Sayadaw This is a clear and in-depth presentation of the traditional Theravadin concentration meditation known as jhāna practice, from two authors who have practiced the jhānas in retreat under the guidance of one of the great living meditation masters, Pa Auk Sayadaw. The authors describe the techniques and their results, based on their own experience. |
Contents
Foundational Understandings | 37 |
Skillful Effort from First Sit to First Jhāna | 51 |
Material Jhānas One through Four | 71 |
Immaterial Jhānas Five through Eight | 99 |
The Sublime Abidings and Protective | 115 |
The Buddha as Our Role Model | 129 |
Progression of Practice Chart | 134 |
About the Authors | 147 |
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Practicing the Jhanas: Traditional Concentration Meditation as Presented by ... Stephen Snyder,Tina Rasmussen No preview available - 2009 |
Common terms and phrases
access concentration ānāpāna nimitta ānāpāna spot ānāpānasati meditation base of boundless base of nothingness begin Bhikkhu Bhikkhu Bodhi body boundless consciousness boundless space breath crossing Buddha color concentration meditation concentration practice crossing the ānāpāna develop Dipa Ma earth kasin·a eighth jhāna ekaggatā and upekkhā energy enter first jhāna experience feel fifth jhāna five hindrances five jhāna masteries five masteries focus four elements meditation four material jhānas fourth jhāna full absorption higher jhāna hindrances immaterial jhānas jhāna factors jhāna practice light kasin·a meditation period meditation practice meditative object meditator’s mettā momentary concentration moving Myanmar object of meditation Pa Auk Sayadaw pīti precept to refrain proactive effort progress protective meditations purification of mind receptive effort resolve retreat rūpa-kalāpas samatha practice second jhāna sense space kasin·a stability sublime abidings sukha suttas third jhāna thirty-two-body-parts meditation tion undertake the precept Venerable Pa Auk vicāra vipassanā practice Visuddhimagga vitakka white kasin·a wisdom eye yogis