Practicing the jhānas : traditional concentration meditation as presented by the Venerable Pa Auk Sayadaw / Stephen Snyder and Tina Rasmussen.
Material type:
TextBoston, MA : Shambhala Publications, 2009Edition: First editionDescription: xii, 147 pages : illustrated, photographs ; 22 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781590307335
- 159030733X
- 294.3/4435 22
- BQ5612 .S62 2009
Contents:
History of the jhānas -- Samatha practice: the purification of mind -- Foundational understandings -- Skillful effort from first sit to first jhānas -- Material jhānas one through four and related practices -- Immaterial jhānas five through eight and related practices -- The sublime abidings and protective meditations -- Four elements meditation -- The Buddha as our role model.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 140) and index.
History of the jhānas -- Samatha practice: the purification of mind -- Foundational understandings -- Skillful effort from first sit to first jhānas -- Material jhānas one through four and related practices -- Immaterial jhānas five through eight and related practices -- The sublime abidings and protective meditations -- Four elements meditation -- The Buddha as our role model.