Snyder, Stephen <br/><br/>
Practicing the jhānas :  traditional concentration meditation as presented by the Venerable Pa Auk Sayadaw / 
Stephen Snyder and Tina Rasmussen. 
 - First edition 
 - xii, 147 pages :  illustrated, photographs ;  22 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 140) and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781590307335 159030733X 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2009017722 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Śamatha (Buddhism)
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BQ5612  / .S62 2009 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>294.3/4435