TY  - BOOK
AU  - Snyder,Stephen
AU  - Rasmussen,Tina
TI  - Practicing the jhānas: traditional concentration meditation as presented by the Venerable Pa Auk Sayadaw 
SN  - 9781590307335
AV  - BQ5612 .S62 2009
U1  - 294.3/4435 22
PY  - 2009///
CY  - Boston, MA
PB  - Shambhala Publications
KW  - Śamatha (Buddhism)
N1  - 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
ER  -