Practicing the jhanas: traditional concentration meditation as presented by the Venerable Pa Auk Sayadaw
Stephen Snyder and Tina Rasmussen
Practicing the jhanas: traditional concentration meditation as presented by the Venerable Pa Auk Sayadaw
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Stephen Snyder and Tina RasmussenPublisher
ShambhalaEdition 1
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Title and Author
Practicing the jhanas: traditional concentration meditation as presented by the Venerable Pa Auk Sayadaw / Stephen Snyder and Tina RasmussenPublication Details
بوستون : Shambhala، 2009مPhysical Description
xii, 147 p.: ill., photographs; 22 cm.Subject
Samatha BuddhismLanguage
انگلیسیNotes
Includes bibliographical references )p. 041( and index.Contents
History of the jhanas -- Samatha practice: the purification of mind -- Foundational understandings -- Skillful effort from first sit to first jhanas -- Material jhanas one through four and related practices -- Immaterial jhanas five through eight and related practices -- The sublime abidings and protective meditations -- Four elements meditation -- The Buddha as our role model