Practicing the Jhanas: Traditional Concentration Meditation as Presented by the Venerable Pa Auk Sayada w
Stephen Snyder, Tina Rasmussen und Pa Auk Sayadawamazon.com
Practicing the Jhanas: Traditional Concentration Meditation as Presented by the Venerable Pa Auk Sayada w
It’s all mindfulness. Just maintain that mindfulness, and concentration eventually will follow.
Henepola Gunaratana • Mindfulness in Plain English: 20th Anniversary Edition
Force, guilt, and willpower won’t produce a sustainable practice, not least because of the negative emotions they stir up. Training yourself means working on your motivation and intentions until the simple acts of sitting down and meditating follow naturally.
Jeremy Graves • The Mind Illuminated: A Complete Meditation Guide Integrating Buddhist Wisdom and Brain Science for Greater Mindfulness
Beyond Mindfulness in Plain English: An Introductory guide to Deeper States of Meditation
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Jhanas are a technique for invoking altered states of consciousness through sustained concentration, which can then relax our brains to perceive the world more clearly — it could really be that simple.
Manufacturing Bliss
We just practice to build the wiring through repetition of the cycle of looking at the object, seeing the nimitta, tracking it through all its changes until it vanishes finally, getting to the murk, tracking it until we space out, opening our eyes, staring at the object, and repeating the cycle again and again and again. With repetition, we get goo
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