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001 2014049333
003 DLC
005 20151212081935.0
008 150706s2015 mau b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2014049333
020 $a9781611802696 (paperback : alk. paper)
040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$erda$dDLC
042 $apcc
050 00 $aBQ7280$b.B73 2015
082 00 $a294.3/4435$223
084 $aREL007040$aREL007000$aREL007020$2bisacsh
100 1 $aBrasington, Leigh,$eauthor.
245 10 $aRight concentration :$ba practical guide to the jhanas /$cLeigh Brasington.
250 $aFirst edition.
264 1 $aBoston :$bShambhala,$c2015.
300 $axiv, 237 pages ;$c23 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 217-222) and index.
520 $a"The Buddhist jhanas--successive states of deep focus or meditative absorbtion--demystified. A very practical guidebook for meditators for navigating their way through these states of bliss and concentration. One of the elements of the Eightfold Patʼh the Buddha taught is Right Concentration: the one-pointedness of mind that, together with ethics, livelihood, meditation, and so forth, leads to the ultimate freedom from suffering. The Jhanas are the method the Buddha himself taught for achieving Right Concentration. They are a series of eight successive states, beginning with bliss and moving on toward radically nonconceptual states. The fact that they can usually be achieved only during prolonged meditation retreat tends to keep them shrouded in mystery. Leigh Brasington is here to unshroud them. He takes away the mystique and gives instructions for them in plain, accessible language, noting the various pitfalls to avoid along the way, and then providing a wealth of material on the theory of jhana practice--all geared toward the practitioner rather than the scholar"--$cProvided by publisher.
650 0 $aMeditation$xTheravāda Buddhism.
650 7 $aRELIGION / Buddhism / Theravada.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aRELIGION / Buddhism / General (see also PHILOSOPHY / Buddhist).$2bisacsh
650 7 $aRELIGION / Buddhism / Rituals & Practice.$2bisacsh
856 42 $3Cover image$u9781611802696.jpg