Jhanas in Theravada Buddhist Meditation - Softcover

Henepola Gunaratana

Softcover

ISBN 10: 955240035X ISBN 13: 9789552400353

Publisher: Buddhist Publication Society,Sri Lanka, 1998

Synopsis

the Theravada tradition is to read what the Suttas really say about the Jhanas. It is a path to Nibbana and it is not secondary in any way to so called "insight" meditation. The Buddha and Sariputta et al were Jhana masters. It was their primary meditation. On the Buddha's death he reached Nibbana by the Jhanas. The Suttas say that the Jhanas slope towards Nibbana. Basically, in my opinion the teachings of this great Jhana master (The Buddha) have been hijacked with a focus away from the Jhanas. To study what the Theravada says about the Jhanas is like looking at a pure object through a clouded lens.

About this edition

• Publisher: Buddhist Publication Society,Sri Lanka
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 955240035X
• ISBN 13: 9789552400353
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 76