[Page updated 17 February 2025] I’ve been asked about how someone might go about setting up a self-directed meditation retreat at the forest monastery in Southern Thailand called Wat Suan Mokkh (Mokkhabalaram) in the past. In Thai, the temple name means “Garden of Liberation” and it was founded by Buddhadasa Bhikku in 1932. It is … Read more
Here are some things that I have learned over the years that may help you to reach the deep Jonas. Please understand that without the full process or another process that works, you will not be able to enter these states of mind using only these tips. 20 Tips to Help You Attain Deep Jhana
There are a couple of ways to look at this. A couple of situations are ideal for reaching the Deep Jhanas. 1. Meditators who have followed a simple practice of meditating on the breath or the feeling of breath at the nose can be ideal candidates. 2. Advanced meditators who have tried for decades and … Read more
Leigh Breisington gathered a number of meditation teachers’ perspectives on the Jhanas and put them in one rather short article just to show some of the major differences between teachings. It becomes quite obvious as you read below that everyone has their own perspective on the Jhanas based on what they have either experienced directly, … Read more
(an email I replied to someone) It doesn’t really matter, you know? My path wasn’t like anyone else’s that I know of. You should also find your own path. What someone else did should only be important to you as you create your own practice and decide what you will and won’t do. Try some … Read more
Chatting with a friend I began writing him a response to his question about what my plans are in 2025 and are they quite huge? I wrote: hmmm… you know, high level meditation is a blessing and a curse. It’s a curse to the individual who previously had outrageous ambitions. Who had no limits. Who … Read more
Buddhagosa outlined a path to the deep jhanas that few have heard of and fewer still have tried. Even fewer have actually experienced what it was he was talking about. Here is my shortened Step-by-Step path for helping you enter the deep Jhanas. First Step to Deep Jhana Second Step to Deep Jhana Third Step … Read more
Jhana has been portrayed as some almost mythical place that resides in the human mind and is expressed only through a relentless pursuit of it, without pursuing it. Some Jhana teachers will tell you that if you seek it, you won’t find it. If you do anything to get there you won’t get there. Jhana … Read more