This is a transcript of a video by Bhante G. I did my best. I have another page about What Is Jhana. What Is Jhana? Transcript of Henepola Gunaratana Note – please keep in mind, the following is an attempt at transcribing his exact words. It was difficult, and he doesn’t’ so much explain what…
OK, as you can see here at Jhana8, we’ve been creating numerous ways to help you learn how to enter the Deep Jhanas and Perfect Concentration. Some people prefer books. Some like videos. Others want to chat face to face via Jhana Coaching. Now you have access to another option – our 3-Day online ‘Deep…
According to early Buddhist texts, the Buddha (Siddhartha Gautama) entered the Jhanas on the night of his enlightenment. These states purified his mind and allowed him to develop insight, which led to the realization of nibbana (enlightenment). Aterward, he often meditated in the Jhanas and taught his followers that Jhana was an essential part of…
I was looking through some of my links and found one to a guest post I did for Life Optimizer a while back on “happiness”. The founder of that positivity blog asked if I could write a post about happiness/joy that he might publish. I very rarely (never really) write for any other websites, so…
Jhana Meditation Retreats Having experienced the Jhanas since 1997-1998, I can’t recall ever seeing a Jhana meditation retreat offered by anyone. Of course, I don’t go looking for them but on a coaching call this morning a student asked if I knew of any Jhana retreats in the Southeast Asia area. I didn’t. It led…
Entering Jhana during your meditation session may be elusive for many of you. Maybe all of you. It’s something that occurs naturally, but sometimes we fight it, we fear it, we question what we’re supposed to be doing and Jhana remains just out of reach. When we question the good process we already have –…
