Preparing for the Jhanas
There are a couple of basics you need to do in preparation for reaching the Jhana states in your meditation sessions. Some of these activities can be done well before your meditation…
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10 Common Problems in Entering Jhana (and help)
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…
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Can Jhana Meditation Practice Be Dangerous?
This was a question I received the other day during a coaching call, and to be honest I wasn’t sure what to say. A meditation practice of focusing on the breath can…
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1 in 1 Million Reach Jhana?
I have been speaking to some of my students about the difficulty in reaching Jhana – the Visuddhimagga Jhanas – and I’ve been trying to figure out different ways to help people…
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Jhana Is Vast and Empty Space – Jhana Poem 1
I love poetry, but I think it often comes out bland and tacky. I don’t like the rhyming scheme so much, but sometimes it adds to a poem. I try it here,…
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Deep Jhana Meditation – the Udemy Course
I’ve been working off and on to create a Deep Jhana Meditation Course at Udemy. I think the value I can give through hours of video in a course like this is…
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How Does Deep Jhana Meditation Change You?
This is a post I’ve been thinking of writing for a long time. I am constantly telling students I coach to be aware of the changes that happen as they meditate, but…
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Various Perspectives on the Jhanas
Leigh Breisington gathered a number of Jhana 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…
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Jhana Retreats – Where To Find One?
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…
