Sunday, August 22, 2010

Abiotic Factors Abot The Great White Shark

Jhanas


few days ago I decided to study with Gotama, so back to the suttas. I delve into what he actually said (or what remains of what he actually said) Gotama, analyze concepts, practices, and, in some way, guide me. What concepts need to be free of conditioning? What are superfluous? How is all this? In the suttas is a very detailed instruction that can help a lot ... or they can fill my head with birds.

I'll write about those I read in Forest Theravada , if you want to read it.

Coinciding with this turn, during the sitting I will focus on the study of jhana, meditative states Gotama made by way of "posts" that indicate you're on the right track. The last sitting have done quite well in this regard, but much remains to be further ...

I leave jhanas classical formulation, which is what I'm going to work:

And being well separated from the sensuality, separated from the unhealthy states of mind, he enters and remains in the first jhana, together with the initial thinking and analytical, full of rapture and pleasure born of seclusion. And all your body is soaked, washed and filled with the rapture and pleasure born of seclusion, so that there is no place in his body, which was not impregnated by the rapture and pleasure born of seclusion.

And again, the monk, appeasing the initial thinking and analytical, achieving mental calm and unification of mind, enters and remains in the second jhana. Full of rapture and pleasure born of seclusion and free initial thinking and analytical. The whole body is soaked, washed and filled with the rapture and pleasure born of seclusion, so that there is any place throughout your body, which was not impregnated by the rapture and pleasure born of seclusion.

And again, the monk, the lapse of the rapture, it remains fair, with mindfulness and clear understanding, sensitive to the feeling of pleasure, which Noble said that "Happy is he who dwells in equanimity and mindfulness "and, thus, enters and remains in the third jhana. The whole body is soaked, washed and filled with the pleasure divested of rapture.

And again, the monk, to give both pleasure and punishment, with the previous disappearance of joy and sorrows-enters and remains in the fourth jhana, which goes beyond the pleasures and pains, purified by equanimity and mindfulness. It permeates your body with purity of mind and clear conscience in such a way that there is no place in his body, which was not impregnated by this equanimity and clear conscience.

PD: Tuesday I go on retreat with Ajahn Abhinando , until Sunday, which a year ago to blog ...

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