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Brahmaviharas A place to specifically discuss the practice of the Divine Abodes of Loving-kindness, Sympathetic Joy, Compassion and Equanimity.	0	17	135	RSS (Opens New Window)
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A General, All Purpose Jhana Thread		Ian And	35	102792	Date: 10/26/10 12:49 AM By: Ian And	RSS (Opens New Window)
Does this style of mantra meditation exist?	Waiting for an Answer	Griffin	2	193	Date: 1/13/21 11:01 PM By: Siavash	RSS (Opens New Window)
24 hours in fourth jhana		A. Dietrich Ringle	9	1044	Date: 1/6/21 2:45 PM By: Oatmilk	RSS (Opens New Window)
How to transition to jhana with kasina practice	Waiting for an Answer	Colin	1	244	Date: 1/3/21 6:36 PM By: Colin	RSS (Opens New Window)
Jhana Instructions from 17th Century England		ultrahumanist	8	1046	Date: 12/15/20 2:45 AM By: ultrahumanist	RSS (Opens New Window)
John's Practice Thread		John Hooper	17	5498	Date: 12/12/20 11:43 AM By: John Hooper	RSS (Opens New Window)
Strong sense of self (what was that?)	Waiting for an Answer	Martin	6	654	Date: 12/6/20 11:59 PM By: Martin	RSS (Opens New Window)
Difference between Shamatha nd Annapannassatti	Waiting for an Answer	Sam Gentile	11	1084	Date: 11/25/20 11:24 AM By: Angel Roberto Puente	RSS (Opens New Window)
TM as Concentration Practice?	Resolved	Paul Anthony	25	21594	Date: 11/9/20 12:48 PM By: Mariam	RSS (Opens New Window)
Trouble entering jhana after previous effortless access	Waiting for an Answer	Andy	8	1143	Date: 11/2/20 10:09 AM By: Mathew Poskus	RSS (Opens New Window)
Some reflections on the use(lesness) of Counting your Breaths	Waiting for an Answer	Tim	7	1133	Date: 11/1/20 4:31 PM By: Martin	RSS (Opens New Window)
Breathwork Piti - Oxygen deprivation		Aaron Baron	5	900	Date: 10/29/20 11:20 PM By: Jim Smith	RSS (Opens New Window)
How to Create a self-Locking Meditation Cell.		Christie	4	899	Date: 10/28/20 6:42 PM By: Ni Nurta	RSS (Opens New Window)
Soft Jhana Thread		Jim Smith	64	18631	Date: 10/17/20 8:08 AM By: Jim Smith	RSS (Opens New Window)
How to concentrate in slow brainwaves, such as theta and delta?		Foo	5	1103	Date: 10/10/20 2:39 PM By: Nirasanka	RSS (Opens New Window)
Introducing My Practise + recent dramatic improvement	Waiting for an Answer	Daniel	3	865	Date: 10/5/20 12:57 AM By: Daniel	RSS (Opens New Window)
Kindergarten Question	Waiting for an Answer	Bill	14	1235	Date: 9/28/20 12:40 AM By: terry	RSS (Opens New Window)
Sensations spilling into everyday life	Waiting for an Answer	Kim	10	1298	Date: 9/23/20 5:42 PM By: David Matte	RSS (Opens New Window)
Samyama in yoga - Jhana	Waiting for an Answer	Joshua, the solitary	9	7682	Date: 9/17/20 11:00 AM By: VictoryKing Lord Julian Saint	RSS (Opens New Window)
The Path and Concentration	Waiting for an Answer	Kelly Gordon Weeks	8	1145	Date: 9/9/20 10:36 PM By: Kelly Gordon Weeks	RSS (Opens New Window)
3rd Jhana Confusion	Waiting for an Answer	Kelly Gordon Weeks	8	1372	Date: 8/23/20 2:16 PM By: Ben Sulsky	RSS (Opens New Window)
Which tradition uses mind as meditation object?		Sam	23	5142	Date: 8/5/20 3:54 AM By: James	RSS (Opens New Window)
Looking for Great Concentration Resources	Resolved	Sam Gentile	15	2264	Date: 8/3/20 10:47 AM By: Sam Gentile	RSS (Opens New Window)
Introducing myself + need some advice :)		Louis Joel	12	2051	Date: 7/22/20 10:55 AM By: Sam Gentile	RSS (Opens New Window)
Monstrously long podcast with Daniel Ingram		Niels Lyngsø	14	2391	Date: 7/20/20 1:09 PM By: Siavash	RSS (Opens New Window)
Dreaming about concentration		a my les	11	1602	Date: 7/10/20 10:27 AM By: a my les	RSS (Opens New Window)
Variations in Strength of Jhana in the Abhidharmasamuccaya		WPCK	4	1305	Date: 6/29/20 10:24 AM By: Eric B	RSS (Opens New Window)
Recording some jhana phenomenology		Not two, not one	1	868	Date: 6/26/20 4:35 AM By: Not two, not one	RSS (Opens New Window)
Using Concentration Meditation to succeed in life?		Shawn Ryan	18	2845	Date: 6/23/20 11:23 PM By: Shawn Ryan	RSS (Opens New Window)
Still point		spatial	17	2841	Date: 6/21/20 10:10 AM By: Olivier	RSS (Opens New Window)
Trouble Reaching Access Concentration		Addison	16	2982	Date: 6/17/20 9:17 AM By: TJ	RSS (Opens New Window)
Fire Kasina		Kenneth D Schlueter	3	1161	Date: 6/15/20 10:09 AM By: Kenneth D Schlueter	RSS (Opens New Window)
Inner Spontaneous Sound as Support		StillJustJames	4	2359	Date: 6/8/20 1:41 PM By: StillJustJames	RSS (Opens New Window)
Jhana Burnout		Konstantin Freiberg	11	2210	Date: 5/28/20 10:28 PM By: Brian	RSS (Opens New Window)
Y'all think we could enter Jhana and win these competitions?		Bailey .	3	1313	Date: 5/27/20 6:40 PM By: Jim Smith	RSS (Opens New Window)
Brow-ridge pain with concentration		Brandon Dayton	6	1583	Date: 5/26/20 7:54 AM By: agnostic	RSS (Opens New Window)
Leigh Brasington: Don't breathe?		Jack	21	6104	Date: 4/29/20 3:16 AM By: Tim Farrington	RSS (Opens New Window)
Fire Kasina Retreat		Daniel M. Ingram	72	49854	Date: 4/24/20 8:25 PM By: A. Dietrich Ringle	RSS (Opens New Window)
jhana question		julien tempone wiltshire	11	3082	Date: 4/15/20 10:45 PM By: Jim Smith	RSS (Opens New Window)
It's fine to grease the wheels with extra jhana during this bizarre time		Steph	20	3865	Date: 4/13/20 6:03 AM By: Bill T	RSS (Opens New Window)
Jhanas and sense of self		spatial	104	7118	Date: 4/2/20 10:37 AM By: Linda ”Polly Ester” Ö	RSS (Opens New Window)
Opportunities with a Jhana-like state		Brandon Dayton	1	806	Date: 3/30/20 10:07 AM By: Brandon Dayton	RSS (Opens New Window)
Kasina Disc/ Chicken Hearding		Dustin	11	1606	Date: 3/10/20 11:10 PM By: Dustin	RSS (Opens New Window)
Is this sufficient for developing the first 4 Jhanas?	Waiting for an Answer	Right Effort	8	1403	Date: 3/8/20 9:44 PM By: Right Effort	RSS (Opens New Window)
How do you balancing Reading & Practice		Right Effort	3	953	Date: 3/5/20 12:07 AM By: Linda ”Polly Ester” Ö	RSS (Opens New Window)
Boundless-time (jhana)?		Mike Smirnoff	4	1345	Date: 2/8/20 3:08 AM By: Che Guebuddha	RSS (Opens New Window)
Leaving meditation early		A. Dietrich Ringle	3	1251	Date: 2/6/20 12:00 PM By: A. Dietrich Ringle	RSS (Opens New Window)
Hiding in the Spectral Witness Plane		Bardo	20	3165	Date: 2/2/20 9:38 PM By: Bardo	Actions Permissions RSS (Opens New Window) Move to the Recycle Bin
In Need of Good Fire Kasina Candles!	Waiting for an Answer	Monsoon Frog	8	2785	Date: 1/28/20 12:24 PM By: Bardo	RSS (Opens New Window)
Inner lights, getting crazy		Gregor	3	1323	Date: 1/23/20 7:34 AM By: Gregor	RSS (Opens New Window)
Hesychasm		Matthew Jon Rousseau	9	2282	Date: 12/20/19 11:57 AM By: Matthew Jon Rousseau	RSS (Opens New Window)
Using Pranayama to access Jhana		Rumblebuffen	1	1074	Date: 12/19/19 10:06 PM By: Rumblebuffen	RSS (Opens New Window)
Jhana afterglow		Matthew Jon Rousseau	3	1408	Date: 12/13/19 12:39 PM By: Ian And	RSS (Opens New Window)
Fear Arising	Waiting for an Answer	adam Girouard	3	1181	Date: 12/5/19 1:28 AM By: adam Girouard	RSS (Opens New Window)
Dipa Ma's Concentration Practice	Waiting for an Answer	Dixon Hill	8	2344	Date: 12/4/19 1:13 PM By: Jake Frankfurt Middenhall	RSS (Opens New Window)
Jhana Question (Shaking)		Andy	7	1830	Date: 12/3/19 10:41 PM By: Andy	RSS (Opens New Window)
Guided meditation	Waiting for an Answer	Matthew Jon Rousseau	5	1676	Date: 12/2/19 9:21 AM By: Matthew Jon Rousseau	RSS (Opens New Window)
Form to Formless		Michial N	9	2206	Date: 12/1/19 10:58 PM By: Jake Frankfurt Middenhall	RSS (Opens New Window)
Concentration practice	Waiting for an Answer	Christopher Kit Maddox	7	2348	Date: 11/30/19 12:50 PM By: Zero	Actions RSS (Opens New Window) Move to the Recycle Bin
How is the PoI different for jhana practitioners?	Waiting for an Answer	Matthijs van Leeuwen	3	1268	Date: 11/28/19 11:45 AM By: Noah D	RSS (Opens New Window)
Can samatha focus help ADD and low dopamine?		Fred Andreas Ligaard	17	3178	Date: 11/24/19 2:53 PM By: Linda ”Polly Ester” Ö	RSS (Opens New Window)
Is goenka a cult?	Waiting for an Answer	Matthew Jon Rousseau	20	3957	Date: 11/24/19 6:55 AM By: Linda ”Polly Ester” Ö	RSS (Opens New Window)
measuring concentration with Sustained Attention Response Task (SART)?		Daniel Long Sockwell	1	1005	Date: 11/21/19 12:57 PM By: Daniel Long Sockwell	RSS (Opens New Window)
2 1 hour sittings dont cut it		Matthew Jon Rousseau	15	3779	Date: 11/21/19 9:18 AM By: Linda ”Polly Ester” Ö	RSS (Opens New Window)
Heart rate or other biometrics during concentration (jhānas)	Waiting for an Answer	Daniel Long Sockwell	7	2121	Date: 11/19/19 10:41 PM By: Dada Kind	RSS (Opens New Window)
Mantra: Setting yourself up for success		Jack	5	1894	Date: 11/19/19 7:18 PM By: Jack	RSS (Opens New Window)
Noting in anapasati practice		Matthew Jon Rousseau	4	1327	Date: 11/19/19 3:45 AM By: Jim Smith	RSS (Opens New Window)
What should I do next to achieve jhana	Waiting for an Answer	Matthew Jon Rousseau	5	1681	Date: 11/15/19 11:34 AM By: Matthew Jon Rousseau	RSS (Opens New Window)
Actionlessness		Lasse	1	871	Date: 11/14/19 6:03 PM By: Lasse	RSS (Opens New Window)
Anupada Sutta		Not two, not one	33	6298	Date: 11/14/19 11:34 AM By: Linda ”Polly Ester” Ö	RSS (Opens New Window)
jhana and equanimity		Brian	2	967	Date: 11/14/19 4:17 AM By: Matthew Jon Rousseau	RSS (Opens New Window)
OK GUYS IM JOINING .MCTB NOW MY MAIN TEXT FOR LIVING		Matthew Jon Rousseau	5	1580	Date: 11/9/19 12:41 PM By: Daniel M. Ingram	RSS (Opens New Window)
Silly jhana question	Resolved	Matthew Jon Rousseau	7	1440	Date: 11/8/19 4:14 PM By: Dustin	RSS (Opens New Window)
How would someone describe acess concentration	Waiting for an Answer	Matthew Jon Rousseau	9	1640	Date: 11/7/19 12:59 AM By: Linda ”Polly Ester” Ö	RSS (Opens New Window)
Are these glimpses of concentration	Resolved	Matthew Jon Rousseau	5	1214	Date: 10/31/19 11:59 AM By: Mista Tibbs	RSS (Opens New Window)

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