Cultivating Brahmaviharas to enter jhana

A Dietrich Ringle, muokattu 3 Vuodet sitten at 27.7.2020 12:17
Created 3 Vuodet ago at 27.7.2020 12:17

Cultivating Brahmaviharas to enter jhana

Viestejä: 881 Liittymispäivä: 4.12.2011 Viimeisimmät viestit
Careful work has led me to abandon formal insight practice. I am still on the learning curve however and rather than getting fruition, I am substituting jhanas . There's a question of which came first that's bugging me. To whom do I address my complaint?
A Dietrich Ringle, muokattu 3 Vuodet sitten at 27.7.2020 12:23
Created 3 Vuodet ago at 27.7.2020 12:23

RE: Cultivating Brahmaviharas to enter jhana

Viestejä: 881 Liittymispäivä: 4.12.2011 Viimeisimmät viestit
Jhanas make me sleepy, but seeing that I'm on medication, maybe that's the best outcome for me considering the circumstances. 
A Dietrich Ringle, muokattu 4 Kuukautta sitten at 14.1.2024 15:43
Created 3 Vuodet ago at 18.8.2020 11:57

RE: Cultivating Brahmaviharas to enter jhana

Viestejä: 881 Liittymispäivä: 4.12.2011 Viimeisimmät viestit
What about zen? 
A Dietrich Ringle, muokattu 4 Kuukautta sitten at 14.1.2024 15:43
Created 3 Vuodet ago at 18.8.2020 12:05

RE: Cultivating Brahmaviharas to enter jhana

Viestejä: 881 Liittymispäivä: 4.12.2011 Viimeisimmät viestit
I am preparing myself for a total solar eclipse in four years. I need to know what I can take with me, metaphorically speaking.
A Dietrich Ringle, muokattu 4 Kuukautta sitten at 14.1.2024 15:43
Created 3 Vuodet ago at 18.8.2020 17:12

RE: Cultivating Brahmaviharas to enter jhana

Viestejä: 881 Liittymispäivä: 4.12.2011 Viimeisimmät viestit
I don't remember what context I was relying upon when I dilineated that strand of thought. My apologies.

Ok I remember now. I consider jhanas to include those without the progress of itsight, those hard jhanas, and brahma states of mind. So basically under this setting you have either access concentration or jhana. There's not any room for any other kind of state.

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