🌱 Today’s #DailySutta:

AN 8.71 Paṭhamasaddhāsutta: Inspiring All Around (1st)

“A mendicant who has these eight qualities is impressive all around……”

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"The #jhanas are a series of eight (or nine) altered mental states, which progress from euphoria, to calm, to dissolution of reality – culminating in cessation, or loss of consciousness. They are induced via sustained concentration, without any external stimuli or substances. This is a practical guide on how to do them yourself."

by @nayafia

https://nadia.xyz/jhanas

🌱 Today’s #DailySutta:

AN 9.41 Tapussa Sutta: To Tapussa (On Renunciation)

“My heart leaped up at renunciation, grew confident, steadfast, & released, seeing it as peace.…”

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MN 111 Anupadasutta: One by One

“Sāriputta rightly keeps rolling the supreme Wheel of Dhamma that was rolled forth by the Realized One.…”

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"A tech start-up is now trying to make the jhanas accessible to almost anyone, at almost any time."

The Atlantic:
The Meditation Start-Up That's Selling Bliss on Demand

"Here come the Jhana bros."
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2024/03/jhana-bliss-helmet-startup/677614/

🌱 Today’s #DailySutta:

SN 21.1 Kolitasutta: Kolita

“It is said, “noble silence, noble silence.” What now is noble silence?…”

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🌱 Today’s #DailySutta:

AN 7.67 Nagaropamasutta: The Simile of the Citadel

“A citadel has a gatekeeper who is astute, competent, and intelligent.…”

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Links to John’s references for his talk on November 25, 2023 about the Jhanas.

First Jhana Instruction from the late Theravada Nun Ayya Khema

2nd, 3rd and 4th Jhana Instructions from the late Theravada Nun Ayya Khema

The Jhanas by Delson Armstrong, teacher of TWIM meditation method.

Differentiating the practices of […]

https://www.clearwayzen.ca/the-rupa-form-jhans/