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What are the 8 jhanas in Buddhism?

What are the 8 jhanas in Buddhism?

FromBright On Buddhism


What are the 8 jhanas in Buddhism?

FromBright On Buddhism

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23 minutes
Released:
Oct 14, 2022
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Bright on Buddhism Episode 42 - What are the 4 rupajhanas? What are the 4 arupajhanas? How do they function in the context of meditation?
Resources: Kevin Trainor: Buddhism: An Illustrated Guide; Donald Lopez: Norton Anthology of World Religions: Buddhism; Chan Master Sheng Yen: Orthodox Chinese Buddhism; Robert E Buswell: Encyclopedia of Buddhism: Zen; Dhyana; Jhana; Arbel, Keren (2017), Early Buddhist Meditation: The Four Jhanas as the Actualization of Insight, Routledge, doi:10.4324/9781315676043, ISBN 9781317383994; Bronkhorst, Johannes (1993), The Two Traditions Of Meditation In Ancient India, Motilal Banarsidass Publ.; Bucknell, Robert S. (1993), "Reinterpreting the Jhanas", Journal of the International Association of Buddhist Studies, 16 (2); Gethin, Rupert (1992), The Buddhist Path to Awakening, OneWorld Publications; Gethin, Rupert (2004), "On the Practice of Buddhist Meditation According to the Pali Nikayas and Exegetical Sources", Buddhismus in Geschichte und Gegenwart, 9: 201–21; Lusthaus, Dan (2002), Buddhist Phenomenology: A Philosophical Investigation of Yogacara Buddhism and the Ch'eng Wei-shih Lun, Routledge; Stuart-Fox, Martin (1989), "Jhana and Buddhist Scholasticism", Journal of the International Association of Buddhist Studies, 12 (2); Henepola Gunaratana, Jhanas in Theravada Buddhist Meditation; Ajahn Brahmavamso, Travelogue to the four Jhanas; Ajahn Brahmavamso, The Jhanas; Thanissaro Bhikkhu, Jhana not by the numbers; Bhante Vimalaramsi Mahāthera, MN 111 One by One as They Occurred – Anupada Sutta. Dhamma-Talks on the Anupada-Sutta. This provides a highly detailed account of the progression through the jhānas.; Sutta-style jhanas: a western phenomenon?, Dhamma Wheel; Nagarjuna, Commentary in the Four Dhyanas; Leigh Breighton, Interpretations of the Jhanas
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Nick Bright: Script, Cover Art, Music, Voice of Hearer, Co-Host
Proven Paradox: Editing, mixing and mastering, social media, Voice of Hermit, Co-Host

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Released:
Oct 14, 2022
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Welcome to Bright on Buddhism, a podcast where we discuss and explain topics of Buddhism in a casual, conversational, question and answer setting. My name is Nick Bright, scholar of East Asian Buddhism. I am currently studying for my Master’s degree in Religion at the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign, where I am specializing in pre-modern Japanese Buddhist architecture history. I have researched topics such as Japanese Buddhist responses to the Covid-19 pandemic, Buddhist Haiku poetry, and the Japanese history of science and religion. I will be joined by my friend Proven Paradox.