Practicing the jhānas
By: Stephen Snyder and Tina Rasmussen.
Contributors: Rasmussen, Tina.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Shambhala
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 147
ISBN-13: 9781590307335
Subjects: Śamatha (Buddhism)
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: History of the jhānas; title: Samatha practice: the purification of mind; title: Foundational understandings; title: Skillful effort from first sit to first jhānas; title: Material jhānas one through four and related practices; title: Immaterial jhānas five through eight and related practices; title: The sublime abidings and protective meditations; title: Four elements meditation; title: The Buddha as our role model.