Foreword
Preface
Introduction
PART I - Practical Jhānas
The Preliminaries
Access Concentration
Entering the Jhānas
First Jhāna
Second Jhāna
Third Jhāna
Fourth Jhāna
The Immaterial Jhānas
PART II - Demystified Jhānas
Vitakka & Vicāra
First Jhāna
Second Jhāna
Third Jhāna
Fourth Jhāna
The Jhāna Summary
Insight Knowledge
The Immaterial States
The Cessation of Perception and Feeling
The Psychic Powers
LEIGH BRASINGTON is a teacher of Insight Meditation who was the senior American student of the late Ven. Ayya Khema, who authorized him to teach the jhanas. He has taught them, along with other insight practices, at well over one hundred residential retreats throughout the United States and Europe.
"For those interested in exploring jhana, Leigh brings many years
of skillful teaching to this accessible, clear, and helpful
guide."—Jack Kornfield, author of A Path with Heart
"Leigh Brasington presents a clear map of jhana practice as he
learned it from his teacher, Ayya Khema. As with many aspects of
the Buddha’s teachings, different traditions and lineages have
different views on what constitutes these deeper states of
concentration. Leigh offers many examples from his own experience
and from his reading of the Buddhist texts in providing a valuable
guide to this particular way of understanding and practicing
them."—Joseph Goldstein, author of Mindfulness: A Practical Guide
to Awakening
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