Jhana Training Manual

<p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Advancing from Mindfulness to Deep Meditation</strong></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>This manual provides comprehensive practical guidance for developing the </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>jhanas</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> (profoundly serene and blissful states of meditative concentration) potentially all the way to the cessation of perception and feeling (</span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>nirodha samapatti</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>) - the highest meditative attainment possible according to the early Buddhist scriptures.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>The manual is designed for mind training in </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>meditation retreat</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> settings and includes </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>on- and off-the-cushion </strong><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>practical advice for the following practices:</span></p><ul><li><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Mindfulness</strong></li><li><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Four jhanas</strong></li><li><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Four formless attainments</strong></li><li><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Cessation of perception and feeling (<em>nirodha samapatti</em>)</strong></li></ul><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>It is </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>suitable for anyone</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> aspiring to go beyond basic mindfulness on a meditation retreat. The mindfulness techniques can also be applied in regular meditation practice at home.</span></p>