Right Concentration
A Practical Guide to the Jhanas
$39.06
- Paperback
256 pages
- Release Date
2 November 2015
Summary
The Buddhist jhanas—successive states of deep focus or meditative absorption—demystified. A very practical guidebook for meditators for navigating their way through these states of bliss and concentration.
One of the elements of the Eightfold Path is Right Concentration—the one-pointedness of mind that, together with ethics, livelihood, meditation, and more, leads to the ultimate freedom from suffering. So how does one achieve Right Concentration? According to the Buddha himself, the …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781611802696 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1611802695 |
| Author: | Leigh Brasington |
| Publisher: | Shambhala Publications Inc |
| Imprint: | Shambhala Publications Inc |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 2 November 2015 |
| Weight: | 397g |
| Dimensions: | 228mm x 153mm x 19mm |
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Critics Review
“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
About The Author
Leigh Brasington
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.
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