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"This is the entire spiritual life, Ananda, that is, good friendship, good companionship, good comradeship. When a monk has a good friend, a good companion, a good comrade, it is to be expected that he will develop and cultivate the Noble Eightfold Path.”
~ The Buddha
SN 45:2

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Books

The Jhanas in Theravada Buddhist Meditation

Bhante Gunaratana

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This is a greatly abridged version of The Path of Serenity and Insight, geared to establishing a jhana mdiation practice through an exposition of the necessary preliminary factors and the attainment of the first jhana. The higher jhanas and role of jhana in the noble disciple are also discussed.

Wheel Publication No: 351/353, 76 pages
Buddhist Publication Society, 1998

Currently out of print

Available for reading online at
accesstoinsight.org

Available for reading online at
accesstoinsight.org