Shambhala Publications has released a new and revised version of the breakthrough book Jhanas Advice! It is available now from Shambhala and will soon be available on other sites and in bookstores by December 1, 2009. Under a new title with a new cover there is also new content in the chapter on "First Sit to First Jhana." Practicing the Jhanas
The book was presented to Ven. Pa Auk Sayadaw a few weeks ago by the authors, Stephen Snyder and Tina Rasmussen, as he sojourns in California in restricted retreat. The authors have a December meditation retreat scheduled, which is about two thirds full at this time. It is taking place at Cloud Mountain retreat center.
