Tina Rasmussen, Stephen Snyder (jhanasadvice.com); Dhr. Seven, Wisdom Quarterly
What is concentration-meditation and jhana practice?
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Meditative absorption (jhana or dhyana) practice is an ancient type of serenity-concentration
meditation (samatha) that predates written history as a method to purify
the mind/heart.
It was taught to the Buddha by his teachers, and he practiced
and taught the absorptions throughout his teachings. It is a practice that was so
important to him that entering the absorptions was his first act that led him from severe austerities to a path of happiness to enlightenment. Siddhartha soon became the Buddha. His last act before reclining into final nirvana, exiting samsara and thereby making an end of all rebirth and suffering, was also entering the absorptions.
Burmese meditation master and scholar-monk Ven. Pa Auk Sayadaw is considered by many to be the leading
Buddhist jhana teacher alive today. Tina Rasmussen and Stephen Snyder
were taught personally by the Ven. Pa Auk Sayadaw, who then authorized
them as the first Western lay people to teach the serenity (samatha) practices as
the Sayadaw taught them.
Their book, Practicing the Jhanas,
is an accessible and direct experiential account of samatha practice. It has been endorsed by the Sayadaw, Joseph Goldstein (Insight Meditation Society), Guy
Armstrong, Richard Shankman, Rick Hanson, and others, and was republished
by Shambhala Publications.
- Retreats
- Daylong intensives
- Dharma talks at your location
- One-on-one spiritual guidance
- Free downloads of Dharma talks on jhana practice
American teachers Rasmussen and Snyder offer several services to meditation practitioners interested in the
samatha practices of which the jhanas or absorptions are a part. Their services are for
both experienced meditators interested in deepening their concentration
practice as well as new meditators beginning a concentration practice. More
- Practicing The Jhanas: Traditional Concentration Meditation as Presented by the Venerable Pa Auk Sayadaw (147 page paperback published by Shambhala Publications)
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