Jhanas: Leigh Brasington (10% Happier)

The true purpose of yoga is meditation: Meditation Sutra: Sthira Sukham Asanam

Can regular people do jhana meditation? | Leigh Brasington | Ten Percent Happier Podcast-Dan Harris

(10% Happier) What is jhana (Sanskrit dhyana) meditation? And can I do it? [What's the secret to the extent there is one? "Relaxed diligence" or balanced persistence that is happy and not overdoing it: sthira-sukha, "stiff-soft," "effort-ease," "strive-release." Relax.]

Teacher Leigh Brasington

American meditation master Leigh Brasington (LeighB.com, a successful lay student of German Jewish Theravada Buddhist nun Ayya Khema) and the famous Thai Theravada Buddhist monk Ven. Buddhadasa (meditation center: suanmokkh.org). He has been practicing meditation for decades and is one of the most prominent American teachers of the jhanas (meditative absorptions).

Right Concentration: Practical Guide to the Jhanas

The jhanas are a set of altered states of consciousness associated with profound amounts of bliss, glee, joy (piti), happiness (sukha), and ecstasy (rapture).

Entering jhana is done through meditating with intense "concentration" (stillness, focus, sustained attention, singlemindedness), and it's considered a controversial topic by some [misguided thinkers] in the Buddhist world.

Can regular people access the jhanas? Are they even real?

I was really happy then the mind paid attention.

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• Sthira-Sukha: The Fundamental Paradox of Practice
• Walking Stick Yoga: Danda Pada Yoga or "The Path of the Staff": Dr. Lori Marsh, Yogi Seven (chapter on sthira-sukha)
• Thesis | Own Your Mind (we're on too much dopamine)
• The ultimate purpose of jhana is successful vipassana

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Yoga with a staff for better balance and stillness

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• Alan Watts (bend); Leigh Brasington (leighb.com), Dan Harris (YouTube, Aug. 12, 2023); Dhr. Seven, Amber Larson, Sayalay Aloka and Mom (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly