What is the first jhana of early Buddhism? We'll look first at the idea of jhana and its role in the Buddha's search for enlightenment. Then we'll turn to the definition of the first jhana, what its various terms might mean, and finally we'll look at one simile the Buddha used to describe it.
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✅ Videos mentioned:
How Deep Should Buddhist Meditation Get? The Question of Jhana -- https://youtu.be/2DotdUIO8iM
The Five Hindrances to Meditation: "Armies of Māra" -- https://youtu.be/dBdfBHkCTIQ
✅ Suttas mentioned:
https://suttacentral.net/sn45.8/en/sujato
https://suttacentral.net/mn39/en/sujato
https://suttacentral.net/an10.72/en/sujato
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00:00 Intro
01:40 Historical background
04:25 Controversies over how to understand jhāna
05:38 Definition of the first jhāna
07:03 The role of the hindrances
09:25 Seclusion
10:16 Pīti and sukha
11:29 Vitakka and vicāra
14:21 The simile for the first jhāna
15:24 Role of “form” or the body
16:26 Active nature of the state
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