come to the office, finish commute-coffee, read about #jhana/concentration-meditation, notice a few more precious wrong notions clinging to my skin. realize, yet again again again again, how fucking little i know. off to the 'wellness room' to sit in the dark and cry-i-think and see if i can imagine a more musical universe and go live there; another weekday morning

@lyam23

Thank you. You may know, there are some different approaches. I learned the more or less "hardcore" Visuddhimagga style.

I have ~30 min YouTube discussion of #jhāna here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XjEGeStJfY

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Jeg dropper ordet #meditation fra min profil og hashtag. Det er ikke Rodin, Decartes eller #mindfulness

Måske er det bedst med pali #bhavana, på engelsk “cultivation” eller “development”. En disciplin, en træning, som at #løbe.

Eller #jhana, som senere bliver til #zen i Japan. “Jhayati”, siger Buddhaer til sine lyttere en gang i mellem: “go, do jhana”. Kunne godt være “gå og jhaner!” på dansk.

If you have some degree of #Buddhist insight, say, to the extent of very roughly understanding how to practice in line with the duties associated with 4NT as described in SN 56.11, you may find this incredible #jhana retreat by #robburbea very fruitful. I have.

https://dharmaseed.org/retreats/4496/

There is also a transcript of the retreat:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VFtEWc9ARmRckElM01Z-yLWeptAodLGG/view

#Buddhism #meditation #dharma #dhamma

Starting a 10 day silent retreat tomorrow, working a few shifts in the kitchen as well. Great way to go through the holidays. Hoping to practice #metta as a #samatha practice.

Happy healthy New Year to all!

#mindfulness #meditation #vipassana #itsapractice #jhana

Starting a 10 day silent retreat tomorrow, working a few shifts in the kitchen as well. Great way to go through the holidays. Hoping to practice #metta as a #samatha practice.

Happy healthy New Year to all!

#mindfulness #meditation #vipassana #itsapractice #jhana

As I attempt to practice #metta I am reminded of that Charles Bukowski quote "Yeah, I like people. But I like them better when they are not around"

Maybe it was the girl smoking a cigarette up wind from me while gabbing away on her cell phone. Anyway, back to radiating love to everyone without discrimination.

#mindfulness #meditation #itsapractice #vipassana #jhana

As I attempt to practice #metta I am reminded of that Charles Bukowski quote "Yeah, I like people. But I like them better when they are not around"

Maybe it was the girl smoking a cigarette up wind from me while gabbing away on her cell phone. Anyway, back to radiating love to everyone without discrimination.

#mindfulness #meditation #itsapractice #vipassana #jhana

May you all have a happy Tuesday.

Today I will repeat "may you be happy, healthy, peaceful and free" over and over again while bringing people to mind and while looking at the people around me. Just like the sun shines equally on everyone.

#itsapractice #metta #mindfulness #mindful #vipassana #meditation #jhana

May you all have a happy Tuesday.

Today I will repeat "may you be happy, healthy, peaceful and free" over and over again while bringing people to mind and while looking at the people around me. Just like the sun shines equally on everyone.

#itsapractice #metta #mindfulness #mindful #vipassana #meditation #jhana

I've updated my lengthy blogpost surveying the conflicting views about jhana. Exploring this and writing about it has been a way for me to put down some of my doubt and indecision around this area of the path. I'm not saying it's case closed, but I feel happy with my relationship to these questions, and with how I'm walking the path. May it help someone else, or spark questions, but please hold what I've written lightly. https://www.almostcomposed.com/2022/10/mapping-the-jhana-controversy/

#Jhana #Dharma #Buddhism #Meditation

I received a long hug this morning from an old friend who is very open and it showed me how closed (relatively) I am. Hard to fully relax and open, but that's the practice I'm undertaking at the moment.

I'll let you know how things progress

#metta #meditation #mindfulness #vipassana #jhana #itsapractice

It's been a long busy week. Looking forward to a quiet night and quiet weekend. Not going to fill my time with activities or look for things to do. Instead I'll relax into the present moment and let go of the need to be or do anything at all!

May you have a happy #mindful weekend!

#meditation #mindfulness #vipassana #itsapractice #metta #jhana

#Pelagius #Pelagianism #discursivemeditation #jhana #dwpasulka #danmerkur #WTStace #panpsychism #Śūnyatā #lankavatara