Re: Common Misconceptions of Jhana

Dear Friends,

I understand that the Dhamma is profound, it cannot be understood
intellectually. It has to be experienced, the Buddha had spelt out
an easy way to experience dhamma. The misconceptions come from
trying to evaluate and explain the dhamma. Meditation is therefore
the only way and Vipassana followed by Samatha, prepares the
meditator for the profound experience of dhamma. This is how I see
it.

with metta,
Hasituppada

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--- In Pali@yahoogroups.com, "rjkjp1" <rjkjp1@...> wrote:
> --- In Pali@yahoogroups.com, "hasituppada" <hasituppada@...>
wrote:
> >
> > Dear Jeff,
> >
> > I agree with you. Samatha and Vipassana go hand in hand. One
who
> > can initially get into deep samadhi, can easily progress to
> > absorptions. Buddha's teaching is simple and he made it clear
to
> > every one. It is we who try to make it difficult. >..
> ... If meditation is properly followed the Buddha says in
> Satipatthana
> > Sutta, one can attain nibbana not in seven years or seven months
> but
> > in seven days.
> --------------------------
> Dear Hasituppada,
>
> Majjhima nikaya 26, the Ariyapariyesana-
> sutta
> "This Dhamma which I have
> realised is indeed profound, difficult to perceive, difficult to
> comprehend..."
> Perhaps when we think it is not so hard that is
> the time to be concerned. It may be mana or subtle attasanna (self)
> that is thinking like that.
>
> The true path is subtle and one can go very wrong by mistaking
> strange experiences that come with concentrating as signs of
> progress.
>
> The Anguttara Nikaya Book of the tens XI (iii) 103 Wrongness
> From wrong effort proceeds wrong mindfulness; from that wrong
> concentration. From wrong concentration proceeds wrong knowledge.
> From wrong knowledge proceeds wrong release......
>
> massa micchaasati pahoti, micchaasatissa micchaasamaadhi pahoti,
> micchaasamaadhissa micchaa~naa.na.m pahoti, micchaa~naa.nissa ‚04
> micchaavimutti pahoti. Eva.m kho, bhikkhave, micchatta.m aagamma
> viraadhanaa hoti, no aaraadhanaa.
>
> RobertK