Hello,

P: "This is ver[y] interesting: could there be two possible senses of
jhaana (meditation, as is jhayatha bhikkhave, as dhyana or absorption)?

"How can we know the context?"

Forgive me, I'm a total beginner and so can't say much. I think I was
looking at the Paali because I can't makes sense of what seemed to be
the instruction to remain in "jhaana" all the time. Understood as
"jhaana" as the meditative absorption, which I also understand
precludes discursive thought when so absorbed, I couldn't understand.
I thought there must be other senses of jhaana, then, such that one
could be "in" it while going through one's day.

Sincerely,

Scott.