Hi Dieter,
could you be a bit more explicit:
what is the Pali word for “absorbed” , and can you mention a sutta, an exact place if possible, where is told what you say?
Metta,
Gerard

From: Dieter Moeller
Sent: Monday, January 07, 2013 3:54 AM
To: Pali@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Fwd: Re: [Pali] All of that is considered JhÄ?na ?


wondering why my message didn't come through..

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Von: "Dieter Moeller" mailto:Kalama%40gmx.net>
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Hi Gerard,

you wrote:

"Interesting in this connection are the ideas about meditation and jhana of the American monk Vimalaramsi (dhammasukha.org).

According to him the idea of jhana as absorption, or even, concentration meditation, which is, in vipassana-circles, the common vue, is utterly false. It is based on the commentaries, he says, in particular on the Visuddhimagga, but not on the Sutta’s."

D: I wonder whether he put it this way, as it is obvious according to the suttas , that within the first Jhana the 5 senses media is absorbed , and in the second , the 6xt sense .

with Metta Dieter

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> Datum: Sat, 5 Jan 2013 11:58:47 +0100
> Von: "Gerard" mailto:gmblok%40xs4all.nl>
> An: mailto:Pali%40yahoogroups.com
> Betreff: Re: [Pali] All of that is considered Jhāna ?

> Interesting in this connection are the ideas about meditation and jhana of
> the American monk Vimalaramsi (dhammasukha.org).
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> According to him the idea of jhana as absorption, or even, concentration
> meditation, which is, in vipassana-circles, the common vue, is utterly
> false. It is based on the commentaries, he says, in particular on the
> Visuddhimagga, but not on the Sutta’s.
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> Metta,
>
> Gerard Blok,
> Amsterdam
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> From: Kumara Bhikkhu
> Sent: Saturday, January 05, 2013 9:06 AM
> To: mailto:Pali%40yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [Pali] All of that is considered Jhāna ?
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> The reason is clear to me, since (for me) jhana simply means meditation.
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> I've included this in my book on jhana and
> samadhi. It's still growing as more evidences and
> ideas to connect them come up. I hope I don't spend my whole life on this!
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> Frank K wrote thus at 08:11 AM 22-12-12:
> >Dear Pali friends,
> >
> >This part is interesting.
> >I'm reading B.Bodhi's new AN translations book right now.
> >
> >from AN 1.382 to AN 1.554, it seems to qualify many activities as being
> >"jhāna",
> >for example, AN 1.382 - AN 1.393
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