Overview
States of profound meditative concentration, the jhÄnas are central to the earliest Buddhist teachings. For centuries in Southeast Asia, oral yogÄvacara (yoga practitioner) lineages kept traditional jhÄna practices alive, but in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, reforms in TheravÄda Buddhism downplayed the importance of jhÄna in favor of vipassanÄ (insight) meditation. Some began to consider the jhÄnas to be strictly the domain of monastics, unattainable in the context of modern lay life. In recent years, however, there has been a resurgence of interest in the jhÄnas, and as researcher Paul Dennison shows, the esoteric and sometimes āmagicalā pre-reform practices of Southeast Asia hold powerful potential for modern lay practitioners living in a more scientifically minded world. Drawing on traditional Buddhist doctrine, teachings from lesser-known meditation texts such as the YogÄvacaraās Manual, and findings from the first in-depth, peer-reviewed neuroscience study of jhÄna meditation, Dennison unpacks this ancient practice in all its nuance while posing novel questions about perception, subjectivity, and the nature of enlightenment.
This book title, Jhana Consciousness (Buddhist Meditation in the Age of Neuroscience), ISBN: 9781645470809, by Paul Dennison, published by Shambhala (July 26, 2022) is available in paperback. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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