MN 111: One by One | Alan #8 | 4.14.21

Alan and Dhammarato discuss how the suttas describe the four jhanas with particular emphasis on seclusion from the hindrances.

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00:00:00 One by one as they occur… 

00:01:05 Laughing wisdom… outcome of practice

00:03:31 Two weeks of effort in seclusion

00:05:23 1st jhana - piti, sukha, unification of mind - observing paticcasamuppāda free from hindrances

00:14:14 He knew these phenomena as they arose

00:17:18 There is an escape beyond

00:21:49 The distinction between śamatha and vipassana jhanas is false

00:32:40 2nd jhana, active meditation and enthusiasm

00:43:25 3rd jhana

00:45:50 4th jhana - equanimity, natural progressions

00:50:44 Aspects of the 4th jhana - arupa states

00:51:50 Boundless space

00:56:54 Boundless consciousness

01:00:28 Neither-perception-nor-non-perception

01:02:29 Nothing further

01:03:43 The higher jhanas just give confidence that there is “an escape beyond”

01:06:18 Taking out the trash rather than attainments

01:11:23 There is only the path not four paths

01:13:22 Stream entry or Sotāpan is just enthusiasm for, and dedication to, the path

01:16:14 The whole teaching is how to escape; not to attain

01:17:51 Dukkha is ultimately caused by ignorance

01:18:58 1st jhana is the whole deal

01:22:55 Every step along the way is nibbana