Discourses_of_the_Buddha : Discourses of the Buddha

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We are just interested in discussing the discourse of Siddharta Gotama, the historic Buddha, with as little dogma as possible. However, since the discourses frequently mention the absorption states (jhanas/dhyanas), then this is a friendly place to discuss them within the context of sutta/sutra pitaka.

This Yahoo group is a service of Sotapanna Jhanananda (Jeffrey S, Brooks)
for the Great Western Vehicle.

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Birthday Reminder Reminder from: Discourses_of_the_Buddha Yahoo! Group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Discourses_of_the_Buddha/cal Discourses_of_the_Buddha birthday Thursday Posted - Wed Apr 18, 2012 11:41 pm	Discourses_of_the_Bud... Send Email
Re: Say Hi to All Hello Wody, I have never said that stream entry (Sotapanna) was required to experience jhana. I speak from direct experience with the ecstatic altered states Posted - Mon Aug 15, 2011 9:33 pm	Jhananda jhanananda Offline Send Email
Re: Say Hi to All ... Hello Jeff, (or Jhanananda, nice nickname btw) That's is because there is none in the sutta which says Sotapanna is required to have jhanic attainment. But Posted - Sun Aug 14, 2011 1:52 pm	wodyhue Offline Send Email
Re: Say Hi to All Hello Wody, you bring up some interesting points. While I cannot think of a sutta the specifically correlates jhanic attainment with the levels of noble Posted - Thu Aug 11, 2011 8:06 pm	Jhananda jhanananda Offline Send Email
Re: Say Hi to All Hi, If you don't mind, I'd like to comment on a few things. First, what is the Sutta which mentions jhanic attainment is required to be a stream-enterer? Posted - Tue Aug 9, 2011 7:51 pm	wodyhue Offline Send Email
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