Jhanas and Ñanas, with Kenneth Folk
In this talk, recorded during a Pragmatic Dharma Retreat, Kenneth Folk lays out a meta-system for understanding the different understandings of deep Jhana or meditative absorption and their relationship to the Theravada Buddhist system, the progress of insight knowledges (aka Ñanas).
memorable links:
💬 "So we could call this olympic level, nut job jhana." – Kenneth Folk
💬 "The insight knowledges are jhanic states." – Kenneth Folk
episode links:
🔗 Kenneth Folk Dharma
🎙 Meditating in the Goldilocks Zone, with Vince F. Horn
📄 The Progress of Insight by The Venerable Mahasi Sayadaw
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