Practicing the jhanas: traditional concentration meditation as presented by the Venerable Pa Auk Sayadaw
Boston
Shambhala
Includes bibliographical references )p. 140( and index
Stephen Snyder and Tina Rasmussen
History of the jhanas -- Samatha practice: the purification of mind -- Foundational understandings -- Skillful effort from first sit to first jhanas -- Material jhanas one through four and related practices -- Immaterial jhanas five through eight and related practices -- The sublime abidings and protective meditations -- Four elements meditation -- The Buddha as our role model