The Noble Eightfold Path: Right Concentration (8/8)

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If we got lost on the path, the best way to get back on is to tend to causes and conditions and see what was forgotten. It all leads up to Right Concentration. You gain pleasure up the Jhanic arc, and develop rapture (Jhana 1), bliss (Jhana 2), satisfaction (Jhana 3), and equanimity (Jhana 4). These aren't spaced out states, sleep states, they're not a grind, but instead they are bright aware Flow states that are quite happy and peaceful.

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Resources:

Jhanas: https://rumble.com/v1gqznl-the-jhanas.html

Emotional Feeding - Thanissaro Bhikkhu: https://rumble.com/v1gqvl1-emotional-feeding-thanissaro-bhikkhu.html

MN 117: https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/MN/MN117.html

Developing Samatha/Concentration - Rob Burbea: https://dharmaseed.org/teacher/210/talk/12309/

Five Jhana Factors - Insight Meditation South Bay: https://www.imsb.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/FiveJhanaFactors.pdf

Focused and Fearless - Shaila Catherine: https://www.isbns.net/isbn/9780861715602/

A Mind Without Craving - Delson Armstrong: isbns.net/isbn/9780984049752/

Nirodha Samapatti - Daniel Ingram: https://vimeo.com/248566139

Ñana and Jhana Mind Map - Daniel Ingram: https://vimeo.com/69475208

Mastering the Core Teachings of the Buddha - Daniel Ingram: https://www.isbns.net/isbn/9781911597100/

The Fetters That Fall Away at Stream Entry - Ayya Santussika: https://www.dharmaseed.org/talks/67117/

Stream Entry - Rob Burbea: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jYqNGiiX2cmOppb0_ZESpraGgbsoP5ir/view?usp=sharing

Reflections from Narayan Liebenson: https://gaiahouse.co.uk/in-memory-nl/

Right Concentration - Thanissaro Bhikkhu: https://www.dhammatalks.org/books/FactorsforAwakening/Section0009.html

Paths to Liberation - Robert E. Buswell, Robert M. Gimello: https://www.isbns.net/isbn/9780824814175/

The Buddha's Noble Eightfold Path - Sangharakshita: https://www.isbns.net/isbn/9781899579815/

Maha Cattarisaka Sutta: https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/MN/MN117.html

Samadhi Sutta: https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/AN/AN4_41.html

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