Topics Include: 1) Definition and review of rapture and bliss; 2) Sharpening of the sense doors through concentration; 3) The five levels of rapture; 4) The dangers of rapture and bliss; 5). What is the path and what is not the path; 6) Making progress in the practice; 7). The transformative effect of rapture and bliss; 8) Relationship between the jhanas and mindfulness; 9) Story of Mahasi Sayadaw.
Honolulu, Hawaii
January 11, 2014
56 minutes