Topics Include: 1) Introduction to the seven factors of awakening. 2) Review of rapture and bliss. 3) Understanding the eight levels of jhanic absorption. 4) How the Buddha transformed the jhanic practices into mindfulness. 5) Bringing the cultivation of samadhi to our lay practitioner level: recognizing piti and sukha. 6) The four preliminary levels of rapture.
Honolulu, Hawaii
October 27, 2018
59 minutes