If I have reached first Jhana is that same thing as having.?

villkorkarma · Post by **villkorkarma** » Tue Oct 30, 2012 10:05 pm

If I have reached first Jhana is that same thing as having reached equanimity?

James the Giant · Post by **James the Giant** » Tue Oct 30, 2012 11:11 pm

No. Dude, you gotta do some reading.

Cittasanto · Post by **Cittasanto** » Tue Oct 30, 2012 11:39 pm

villkorkarma wrote:If I have reached first Jhana is that same thing as having reached equanimity?

nope, that would be the fourth!

Post by **mikenz66** » Tue Oct 30, 2012 11:43 pm

Hi villkorkarma

These definitions from the Suttas may be helpful:
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/ptf/dham ... jhana.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Mike

Post by **retrofuturist** » Tue Oct 30, 2012 11:50 pm

Greetings,

villkorkarma wrote:If I have reached first Jhana is that same thing as having reached equanimity?

Well, on one hand, you can have equanimity (upekkha) without any jhana at all.

However in terms of jhana it's typically the third jhana which is associated with equanimity...

With the fading away of rapture, he dwells in equanimity, mindful and discerning; and he experiences in his own person that happiness of which the noble ones say: 'Happily lives he who is equanimous and mindful' — thus he enters and dwells in the third jhana. (M.i,182; Vbh.245)"

Metta,
Retro.

James the Giant · Post by **James the Giant** » Wed Oct 31, 2012 3:49 am

James the Giant wrote:No. Dude, you gotta do some reading.

I apologise for my rudeness... I should have learned by now to keep my mouth shut till after breakfast, when my blood sugar has risen.

villkorkarma · Post by **villkorkarma** » Wed Oct 31, 2012 4:12 pm

is reaching a jhana something one do when one practice mindfullness or just living a alert movement life?
How will I know If one reached the third jhana?

villkorkarma · Post by **villkorkarma** » Wed Oct 31, 2012 4:17 pm

I have read that if one have reached equanimity the stagnation is destroyed, how to know what that is?

Dhamma Wheel

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