Five stages of Rupajjhana

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Five stages of Rupajjhana

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What is meant by Rupajjhana being divided into five or four stages? Curious about the 5 fold division in particular.
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Hi, is this what you mean? www.buddha-vacana.org/formulae/4jhana.html
I've not heard of there being five rūpajhānas.
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Re: Five stages of Rupajjhana

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yes i mean the four lower jhanas, here is an excerpt from Mahasi Sayadaw's manual of Insight;
Absorbtion concentration

Absorbtion concentration is quite unshakable, as if the mind has been absorbed into the meditation object. There are a total of eight or nine absorbtions: the material absorbtions (rupajjhana), divided into four or five stages, and the immaterial absorbtions (arupajjhana), divided into four stages.
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The Abhidhamma (or the commentaries, I'm not sure where) divides the second (I think) rupa jhana into two, giving five altogether.

Take a look at the first entry here: viewtopic.php?f=18&t=826
Bhikkhu Bodhi's A Comprehensive Manual of the Abhidhamma: The Abhidhammatthasangaha of Acariya Anuruddha, Buddhist Publication Society

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Re: Five stages of Rupajjhana

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mikenz66 wrote: Tue Jun 19, 2018 4:21 am Take a look at the first entry here: viewtopic.php?f=18&t=826
Bhikkhu Bodhi's A Comprehensive Manual of the Abhidhamma: The Abhidhammatthasangaha of Acariya Anuruddha, Buddhist Publication Society
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