The above only says the mind has not yet reached jhana; that is; has not fully developed the Noble Eightfold Path.dharmacorps wrote: ↑Tue Oct 16, 2018 5:36 pmI can't really say much about Ajahn Brahm other than that I have found Mindfulness Bliss and Beyond to be really different than my experience in meditation.
I already posted Ajahn Brahm (accurately) cites SN 48.9 as his primary source for his "letting go" method.dharmacorps wrote: ↑Tue Oct 16, 2018 10:19 pmThat's not what I said. I said his description of meditation isn't what I experience. I have no idea what he based his meditation instructions on-- it may be the suttas, but is probably more commentary oriented.
And what is the faculty of immersion?
Katamañca, bhikkhave, samādhindriyaṃ?
It’s when a noble disciple, relying on letting go, gains immersion, gains unification of mind.
Idha, bhikkhave, ariyasāvako vossaggārammaṇaṃ karitvā labhati samādhiṃ, labhati cittassa ekaggataṃ—
This is called the faculty of immersion.
idaṃ vuccati, bhikkhave, samādhindriyaṃ
https://suttacentral.net/sn48.9/en/sujato
It’s when a mendicant develops the awakening factors of mindfulness, investigation of principles, energy, rapture, tranquility, immersion, and equanimity, which rely on seclusion, fading away, and cessation, and ripen as letting go.
Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu satisambojjhaṅgaṃ bhāveti vivekanissitaṃ virāganissitaṃ nirodhanissitaṃ vossaggapariṇāmiṃ. Dhammavicayasambojjhaṅgaṃ bhāveti … pe … vīriyasambojjhaṅgaṃ bhāveti … pītisambojjhaṅgaṃ bhāveti … passaddhisambojjhaṅgaṃ bhāveti … samādhisambojjhaṅgaṃ bhāveti … upekkhāsambojjhaṅgaṃ bhāveti vivekanissitaṃ virāganissitaṃ nirodhanissitaṃ vossaggapariṇāmiṃ
https://suttacentral.net/mn118/en/sujato