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Some say there are four jhanas, some say there are five, others say there are nine or more jhanas, but who is counting?
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Hello satiro,
These articles may be informative:

Anatta
http://Www.buddhanet.net/nutshell09.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Jhanas
Http://accesstoinsight.org/lib/authors/ ... el351.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

With metta,
Chris
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Who indeed?
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Sutiro wrote:Some say there are four jhanas, some say there are five, others say there are nine or more jhanas, but who is counting?
This is the question that meditator MUST to ask...

Who is wisely listening our internal voice of ego?
Sabbe dhamma anatta
We are not concurents...
I'am sorry for my english
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There are four jhanas and four formless realms, five formless realms when you include nirodha (cessation).

In the suttas when the talk is of jhanas and samma-samadhi, there is almost always the inclusion of the formless realms and the progression is from the four jhanas to the formless, so that for conventional usage it is common to refer to them as the 8 jhanas or 9 jhanas.
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