Hello friends you are invited to subscribe to an infrequent newsletter that
is dedicated to meditative absorption and Ecstatic Buddhism. This
newsletter will basically post a timely calendar of retreats that are
dedicated to the cultivation of meditative absorption in any religious
context, thus samadhi, jhana, fana, gnosis, ecstasy and meditative
absorption are all terms that have been used for this experience.

Ecstatic Buddhism
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Maha-satipatthana Sutta (DN 22.21)
"And what is meditative absorption (sama-samadhi)? There is the case where a
contemplative; who is withdrawn from sensory phenomena, and withdrawn from
unwholesome mental states; enters upon and abides in the first meditative
absorption state (jhana), which is accompanied by bliss (piiti) and joy
(sukha) originating from withdrawal...² (through fourth jhana).
http://www.greatwesternvehicle.org/mahasatipatthanasutta.htm

The contemplative Jeffrey S, Brooks
(Jhananda)
the Great Western Vehicle
PO Box 41795
Tucson, AZ 85717
http://www.becomepeace.org/

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