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The Literature of Gnosis and Ecstatic Buddhism

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A Proposed Unified Theory for the Experience of Gnosis  Within a Structure of Placing the Phenomena Associated with the Concept of Access Concentration (upacara-samadhi), The luminous Orb, and the Out-of-Body (OOB) experience within the Buddha's 8 stages of Meditative Absorption (jhana)

What is Ecstatic Buddhism? (September 19, 2004)

What is Jhána? Jhána as defined in the Buddha's Discourses (October 13, 2005)

The GWV Jhana Resource Guide

A Critical Analysis of the teaching of Jhana

Jhana, the Joyful Home of the Way. Understanding the meditative absorption states (jhanas) and their associated phenomena (phala) within the Buddhist canon. Kundalini, Kriyas, OOBs and other aspects of Ecstatic Meditation by the contemplative recluse monk Sotapanna Jhanananda (Jeffrey S, Brooks)

The Jhanas By Ajahn Brahmavamso

A Honed and Heavy Axe: Samatha and Vipassana in Harmony by Chandako, Ajahn

A Swift Pair of Messengers by Bhikkhu Sujato

The Jhanas in Theravada Buddhist Meditation, by Mahathera Henepola Gunaratana (Buddhist Publication Society Wheel Publication No. 351; 1988; 159k/53pp.)

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