Practical Advice for Meditators
by Bhikkhu Khantipalo | 1986 | 10,033 words
Practical Advice for Meditators by Bhikkhu Khantipalo The Wheel Publication No. 116 Copyright © 1986 Buddhist Publication Society For free distribution only. You may print copies of this work for your personal use. You may re-format and redistribute this work for use on computers and computer networks, provided that you charge no fees for its di...
- sphere of infinite space
- " " infinite consciousness
- " " nothingness
- " " neither-perception-nor-non-perception
These formless absorptions cannot be developed unless one has already perfected the four ordinary absorptions of form. It is said that this group of four may be explored on the basis of the fourth absorption (jhana). As few people are likely to have experienced this, we pass on to: