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**lookanddiscover** · 03-18-2010, 05:39 AM

*gasp*!

Huh !

Well I've been a long term Vajrayana practitioner - and have only fairly recently been seriously interested in Theravada. There aren't Jhanas listed in that way in Mahayana. I'm not sure what the actual equivalent is because there are stages like the Bodhisattva levels. The first Bodhisattva level is equivalent to Stream Entry apparently.

In meditation there's what's called the Union of Samatha and Vipassana, there's Mahamudra and Dzogchen and there are various other kinds of practices which produce different experiences and results. For example I 've had the eqivalent to nimitta in Vajrayana practice and so on but its quite difficult to draw parallels.
...and yes I know the Jhanas are in the Pali Canon but I'm still not that familiar with them unfortunately. There's a lot of reading for me to do with all the suttas in the Pali Canon!

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03-18-2010, 05:39 AM	#6
lookanddiscover Join Date Nov 2005 Posts 527 Senior Member	gasp! Huh ! Well I've been a long term Vajrayana practitioner - and have only fairly recently been seriously interested in Theravada. There aren't Jhanas listed in that way in Mahayana. I'm not sure what the actual equivalent is because there are stages like the Bodhisattva levels. The first Bodhisattva level is equivalent to Stream Entry apparently. In meditation there's what's called the Union of Samatha and Vipassana, there's Mahamudra and Dzogchen and there are various other kinds of practices which produce different experiences and results. For example I 've had the eqivalent to nimitta in Vajrayana practice and so on but its quite difficult to draw parallels. ...and yes I know the Jhanas are in the Pali Canon but I'm still not that familiar with them unfortunately. There's a lot of reading for me to do with all the suttas in the Pali Canon! Thanks for the ]http://www.buddhismwithoutboundaries.com/img/smilies/saucer.gif[/img]
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