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**Tarrccrys** · 03-18-2010, 04:55 PM

Speaking about the experience of jhana is speaking about bliss (piiti), joy (sukha) and ecstasy (jhana).

What, in all of the jhanas? Does Jhana mean ecstasy ? What is the definition of that exactly? I always associate 'ecstasy' with erotic christian paintings and sculptures -the ecstasy of St Theresa and so on - there's a sculpture in Rome of a female saint with a small angel and an arrow depicting this,who looks as though she's having an orgasm.

I thought jhana just meant 'meditative absorption' and that there were different experiences related to each of them which distinguished one from another.

03-18-2010, 04:55 PM	#13
Tarrccrys Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 588 Senior Member	Speaking about the experience of jhana is speaking about bliss (piiti), joy (sukha) and ecstasy (jhana). What, in all of the jhanas? Does Jhana mean ecstasy ? What is the definition of that exactly? I always associate 'ecstasy' with erotic christian paintings and sculptures -the ecstasy of St Theresa and so on - there's a sculpture in Rome of a female saint with a small angel and an arrow depicting this,who looks as though she's having an orgasm. I thought jhana just meant 'meditative absorption' and that there were different experiences related to each of them which distinguished one from another.
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