Really the question “How much concentration is required for jhāna?” is not the best question to ask. The real question is “How much concentration can I generate as a prelude to my insight practice given the constraints of my life?” It’s much better to generate a so-called lite version of the jhānas than to throw up your hands and not enhance your concentration at all because of not being able to experience some deeper idealized version. The methods described in this book do teach a way to enhanced concentration that is accessible and highly beneficial when applied to “seeing things as they
...more
