Arbel, Keren. <br/><br/>
Early Buddhist meditation :  the four jhanas as the actualization of insight / 
by Keren Arbel. 
 - New York :  Routledge,  2017. 
 - ix, 224 p. ;  23 cm. 
 - Routledge critical studies in Buddhism .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>1. The fourfold Jhāna model : Buddhist or not? --<br/>2. The first Jhāna : a turning point in the spiritual path --<br/>3. The second Jhāna : non-discursive broad field of awareness --<br/>4. Awakening Jhāna factors --<br/>5. The third Jhāna : establishing a specialized form of awareness --<br/>6. The fourth Jhāna : non-reactive and lucid awareness of the phenomenal field --<br/>7. Morality (sīla), wisdom (paññā) and the attainment of the Jhānas --<br/>8. Reconsidering Samatha-bhāvanā, Vipassanā-bhāvanā and Paññā-vimutti. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781138937925 (hbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2016041800 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Meditation--Theravāda Buddhism.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Meditation--Buddhism 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>294.34435  / ARB