TY - BOOK AU - Arbel,Keren TI - Early Buddhist meditation: the four jhanas as the actualization of insight T2 - Routledge critical studies in Buddhism SN - 9781138937925 (hbk.) U1 - 294.34435 23 PY - 2017/// CY - New York PB - Routledge KW - Meditation KW - Theravāda Buddhism KW - Meditation--Buddhism N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; 1. The fourfold Jhāna model : Buddhist or not? -- 2. The first Jhāna : a turning point in the spiritual path -- 3. The second Jhāna : non-discursive broad field of awareness -- 4. Awakening Jhāna factors -- 5. The third Jhāna : establishing a specialized form of awareness -- 6. The fourth Jhāna : non-reactive and lucid awareness of the phenomenal field -- 7. Morality (sīla), wisdom (paññā) and the attainment of the Jhānas -- 8. Reconsidering Samatha-bhāvanā, Vipassanā-bhāvanā and Paññā-vimutti ER -