Hello everyone,

I have a question. Some time ago we were talking about... well I'm not sure what we were talking about... hey, gimme a break, I just turned 60 this year! haha... and, anyway, the discussion turned to meditators as judges of their own accomplishments, or some such thing... and anyway, I think it was Balder... hey dude, hope you're well... Balder mentioned someone who had more or less taken it upon himself to train himself in accomplishing the Buddhist jhanas.
Now, does anyone remember the name of this guy? And has he written any books on his adventure?

I think this sort of thing is becoming of greater interest to mainstream scholars working on the history of Buddhist meditation as it relates to textual descriptions. Some of the impetus may be coming from the growing number of 'practitioner scholars' out there, but it is also coming from a genuine interest in what, if at all, some of these terms like jhana, samadhi, prajna, smriti, dhyana, śamatha, vipassana and so on refer to exactly or how what they refer to could have changed over time or between groups or movements.

Thanks!
kela

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Hello! Thanks for the reply Edward. Long Time!
Only a matter of time before it was absorbed by the Mighty Zucker-borg. haha


Edward theurj Berge said:

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Hi, Kela, I'm sorry for the seriously late reply!  I really have been absorbed by the Zuck and hardly check here.

I think we were maybe talking about Daniel Ingram?

But I more recently met a young man who has also done the same and appears pretty accomplished:  Roger Thisdale.

Hi Balder, I received the message via email, but I'll also reply here. Yes, after looking at his book, I think Ingram is my guy.
Thanks so much!
cheers.

Balder said:

Hi, Kela, I'm sorry for the seriously late reply!  I really have been absorbed by the Zuck and hardly check here.

I think we were maybe talking about Daniel Ingram?

But I more recently met a young man who has also done the same and appears pretty accomplished:  Roger Thisdale.

PS: and I'll check out Roger Thisdale as well.
cheers!

Balder said:

Hi, Kela, I'm sorry for the seriously late reply!  I really have been absorbed by the Zuck and hardly check here.

I think we were maybe talking about Daniel Ingram?

But I more recently met a young man who has also done the same and appears pretty accomplished:  Roger Thisdale.

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