More about Dhyana

C. A. F. Rhys Davids

More about Dhyana

Vol. 16 · No. 2June - 1940pp. 299–305English

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“Namely, he called the Pali jhana ‘les quatre extases,” and 1 emphatically do not.”
“My theory was this, that, discarding such terms for dbyana થડ ecstasy, rapture, trance, meditation, the historically correct definition of jhdna in पीट: Pali Canon was a training to be in readiness, by attention by a mental tabula rasa or ‘clean slate’ (parisuddhi), and poise, for develop- ing certain psychic gifts.”
“How different 15 the usage here from just desultory work of mind.”

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Gotama the Man
Book of the Gradual Sayings, 1 (Pali Text Society 508. 1932)
Sutta-Nipata
Chandogya Upanisad
Sanskrit Roots

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Vol. 16 · No. 2

219–238Lama Taranatha’s Account of BengalRamesh Chandra Majumdar 239–245The Lalitavistara and SarvastivadaEdward J. Thomas 246–254Darstantika, Sautrantika and SarvastivadinJean Przyluski 255–267Remarks on the Khotanese JatakastavaSten Konow 268–291The Pattern of the NissaggiyasI. B. Horner 292–298Tun-Huang Tibetan Documents on a DharmadanaMarcelle Lalou 299–305More about DhyanaC. A. F. Rhys DavidsCurrent article 306–313Date of the Hathayogapradipika of Svatmarama MuniP. K. Gode 314–317The Story in Stone of the Great Renunciation of NeminathaH. D. Sankalia 318–330The Vaisnava Philosopher Priyadasa and his WorksHar Dutt Sharma 331–369Advaita, Causality and Human FreedomS. S. Suryanarayana Sastri 370–379The Life and Works of MadhvaB. N. Krishnamurti Sharma 380–384BhattavrttiS. Krishnaswami Aiyangar 385–422KalidasaSushil Kumar De

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