In this talk, recorded during a Pragmatic Dharma Retreat, Kenneth Folk lays out a meta-system for understanding the different understandings of deep Jhana or meditative absorption and their relationship to the Theravada Buddhist system, the progress of insight knowledges (aka Ñanas).

memorable links:

💬 "So we could call this olympic level, nut job jhana." – Kenneth Folk

💬 "The insight knowledges are jhanic states." – Kenneth Folk

episode links:

🔗 Kenneth Folk Dharma

🎙 Meditating in the Goldilocks Zone, with Vince F. Horn

📄 The Progress of Insight by The Venerable Mahasi Sayadaw

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