Jhāna

GPTKB entity

Statements (42)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Sanskrit literature
Buddhist meditation state
gptkbp:category gptkb:Buddhism
Buddhist terminology
gptkbp:contrastsWith gptkb:vipassanā
gptkbp:describes deep meditative absorption
gptkbp:distinctFrom enlightenment
gptkbp:etymology from Sanskrit dhyāna, meaning meditation
gptkbp:firstJhanaFeatures pleasure
rapture
applied thought
one-pointedness of mind
sustained thought
gptkbp:fourthJhanaFeatures equanimity
neither pleasure nor pain
purity of mindfulness
gptkbp:goal gptkb:samatha_meditation
gptkbp:hasSanskritEquivalent gptkb:Dhyāna
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Jhāna
gptkbp:languageOfOrigin gptkb:Pali
gptkbp:mentionedIn gptkb:Sutta_Pitaka
gptkb:Visuddhimagga
gptkbp:notableAchievement concentration meditation
gptkbp:notToBeConfusedWith gptkb:dhyāna
gptkb:samādhi
gptkbp:numberOfStages eight (in some traditions)
four (in early Buddhism)
gptkbp:practicedIn Buddhist monk
lay practitioners
gptkbp:purpose mental purification
preparation for insight
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:samādhi
gptkbp:secondJhanaFeatures pleasure
rapture
one-pointedness of mind
gptkbp:thirdJhanaFeatures mindfulness
pleasure
equanimity
gptkbp:usedIn gptkb:Early_Buddhist_texts
gptkb:Theravāda_Buddhism
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Buddhism
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4