Rick Hanson - Take refuge with the five Jhanan factors
Three Fold Training https://www.lionsroar.com/what-is-the-threefold-training/ - Sila - Samadhi - Prajna Buddhism is usually thought of as a path of practice. But it is equally a path of training (which is in fact one of the synonyms for practice). We train our minds, but it goes deeper than that. We train our whole being. We train in the very way we live. Buddhist training falls into three categories. In Sanskrit, they are called sila (discipline or ethical living, samadhi (concentration), and prajna (insight or wisdom). Together, they summarize the Buddha’s fourth noble truth, the full path to enlightenment. “In the beginning, nothing comes, in the middle, nothing stays, in the end, nothing goes.” That enigmatic riddle comes from Jetsun Milarepa, Tibet’s eminent twelfth-century poet, yogi, and sage. . We are absorbed in the object of attention, receiving what our attention upon, into ourselves, so we are naturally there. Concentration in two ways - concentrating upon some o...