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Context: Throughout this transcript, Bhante Vimalaramsi is the speaker unless otherwise indicated.

so what this is a guided jhana

meditation it's a guided john factor

meditation

we'll work with four genres today

and um

what i'm going to be doing is i'm going

to be reading the suta one by one as

they occur number one one one

and i'm going to highlight all the jauna

factors

that

arise in each of the genres

and what you're going to do is see if

you can see those factors

in those jaundice

and there's a lot of factors there's a

lot of things to look at and you don't

don't make yourself crazy trying to find

all of them but maybe pick a few and

just observe them

see where

the whole idea here is to observe it's

not to get anywhere

but it's just to

just to um

look at ajana and look at the factors

that are there and it puts your mind

more into observation

than into striving

and the only striving part is you just

say

let me go no higher than the first

and

then you hopefully will do that maybe

you don't it's okay it doesn't matter

so what happens is we'll do

about a 15 minute guided meditation and

i'm going to start with a little bit of

meta

just to get everybody going

and then i'm going to start to read the

1-1-1

about the first jhana and i'll give you

instructions along the way

and then we'll sit for say 10 more

minutes and then you will just observe

what is going on with you

so without further ado

let's go ahead and start our guided

meditation

everybody please get comfortable

and we'll just start out with some

loving kindness

just relax

just be here right now

notice what's going on around you

notice what's happening in your body

all right put that smile on your face

and now feel loving kindness

wish yourself some loving kindness

and see it coming out of your heart

spreading all over your body

and if you see the least bit of trying

to make something happen just relax

and just do it just

image that loving kindness and just

see it there already right now

now you're just in a bubble of loving

kindness

it surrounds you

you're in a very happy place

your mind is very content

your body is warm and glowing

now think about holding the baby

holding your cat

just feel that kindness

feel that love and kindness

and just hold them close to your chest

now take that loving kindness and spread

it out to everybody in this group

just radiate that loving kindness

to everybody on your screen

put everybody in your heart

and hold them close and wish them

kindness

now during this process i want you to

just say to yourself may i no go wait

may i go no higher than the first jhana

may i experience the first jhana

and all of its jaw factors

i want you to send loving kindness out

into your room

may everything in my room be happy

out into your house or your apartment

just may every everybody

and everything

be happy

if there's some vibration happening that

usually doesn't happen

in your normal life just notice that

what does it feel like

now wish everyone in your neighborhood

happiness

peacefulness

and wish everybody in your city

your neighborhood

your city

happiness and peace

now i'm going to start to read the suta

and please pay attention

this is one by one anupada sutta

one by one as they occurred

thus have i

heard on one occasion the blessed one

was living at savati

in jettas grove banata pindiga's park

there he addressed the bhikkhus thus

bhikkhu's

venerable sir they replied

the blessed one said this

because sorry puta is wise

sorry puta has great wisdom

sorry putta has wide wisdom

sorry puta has joyous wisdom

sorry puta has quick wisdom

sorry putta has keen wisdom

sariputta has penetrative wisdom

during half a month because

sorry put the gained insight

insight into states one by one as they

occurred

now sorry putin's insight into states

one by one as they occurred was this

hirabiku is quite secluded from central

pleasures

secluded from unwholesome states

sorry putta entered upon and abided

in the first jhana

which is where you are now

which is accompanied by applied and

sustained thought

with rapture

and pleasure

born of seclusion

applied and sustained thought so what

are those you apply your mind to the

object

you bring it up

and you continue to stay with it

so notice how you're staying with your

object

with rapture and pleasure born of

seclusion rapture is joy

it doesn't have to be

really strong it can just be

kind of a

looking forward a happiness and

excitement

may or may not be there

then there's also pleasure which is a

contentment a happiness born of

contentment

and all of this is born of seclusion

because we've closed our eyes and shut

off the outside world

and when the mind is quiet it allows

rapture and pleasure

to arise

and the states in the first genre

the applied thought

the sustained thought

the joy the pleasure

and the unification of mind

notice the factor of unification

the mind is not jumping all over

it's kind of become solid

it's like the water is freezing into ice

but it's a pleasant

solid

and also the contact

feeling perception

volition and tension

and

mind

the joy the decision

energy mindfulness equanimity

and attention

these states were defined by him one by

one as they occurred

knowing to him those states arose

knowing they were present

no one they disappeared

he understood thus

so indeed these states not having been

come into being having been

they vanish

regarding those states he abided

unattracted unrepelled

independent

detached

free

dissociated

with a mind rid of barriers

he understood there is an escape beyond

and with the cultivation of that

he confirmed that there is

so going back to the first jhana

we have the applied thought

the sustained thought

there's some joy

there's some happiness

observe those

unification of mine

is your mind unified

all of the aggregates are there contact

feeling

you notice feeling

perception

the thing that's naming everything how

you know things

volitions or intentions and things

coming up in your mind to do

and mind just the fact of mind being

there

there is joy there is decisions

arising just things where i'm gonna do

this

there's a factor of energy

mindfulness

remembering to stay mindful remembering

to see things

there is some equanimity

and lastly attention

the mind attends to these states

so let's sit for a little while

and just see what's there

not going beyond the first jhana

but noticing the factors that are

present

and seeing if you can name them

continue your loving kindness let it

spread out

see it

notice it observe it

now notice that there's more things that

you can be noticing

there's just the feeling anything you

know the definition of feeling is

anything that you feel that was the

buddhist definition

it's not this or that type of feeling

it's if you feel it it's feeling

and notice all the feeling that's

happening

in your body

in the mind

feeling of loving kindness

feeling of calm of equanimity

tranquility

so the contact

the feeling

all these things the five aggregates of

course are not separate from the five

factors

the factors are part of the five

aggregates

so you're feeling

all of these factors your

mind makes contact with them

now you're putting some applied thought

into bringing up a smile and loving

kindness once again

may i be happy

may i be content and peaceful

may this loving kindness go all over my

body

radiate to everyone in this group

again because with the stilling of

applied and sustained thought

meaning now you're just simply in the

genome you don't need to keep it going

by saying phrases

or pushing anything at all

sorry putta entered and abided in the

second jhana

which has self-confidence

and singleness of mind

without

applied and sustained thought

with rapture

and pleasure

of collectiveness

and the states in the second jhana

the self-confidence

the joy

the pleasure

the unification of mind

and

contact

whenever your mind notices something new

that comes up that's contact

it's the coming together and

consciousness arises that's just it's

contact isn't a thing

it's a process

you notice something

that's contact

and there's feeling there

and there's perception

it names the feeling

it knows what it is

and there's volition or intentions

well what to do with that feeling

could be a thought about that feeling

maybe a future

decision about that feeling

and mind just noticing mind

that big open space where everything is

happening

there's also

the joy the decision

factors of decision i'm to do this i'm

not going to do that just arises out of

nowhere

energy

mindfulness

equanimity

and attention

these states were defined by him

one by one as they occurred

now unto him those states arose

known they were present

knowing they disappeared

he understood thus

and with the cultivation of that

attainment he confirmed that there is

now we experience the second genre

the mind calms down now the noise goes

away but the joy the happiness

are still there

when your mind notices something new

then there's contact

whatever it is it's feeling

you feel it

and you perceive what it is

a little mental image will come up says

oh that's

that's warmth

and then there might be a thought coming

from that

there may be a decision that arises

about that

there can be energy in the mind

or there can be sloth and torpor there

can be high energy or low energy

there can be some equanimity

and attention

should be easier now

you should feel it feel warm

you should just be able to smile and

just

let it in

let's direct some of that loving

kindness to the group here again

and now just see that radiating from

your body

so the third jhana

again monks with the fading away of joy

sorry puta abided in equanimity

and mindful and fully aware

still feeling pleasure with the body

still still feeling happiness with the

body

he entered upon and abided in the third

jhana

on account of which noble ones announce

he has a pleasant abiding who has

equanimity and is mindful

and the states in the third genre

the equanimity

the happiness

mindfulness

full awareness

and the unification of mind

now there's more equanimity unification

a contentment

and not to forget there is the contact

the contact when the genre arises

the feeling

all of the feelings that we

feel in the genre

their perception we're naming all those

feelings

formations and mind formations or

thoughts

and mind

and formations can be hindrances too

we have also the enthusiasm

decision

energy

mindfulness

equanimity

and attention

these states were defined by him one by

one as they occurred

notice how you're aware of only one

thing at a time

you're aware of this feeling

you're aware of how the mind is unified

or you're aware of

happiness

and how is that awareness happening it's

perception

your naming feelings

knowing to him those states arose

knowing they were present

no one they disappeared

he understood thus

so indeed these states not having been

come into being

haven't having been

they vanish

regarding those states he abided

unattracted

unrepelled

independent

detached free

dissociated with the mind rid of

barriers

you just let these states be there

and they disappear on their own

he understood there is an escape beyond

and with the cultivation of that

attainment he confirmed that there is

so the states of the third genre are

equanimity happiness

mindfulness

and full awareness

and unification of mine

now i want you just to observe what is

there don't do anything

just observe

just smile a little bit and observe

and you can enjoy it you can

feel happy

you can feel happy to observe

it's not work it's just a little fun

project

notice the equanimity

sense of pleasure happiness

you might notice that your body's kind

of disappeared

the feelings the feeling is more subtle

but there's still feeling

arising and passing away

bring the smile back up

just feel that smile

again monks with the abandoning of

pleasure

and pain

and with the previous disappearance of

joy and grief

sorry puta entered upon and abided in

the fourth jhana

which has neither pain nor pleasure

and purity of mindfulness due to

equanimity

now joy and happiness are abandoned

there is only balance

it doesn't mean that there cannot be a

pain arising or a pleasurable feeling

arising it means that it doesn't make

your mind shake

and the states in the fourth jhana

the equanimity

the neither painful nor pleasant feeling

the mental unconcern due to tranquility

you're tranquil so nothing bothers you

the purity of mindfulness

you see everything that arises

and the unification of mine

now your mind is not shaking

it's steady

it's like it's solidified

and you see the contact

contact arises when you see a different

factor or feeling

and you see feeling

feeling in the body feeling in the mind

feeling in

anywhere at all

and you know what the feeling is it's

perception

and formations thoughts

yeah this is a better word than volition

this is formations

and mind

the five aggregates and the four

foundations of mindfulness are still

here

the enthusiasm decision

energy mindfulness

equanimity

and attention

these states were defined by him one by

one as they occurred

he still has his mindfulness he still

has his full awareness of what's

happening as it

arises mind is not clued to

one particular thing

there are still movements to be observed

knowing to him those states arose

knowing they were present

no one they disappeared

he understood thus and with the

cultivation of that attainment

he confirmed that there is still more to

do

so this phrase here known to him those

states arose

you see equanimity you simply know that

it's there

that it's present

and when you know that

you're looking at some other state maybe

it's happiness joy

you know now the equanimity has

disappeared

it's no longer there

that's mindfulness you simply know

what's there

and you remember

to keep looking

you actually remember to keep looking

into 6r if your mind is starting to

wander

just relax at this stage

you might notice the feeling has come up

into your head

foreign

you

so what this is a guided jhana

meditation it's a guided john factor

meditation

we'll work with four genres today

and um

what i'm going to be doing is i'm going

to be reading the suta one by one as

they occur number one one one

and i'm going to highlight all the jauna

factors

that

arise in each of the genres

and what you're going to do is see if

you can see those factors

in those jaundice

and there's a lot of factors there's a

lot of things to look at and you don't

don't make yourself crazy trying to find

all of them but maybe pick a few and

just observe them

see where

the whole idea here is to observe it's

not to get anywhere

but it's just to

just to um

look at ajana and look at the factors

that are there and it puts your mind

more into observation

than into striving

and the only striving part is you just

say

let me go no higher than the first

and

then you hopefully will do that maybe

you don't it's okay it doesn't matter

so what happens is we'll do

about a 15 minute guided meditation and

i'm going to start with a little bit of

meta

just to get everybody going

and then i'm going to start to read the

1-1-1

about the first jhana and i'll give you

instructions along the way

and then we'll sit for say 10 more

minutes and then you will just observe

what is going on with you

so without further ado

let's go ahead and start our guided

meditation

everybody please get comfortable

and we'll just start out with some

loving kindness

just relax

just be here right now

notice what's going on around you

notice what's happening in your body

all right put that smile on your face

and now feel loving kindness

wish yourself some loving kindness

and see it coming out of your heart

spreading all over your body

and if you see the least bit of trying

to make something happen just relax

and just do it just

image that loving kindness and just

see it there already right now

now you're just in a bubble of loving

kindness

it surrounds you

you're in a very happy place

your mind is very content

your body is warm and glowing

now think about holding the baby

holding your cat

just feel that kindness

feel that love and kindness

and just hold them close to your chest

now take that loving kindness and spread

it out to everybody in this group

just radiate that loving kindness

to everybody on your screen

put everybody in your heart

and hold them close and wish them

kindness

now during this process i want you to

just say to yourself may i no go wait

may i go no higher than the first jhana

may i experience the first jhana

and all of its jaw factors

i want you to send loving kindness out

into your room

may everything in my room be happy

out into your house or your apartment

just may every everybody

and everything

be happy

if there's some vibration happening that

usually doesn't happen

in your normal life just notice that

what does it feel like

now wish everyone in your neighborhood

happiness

peacefulness

and wish everybody in your city

your neighborhood

your city

happiness and peace

now i'm going to start to read the suta

and please pay attention

this is one by one anupada sutta

one by one as they occurred

thus have i

heard on one occasion the blessed one

was living at savati

in jettas grove banata pindiga's park

there he addressed the bhikkhus thus

bhikkhu's

venerable sir they replied

the blessed one said this

because sorry puta is wise

sorry puta has great wisdom

sorry putta has wide wisdom

sorry puta has joyous wisdom

sorry puta has quick wisdom

sorry putta has keen wisdom

sariputta has penetrative wisdom

during half a month because

sorry put the gained insight

insight into states one by one as they

occurred

now sorry putin's insight into states

one by one as they occurred was this

hirabiku is quite secluded from central

pleasures

secluded from unwholesome states

sorry putta entered upon and abided

in the first jhana

which is where you are now

which is accompanied by applied and

sustained thought

with rapture

and pleasure

born of seclusion

applied and sustained thought so what

are those you apply your mind to the

object

you bring it up

and you continue to stay with it

so notice how you're staying with your

object

with rapture and pleasure born of

seclusion rapture is joy

it doesn't have to be

really strong it can just be

kind of a

looking forward a happiness and

excitement

may or may not be there

then there's also pleasure which is a

contentment a happiness born of

contentment

and all of this is born of seclusion

because we've closed our eyes and shut

off the outside world

and when the mind is quiet it allows

rapture and pleasure

to arise

and the states in the first genre

the applied thought

the sustained thought

the joy the pleasure

and the unification of mind

notice the factor of unification

the mind is not jumping all over

it's kind of become solid

it's like the water is freezing into ice

but it's a pleasant

solid

and also the contact

feeling perception

volition and tension

and

mind

the joy the decision

energy mindfulness equanimity

and attention

these states were defined by him one by

one as they occurred

knowing to him those states arose

knowing they were present

no one they disappeared

he understood thus

so indeed these states not having been

come into being having been

they vanish

regarding those states he abided

unattracted unrepelled

independent

detached

free

dissociated

with a mind rid of barriers

he understood there is an escape beyond

and with the cultivation of that

he confirmed that there is

so going back to the first jhana

we have the applied thought

the sustained thought

there's some joy

there's some happiness

observe those

unification of mine

is your mind unified

all of the aggregates are there contact

feeling

you notice feeling

perception

the thing that's naming everything how

you know things

volitions or intentions and things

coming up in your mind to do

and mind just the fact of mind being

there

there is joy there is decisions

arising just things where i'm gonna do

this

there's a factor of energy

mindfulness

remembering to stay mindful remembering

to see things

there is some equanimity

and lastly attention

the mind attends to these states

so let's sit for a little while

and just see what's there

not going beyond the first jhana

but noticing the factors that are

present

and seeing if you can name them

continue your loving kindness let it

spread out

see it

notice it observe it

now notice that there's more things that

you can be noticing

there's just the feeling anything you

know the definition of feeling is

anything that you feel that was the

buddhist definition

it's not this or that type of feeling

it's if you feel it it's feeling

and notice all the feeling that's

happening

in your body

in the mind

feeling of loving kindness

feeling of calm of equanimity

tranquility

so the contact

the feeling

all these things the five aggregates of

course are not separate from the five

factors

the factors are part of the five

aggregates

so you're feeling

all of these factors your

mind makes contact with them

now you're putting some applied thought

into bringing up a smile and loving

kindness once again

may i be happy

may i be content and peaceful

may this loving kindness go all over my

body

radiate to everyone in this group

again because with the stilling of

applied and sustained thought

meaning now you're just simply in the

genome you don't need to keep it going

by saying phrases

or pushing anything at all

sorry putta entered and abided in the

second jhana

which has self-confidence

and singleness of mind

without

applied and sustained thought

with rapture

and pleasure

of collectiveness

and the states in the second jhana

the self-confidence

the joy

the pleasure

the unification of mind

and

contact

whenever your mind notices something new

that comes up that's contact

it's the coming together and

consciousness arises that's just it's

contact isn't a thing

it's a process

you notice something

that's contact

and there's feeling there

and there's perception

it names the feeling

it knows what it is

and there's volition or intentions

well what to do with that feeling

could be a thought about that feeling

maybe a future

decision about that feeling

and mind just noticing mind

that big open space where everything is

happening

there's also

the joy the decision

factors of decision i'm to do this i'm

not going to do that just arises out of

nowhere

energy

mindfulness

equanimity

and attention

these states were defined by him

one by one as they occurred

now unto him those states arose

known they were present

knowing they disappeared

he understood thus

and with the cultivation of that

attainment he confirmed that there is

now we experience the second genre

the mind calms down now the noise goes

away but the joy the happiness

are still there

when your mind notices something new

then there's contact

whatever it is it's feeling

you feel it

and you perceive what it is

a little mental image will come up says

oh that's

that's warmth

and then there might be a thought coming

from that

there may be a decision that arises

about that

there can be energy in the mind

or there can be sloth and torpor there

can be high energy or low energy

there can be some equanimity

and attention

should be easier now

you should feel it feel warm

you should just be able to smile and

just

let it in

let's direct some of that loving

kindness to the group here again

and now just see that radiating from

your body

so the third jhana

again monks with the fading away of joy

sorry puta abided in equanimity

and mindful and fully aware

still feeling pleasure with the body

still still feeling happiness with the

body

he entered upon and abided in the third

jhana

on account of which noble ones announce

he has a pleasant abiding who has

equanimity and is mindful

and the states in the third genre

the equanimity

the happiness

mindfulness

full awareness

and the unification of mind

now there's more equanimity unification

a contentment

and not to forget there is the contact

the contact when the genre arises

the feeling

all of the feelings that we

feel in the genre

their perception we're naming all those

feelings

formations and mind formations or

thoughts

and mind

and formations can be hindrances too

we have also the enthusiasm

decision

energy

mindfulness

equanimity

and attention

these states were defined by him one by

one as they occurred

notice how you're aware of only one

thing at a time

you're aware of this feeling

you're aware of how the mind is unified

or you're aware of

happiness

and how is that awareness happening it's

perception

your naming feelings

knowing to him those states arose

knowing they were present

no one they disappeared

he understood thus

so indeed these states not having been

come into being

haven't having been

they vanish

regarding those states he abided

unattracted

unrepelled

independent

detached free

dissociated with the mind rid of

barriers

you just let these states be there

and they disappear on their own

he understood there is an escape beyond

and with the cultivation of that

attainment he confirmed that there is

so the states of the third genre are

equanimity happiness

mindfulness

and full awareness

and unification of mine

now i want you just to observe what is

there don't do anything

just observe

just smile a little bit and observe

and you can enjoy it you can

feel happy

you can feel happy to observe

it's not work it's just a little fun

project

notice the equanimity

sense of pleasure happiness

you might notice that your body's kind

of disappeared

the feelings the feeling is more subtle

but there's still feeling

arising and passing away

bring the smile back up

just feel that smile

again monks with the abandoning of

pleasure

and pain

and with the previous disappearance of

joy and grief

sorry puta entered upon and abided in

the fourth jhana

which has neither pain nor pleasure

and purity of mindfulness due to

equanimity

now joy and happiness are abandoned

there is only balance

it doesn't mean that there cannot be a

pain arising or a pleasurable feeling

arising it means that it doesn't make

your mind shake

and the states in the fourth jhana

the equanimity

the neither painful nor pleasant feeling

the mental unconcern due to tranquility

you're tranquil so nothing bothers you

the purity of mindfulness

you see everything that arises

and the unification of mine

now your mind is not shaking

it's steady

it's like it's solidified

and you see the contact

contact arises when you see a different

factor or feeling

and you see feeling

feeling in the body feeling in the mind

feeling in

anywhere at all

and you know what the feeling is it's

perception

and formations thoughts

yeah this is a better word than volition

this is formations

and mind

the five aggregates and the four

foundations of mindfulness are still

here

the enthusiasm decision

energy mindfulness

equanimity

and attention

these states were defined by him one by

one as they occurred

he still has his mindfulness he still

has his full awareness of what's

happening as it

arises mind is not clued to

one particular thing

there are still movements to be observed

knowing to him those states arose

knowing they were present

no one they disappeared

he understood thus and with the

cultivation of that attainment

he confirmed that there is still more to

do

so this phrase here known to him those

states arose

you see equanimity you simply know that

it's there

that it's present

and when you know that

you're looking at some other state maybe

it's happiness joy

you know now the equanimity has

disappeared

it's no longer there

that's mindfulness you simply know

what's there

and you remember

to keep looking

you actually remember to keep looking

into 6r if your mind is starting to

wander

just relax at this stage

you might notice the feeling has come up

into your head

foreign

you