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The Jhanas in Theravada Buddhist Meditation
by Bhikkhu Henepola Gunaratana


This book is an abridged version of the author's "The Path of Serenity and
Insight: An Explanation of the Buddhist Jhanas", Copyright 1985 Motilal
Banarsidass, New Delhi.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
      Mahathera Henepola Gunaratana was ordained as a Buddhist monk in Kandy,
      Sri Lanka, in 1947 and received his education at Vidyalankara College and
      Buddhist Missionary College, Colombo. He worked for five years as a
      Buddhist missionary among the Harijans (Untouchables) in India and for ten
      years with the Buddhist Missionary Society in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
      In 1968 he came to the United States to serve as general secretary of the
      Buddhist Vihara Society at the Washington Buddhist Vihara. In 1980 he was
      appointed president of the Society. He has received a Ph.D. from The
      American University and since 1973 has been Buddhist Chaplain at The
      American University.
      He is now director of the Bhavana Meditation Center in West Virginia in
      the Shenandoah Valley, about 100 miles from Washington, D.C.



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    LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
    PTS Pali Text Society edition
    BBS Burmese Buddhasasana Samiti edition
    A. Anguttara Nikaya (PTS)
    D. Digha Nikaya (PTS)
    Dhs. Dhammasangani (BBS)
    Dhs.A. Dhammasangani Atthakatha = Atthasalini (BBS)
    M. Majjhima Nikaya (PTS)
    M.A. Majjhima Nikaya Atthakatha (BBS)
    Miln. Milindapanha (PTS)
    PP. Path of Purification (translation of Visuddhimagga by Bhikkhu Nanamoli;
    Kandy: BPS, 1975)
    S. Samyutta Nikaya (PTS)
    SA. Samyutta Nikaya Atthakatha (BBS)
    ST. Samyutta Nikaya Tika (BBS)
    Vbh. Vibhanga (PTS)
    Vin.A. Vinaya Atthakatha (BBS)
    Vism. Visuddhimagga (PTS)
    Vism.T. Visuddhimagga Tika (BBS)