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[ Sitting Practice ]
Two short descriptions of how to start sitting practice:
../../ThePaliLine/gradualnidana.htm#GETTING_STARTED_HIGH_GETTING_HIGH
../../ThePaliLine/gradualnidana.htm#HIGH_GETTING_HIGH2
Sitting with the intention of Creating A Satisfied Mind (Generally a preparation for Jhana, or The Burnings):
../../ThePaliLine/TheGreatMastersSatisfactionPastures.htm#PartII
The Practice of the Burnings:
(This might look very lean, but it is in fact pretty much everything the Buddha says about sitting and attaining the Jhanas. Most of the rest of what we get is made up by commentators. I am of the school that what the Buddha taught was well-taught: that in the case of the Burnings, less is more):
../../ThePaliLine/HighGetnHigh.htm#PartIII
For the experience of other realms, super-normal powers, and the purely mental realms:
../../ThePaliLine/The10thQuestion_1.htm#Part%20IV
And for the end-game:
../../ThePaliLine/The10thQuestion_2.htm
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