Studies in the Origins of Buddhism c19.s1.9

c19.s1.9

The Four Jhanas.—If we seek to inquire into the precise content of Jhāna, we find ourselves invariably faced with a neat systematic analysis of the progressive simplification of mental processes and content of the Jhāyin, which culminates in a state of entire recollectedness, a state of lucid and one-pointed awareness possessing hedonically a neutral tone.¹²⁸ This analysis may