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7 December 2026 · Online

Practicing Jhanas and Emptiness: Surprising Similarities, Distinctive Differences

An evening online class with Leigh Brasington on where the jhana practices and the teachings on emptiness overlap, and where they part company.

7Decemberto December 7, 2026
Online class07:00 PM–08:30 PM
FormatOnline class
PeriodWinter 2026
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CapacityOpen
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Practicing Jhanas and Emptiness: Surprising Similarities, Distinctive Differences

An evening online class with Leigh Brasington on where the jhana practices and the teachings on emptiness overlap, and where they part company.

“What I want to teach is the Jhanas as a meditation technique and how that technique fits into the broader spectrum of sila, samadhi, pannya: morality, concentration, wisdom.”
Leigh Brasington
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Meet Leigh Brasington.

Jhāna Practice · Student of Ayya Khema

Leigh Brasington

American meditation teacher and former software engineer, a student of Ayya Khema best known for teaching the jhānas, the deep states of meditative absorption.

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The wider context.

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Lay practice, Burmese roots

Insight Meditation

The modern Insight movement that brought Theravada meditation practice to lay audiences in the West, largely independent of monastic robes and ritual forms.

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