Talk
Jhanas & Stilling the Mind
A dharma talk and led jhana meditation at the San Francisco Dharma Collective.
About the teacher
Leigh Brasington
Leigh Brasington was a software engineer when he began to study meditation intensively under the German-born Theravada nun Ayya Khema, later editing several of her books. After he retired from computers, he has gone on to author five books of his own on Buddhist meditation and philosophy, including Right Concentration: A Practical Guide to the Jhānas (2015), translated into German, Hungarian, Dutch and Spanish, and The Gradual Training (2024).
He now teaches jhana retreats and workshops internationally, focused on making these classical states of concentration practically accessible to contemporary practitioners.
“"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, interview at leighb.com/intervu.htm (Cloud Mountain Newsletter interview)”Leigh Brasington
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Interview
Ep18: The Jhanas
An interview on the Guru Viking podcast about the jhanas and his teacher Ayya Khema.
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Leigh BrasingtonInsight Meditation
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Diving Deep into the Jhanas
Leigh Brasington with Michael W. Taft on Deconstructing Yourself.
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Leigh Brasington on 10% Happier
Leigh Brasington as a guest on 10% Happier with Dan Harris.
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