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Number of times Jhāna Practice shows up in the Majjhima Nikāya.

                                        From Vasettha Sutta: Sutta 98
 
                            “Who has crossed to the further shore
                               And meditates within the jhanas,
                                 Is unperturbed and unperplexed,
                               Attained Nibbana through no clinging:
                                 He is the one I call a brahmin.”
 
 
     The Buddha declared that Jhāna Practice was the path to Nibbāna and he declared this more frequently than any other methodologies in the Majjhima Nikāya. Other sects say that “Dry-Insight” Practice without Jhānas was taught by the Buddha, yet there is no mention of such a practice in the Nikāyas. This was a commentarial addition much later. How a monk attains Jhāna is mentioned in at least 50 out of 152 suttas. 33% of all suttas have a mention of it there. I include also “base of infinite consciousness etc.”
 
Researched: Majjhima Nikāya translated by Bhikkhu Bodhi and Ñāṇamoli – Wisdom Pub. 1995
 
Jhāna Practice Explained/Described
 
  Sutta No.           Sutta Name                        Page No.

  • 1 Mulapariyaya Sutta: The Root of All Things 83
  • 4 Bhayabherava Sutta: Fear and Dread 102
  • 6 Akankheyya Sutta: If a Bhikkhu Should Wish 115
  • 8 Sallekha Sutta: Effacement 123
  • 12 Mahasthanada Sutta: The Greater Discourse on the Lion's Roar 164
  • 13 Mahadukkhakkhandha Sutta: The Greater Discourse on the Mass of Suffering
  • 19 Dvedhavitakka Sutta: Two Kinds of Thought 207
  • 25 Nivapa Sutta: The Bait 246
  • 26 Ariyapariyesana Sutta: The Noble Search 253
  • 27 Culahatthipadopama Sutta: The Shorter Discourse on the Simile of the Elephant's Footprint 269
  • 30 Culasaropama Sutta: The Shorter Discourse on the Simile of the Heartwood 291
  • 31 Culagosinga Sutta: The Shorter Discourse in Gosinga 301
  • 36 Mahasaccaka Sutta: The Greater Discourse to Saccaka 332
  • 38 Mahatanhasankhaya Sutta: The Greater Discourse on the Destruction of Craving 349
  • 39 Maha-Assapura Sutta: The Greater Discourse at Assapura 362
  • 41 Saleyyaka Sutta: The Brahmins of Sala 379
  • 43 Mahavedalla Sutta: The Greater Series of Questions and Answers 387
  • 44 Culavedalla Sutta: The Shorter Series of Questions and Answers 396
  • 45 Culadhammasamadana Sutta: The Shorter Discourse on Ways of Undertaking Things 405
  • 51 Kandaraka Sutta: To Kandaraka 443
  • 52 Atthakanagara Sutta: The Man from Atthakanagara 454
  • 53 Sekha Sutta: The Disciple in Higher Training 460
  • 59 Bahuvedaniya Sutta: The Many Kinds of Feeling 502
  • 64 Mahamalunkya Sutta: The Greater Discourse to Malunkyaputta 537
  • 65 Bhaddali Sutta: To Bhaddali 542
  • 66 Latukikopama Sutta-. The Simile of the Quail 551
  • 76 Sandaka Sutta: To Sandaka 618
  • 77 Mahasakuludayi Sutta: The Greater Discourse to Sakuludayin 629
  • 78 Samanamandika Sutta: Samanamandikaputta -648
  • 79 Culasakuludayi Sutta: The Shorter Discourse to Sakuludayin 654
  • 98 Vasettha Sutta: To Vasettha 798
  • 99 Subha Sutta: To Subha 808
  • 101 Devadaha Sutta: At Devadaha 8-27
  • 107 GanakamoggalUna Sutta: To Ganaka Moggallana 874
  • 108 Gopakamoggallana Sutta: With Gopaka Moggallana 880
  • 111 Anupada Sutta: One by One as They Occurred 899
  • 112 Chabbisodhana Sutta: The Sixfold Purity 903
  • 113 Sappurisa Sutta: The True Man 909
  • 119 Kayagatasati Sutta: Mindfulness of the Body 949
  • 120 Sankharupapatti Sutta: Reappearance by Aspiration 959
  • 121 Culasunnata Sutta: The Shorter Discourse on Voidness 965
  • 122 Mahasunnata Sutta: The Greater Discourse on Voidness 971
  • 125 Dantabhumi Sutta: The Grade of the Tamed 989
  • 137 Salayatanavibhanga Sutta: The Exposition of the Sixfold Base 1066
  • 138 Uddesavibhanga Sutta: The Exposition of a Summary 1074
  • 139 Aranavibhanga Sutta: The Exposition of Non-conflict 1080
  • 140 Dhatuvibhanga Sutta: The Exposition of the Elements 1087
  • 141 Saccavibhanga Sutta: The Exposition of the Truths 1097
  • 143 Anathapindikovada Sutta: Advice to Anathapindika 1109
 
 
METHODOLOGY
 
Jhāna Practice   
 
                        *searched         “he abided in the first jhāna”
also                *searching        ”jhana”     for instructions and explanation in addition to above.
Also                *searching        “Base of infinite consciousness”
 
Note: There should be many more instances in the Saṃyutta Nikāya of the Jhānas.
to be researched soon
 
 
 
David Johnson
Dhamma Sukha Meditation Center
May 26, 2016
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