Entering the Jhanas: Focus Comes First
A practice to develop the steady mind necessary for attaining wisdom
Leigh Brasington
Leigh Brasington studied the jhanas with the late Venerable Ayya Khema and was empowered to teach by Jack Kornfield, cofounder of the Insight Meditation Society, in Barre, Massachusetts, and Spirit Rock Meditation Center, in Woodacre, California. Right Concentration is Brasington’s first book.
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A Mind Pure, Concentrated, and Bright
"For me, I can't see any way not to teach them. Deeper concentration just seems to lead to deeper truths."
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