In a message dated 9/25/2010 9:49:07 A.M. Central Daylight Time, rahula_80 at yahoo.com writes: Can someone point me to Mahayana and Tibetan sources of the description of the eight jhanas? == Is it correct that the suttas in the Pali Canon only name 4 jhanas? The other 4 are called the 4 immaterial absorptions. jack