[Buddha-l] Jhanas in Mahayana & Tibetan

[Bradley Clough]

On Sep 28, 2010, at 1:55 PM, Jackhat1 at aol.com wrote:

> ...Is it correct that the suttas in the  Pali 
> Canon only name 4 jhanas? The other 4 are called the 4 immaterial  
> absorptions.<


According to Nyanatiloka's Buddhist Dictionary,  the four immaterial spheres (aruupaayatana) are often called aruupa-jjhaana pr aruupaavacara-jjhaana in the suttas.

Brad