Jhana the Brasington Way: Pleasure, Steadiness, and the Question of Depth

A practical explanation of Leigh Brasington's pleasant-sensation doorway to the first jhana, followed by a short map of the first four states. Includes a fair comparison with Pa-Auk and Visuddhimagga absorption criteria, and separates practical benefit from disputed historical claims. Original commentary, not an audiobook reading of Right Concentration.

Natural breathing, no forcing through distress or sleep disruption. This episode describes training criteria; it does not certify attainments.

Sources and further reading

• Leigh Brasington, authorized Right Concentration excerpt
• Access concentration instructions
• Brasington, eight-state outline
• Right Concentration book context
• Knowing and Seeing, fifth edition, pp43-45
• Visuddhimagga IV32-34 and74-78
• SN45.8, early jhana formula
• Bhikkhu Analayo, Reinterpreting Absorption