3rd jhana (happiness)
Talks that speak mostly to this
- 8 Fold Path - The Path to Stream Entry- All of the Signposts
Delson presents the Noble Eightfold Path as the spine of the Dhamma and walks through each factor.
- 8 fold Path as the Path to Stream Entry- The Buddha's Path Laid Out to Awakening
Delson presents the Eightfold Path as the spine of the Dhamma and walks through its eight factors in order, from right view through right collectedness.
- Day 6 Introduction to Jhanas 1-4 -Keys to Entering the Jhana
Delson reads from DN 2 (Samaññaphala Sutta) to set out what the Buddha says must be in place before the mind naturally enters jhana: ethical conduct, guarding the sense doors, contentment…
- Day 5 "The Jhanas 1-4" with Delson Armstrong
Delson explains the jhanas as stages of collectedness (samadhi) that develop once the hindrances have eased, and walks through the first four jhanas and their factors.
- Summary of Jhanas 1-4 -Rupa Jhanas - W/Delson Armstrong
Delson summarises the four rupa jhanas, the meditative absorptions.
- Day 3 Enlightenment Factors & Jhana- Japan Retreat Dec 2023
Delson explains the seven enlightenment factors (mindfulness, investigation of states, energy, joy, tranquility, collectedness and equanimity) as qualities that arise naturally when…
- Kalimpong 2023 Buddha Pāda Day 4 Jhanas
Delson explains the jhanas as levels of samadhi, a balanced and unified mind that arises after right collectedness and the earlier path factors.
- Kalimpong 2023 Buddha Pāda Day 4 Jhanas
Delson explains the jhanas as stages of samadhi that arise from a balanced, unified mind, with loving-kindness used as the object of meditation.
- Day 3 Jhanas 1-4 Explanation with Delson Armstrong Pt 1
Delson introduces the first four jhanas as progressively deeper levels of collectedness and cessation that arise from the metta practice when the mind lets go of hindrances.
- Day 3 The Jhanas -First 4 explained- by Delson Armstrong Pt1
Delson explains the first four jhanas as progressively more settled states of mind that arise from loving-kindness (metta) practice once the mind is relaxed and free of hindrances.
- Day 9 May Retreat AN 10.2 'After the Retreat' with Delson Armstrong
Delson reads AN 10.2 (Chetana, Volition) as a guide to what to do after retreat.
Talks that also touch on it
- Day 5 High Altitude Retreat - Energies & Enlightenment Factors
Delson explains energy as the movement of awareness, following where attention goes, and links this to jhanas, the seven enlightenment factors, and the eleven links of transcendental…
- Interview: Andrzej Stasiak with Delson Armstrong-Jhanas through Awakening
Delson Armstrong and Andrzej Stasiak discuss TWIM (Tranquil Wisdom Insight Meditation), the jhanas, and awakening.
- Day 3 'The First 4 Jhanas" Progressing on the Path to Nibbana -Excellent
Delson explains the first four jhanas as the mind experiences them in TWIM practice: the factors of the first jhana (vitakka, vicara, piti, sukha, ekaggata), how the second, third and…
- Day 5 Path to Nibbana - Upanisa Sutta-Transcendental DO - Delson Armstrong
Delson recaps the higher jhanas (the arupa ayatanas, from infinite space through neither-perception-nor-non-perception) and how the mind moves through them toward cessation.
- June 7 -Day 3 -In Depth Jhana Talk- Excellent! Delson Armstrong
Delson explains the jhanas as taught in the Suttavada approach, distinguishing jhanas that keep a person in samsara from the right meditation (samma samadhi) that leads to liberation.
- June 6 -Day 2 -First Day Blues-Origin of Hindrances
Delson explains, on the second day of a retreat, that the difficulties beginners meet in sitting come from hindrances: the five basic distractions of sensual craving, ill will…
- Apr 13 2025 Inspiring Sign AN 47.10 & SN 22.37 Delson Armstrong
Delson reads SN 47.10 about nuns established in the four foundations of mindfulness who perceive successively loftier stages, and explains that the 6R's act as an inspiring sign that…
- Dependent Origination 2023 - Day 3 Dukkha
Delson explains dukkha as the unsatisfactory, unstable nature of conditioned existence, using the etymology of su and du with ka (stability) and the image of an off-balance chariot wheel.
- Day 8: Noble Eightfold Path Netherlands
Delson Armstrong gives a talk, recorded at the end of a retreat, on how to cultivate the Noble Eightfold Path in daily life after retreat.
- Day 4: Jhāna 1
Delson explains the first four jhanas as he teaches them in TWIM: the mind collects around its object, and each jhana has its own factors, from joy born of seclusion in the first to…
- Kalimpong 2023 Buddha Pāda Day 8 Transcendental DO- Upanisa Sutta
Delson explains transcendental dependent origination as the path side of the teaching, where the links are seen ceasing rather than arising.
- Day 3 UK Retreat (Sept 2023) Jhanas Pt 1
Delson explains jhana as a level of concentration, clarity and cessation that grows out of sila and samadhi, and he walks through the four jhanas using the factors of vitaka and vichara…
- The Deep End of Meditation - Rebooting the Brain | Delson Armstrong
In this interview, Delson Armstrong traces his meditation path from hatha yoga, Kriya Yoga and Tibetan practices to TWIM, and describes the jhanas, the samadhi states of yoga, and a…
- Day 8 Transcendental DO, BUDDHA PĀDA INSTITUTE, Kalimpong- Delson Armstrong
Delson explains transcendental dependent origination, the sequence running from faith grounded in suffering, through virtue, the precepts, the jhanas and equanimity, to disenchantment…
- Upanisa sutta Transcendental DO with Delson Armstrong July 20,2023
Delson explains the transcendental links of dependent origination, the sequence that leads from suffering and faith through virtue, gladness, the jhanas, equanimity and disenchantment to…
- MN 111 The Path Through the Jhanas-Very Good Explanation of the Jhanas
Delson explains the jhanas as naturally arising states of collectedness that come from letting go of the hindrances and relaxing, not from forceful concentration.
- Day 8 MN 112 The Six Fold Purity -What is an Arahant -Delson Armstrong
Delson reads MN 112, the Chabbisodhana Sutta on the six-fold purity, and comments on it section by section.
- Day 2 May Retreat MN 107 Ganaka Moggalana Sutta with Delson Armstrong -Distractions
Delson reads MN 107, the Ganaka Moggallana Sutta, and explains the gradual training it describes: precepts, restraint of the senses, moderation, wakefulness, full awareness, then seclusion…
- Day 9 May 4 Upanisa Sutta -Transcendental Arising
Delson Armstrong reads and explains the Upanisa Sutta (SN 12.23) on transcendental dependent origination, the chain in which each factor is the proximate cause of the next, from ignorance…
- May 2021 Online Retreat Q&A 1
Delson answers questions from the first Q&A session of a May 2021 online retreat.