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First Jhāna Junkyard, Revisited: a Garden and a Prerequisite

September 28, 2026 · 2 min read

Yesterday’s post, Why Everyone, Not Just Monastics,Needs to Work on First Jhāna, has been updated with two additions. The first jhāna terms, and a garden in the junkyard The section What first jhāna actually trains now names the first jhāna terms behind the junkyard skill.In the middle of all that toxic waste,the monk is tending…

MN 19, MN 20: Why Everyone, Not Just Monastics, Needs to Work on First Jhāna

September 27, 2026 · 7 min read

Picture a junkyard.Toxic green paste glows between rusted barrels leaking who-knows-what.Sharp metal edges jut out at ankle height.Chained dogs snarl at the perimeter.And walking calmly through the middle of it is a monk in saffron robes,placing each foot with total precision — never near the hazards,never touching the paste, never provoking the dogs. Now picture…