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1、ACriticalAnalysisACriticalAnalysisoftheJhanasoftheJhanasinTheravadaBuddhistMeditationHenepolaGunaratanaHANEUDDT'SeBBYOROKLIBRAE-mail:bdea@buddhanet.netWebsite:www.buddhanet.netBuddhaDharmaEducationAssociationInc.ACriticalAnalysisoftheJhACriticalAnalysisoftheJ

2、hãACriticalAnalysisoftheJhãããnasnasinTheravinTheravãinTheravãããdaBuddhistMeditationdaBuddhistMeditationdaBuddhistMeditationdaBuddhistMeditationbyHenepolaGunaratanaHenepolaGunaratanaHenepolaGunaratanasubmittedtotheFacultyoftheCollegeofArtsandScienceoftheAmeric

3、anUniversityinPartialFulfillmentoftheRequirementsfortheDegreeofDoctorofPhilosophyinPhilosophy1980TheAmericanUniversityWashington,D.C.20016THEAMERICANUNIVERSITYLIBRARY2Thisbookisdedicatedtomydearparentsandteachers.BhanteGunaratanawasbornin1927inasmallvillagein

4、SriLankaandwasordainedattheageof12asaBuddhistmonk.Attheageof20hewasgivenhigherordinationinKandyin1947.AttheinvitationoftheSasanaSevakaSociety,BhanteGunaratanawenttotheUnitedStatesin1968toserveasHon.GeneralSecretaryoftheBuddhistViharaSocietyofWashington,D.C.He

5、hasalsopursuedhisscholarlyinterestsbyearningaB.A.,anM.A.,andaPh.D.inPhilosophyfromTheAmericanUniversity.HeistheauthorofComeandSee,ThePathofSerenityandInsight,TheJhanasandMindfulnessInPlainEnglish.VenerableGunaratanaistheabbotandthepresidentoftheBhavanaSociety

6、,aForestMonasteryandRetreatCentreinWestVirginia,U.S.A.3ACriticalAnalysisoftheJhACriticalAnalysisoftheJhãACriticalAnalysisoftheJhãããnasnasinTheravinTheravãinTheravãããdaBuddhistMeditationdaBuddhistMeditationdaBuddhistMeditationdaBuddhistMeditationbyHenepolaGuna

7、ratanaHenepolaGunaratanaHenepolaGunaratanaABSTRACTThisworkprovidesananalyticalstudyofthejhānas,animportantsetofmeditativeattainmentsinthecontemplativedisciplineofTheravādaBuddhism.Despitetheirfrequentappearanceinthetexts,theexactroleofthejhānasintheBuddhistpa

8、thhasnotbeensettledwithunanimitybyTheravādascholars,whoarestilldividedoverthequestionastowhethertheyarenecessaryforattainingnibbāna.Theprimarypurposeofthisdissertationistodeterminetheprec