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Four Jhanas

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Four Jhanas (four Stages Of The Buddha's Enlightenment)
1. First Meditation: initial and discursive thoughts; born of aloofness; rapturous and joyful
2. Second Meditation: devoid of initial and discursive thoughts; born of concentration; rapturous and joyful
3. Third Meditation: dwelling in equanimity, attentiveness and clear consciousness; joy
4. Fourth Meditation: neither joy nor anguish; purification by equanimity and mindfulness, without defilements; mind becoming fixed and immovable

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