<p>On <a href="http://www.accesstoinsight.org/ptf/dhamma/sacca/sacca4/samma-samadhi/jhana.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">this page</a>, you can find quotes from the Pali Canon on jhanas together with their sources.</p>

<p>For further commentary on jhanas, please see <a href="http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/authors/gunaratana/wheel351.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">this page</a>.</p>

<p><a href="https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/q/12/471">This question</a> may also help you.</p>

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<p>How to reach jhana is explained in <a href="http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/sn/sn48/sn48.010.than.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">SN 48.10</a>, in the last part about concentration. </p>

<p>Since jhana is a state of non-thinking, how can it be reached by reading, thinking, planning &amp; wanting? </p>

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  <p><em>There is the case where a monk, a disciple of the noble ones, making it his object to <strong>let go</strong> (<a href="https://suttacentral.net/define/vossagga" rel="nofollow noreferrer">vossagga</a>), attains concentration, attains
  singleness of mind.</em></p>
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<p>In advance, the whole tipitaka is about jhāna, include sīla&amp;vinaya.</p>

<p>For more focusing, see paṭisambhidāmagga.</p>

<p>For the summary, see <a href="http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/authors/nanamoli/PathofPurification2011.pdf" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Path of Purification &#40;Visuddhimagga&#41;</a>.</p>

<p><strong>For more focusing, except 1st and 2nd chapter of Visuddhimagga, then all chapters, after that, is about jhāna, ārammaṇūpanijjhāna&amp;lakkhaṇūpanijjhāna.</strong></p>

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<p>I want to find the cannon text on learning the jhanas. Is there a pdf or something in english i can download? Any help would be appreciated</p>

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Where can i find the original text of learning the jhanas
# Where can i find the original text of learning the jhanas

(Asked by: username_0 on 2017-08-17)

I want to find the cannon text on learning the jhanas. Is there a pdf or something in english i can download? Any help would be appreciated

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### Answer by username_3 on 2017-08-17. Score: 2 | Accepted answer

In advance, the whole tipitaka is about jhāna, include sīla&vinaya.

For more focusing, see paṭisambhidāmagga.

For the summary, see [Path of Purification (Visuddhimagga)](http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/authors/nanamoli/PathofPurification2011.pdf).

**For more focusing, except 1st and 2nd chapter of Visuddhimagga, then all chapters, after that, is about jhāna, ārammaṇūpanijjhāna&lakkhaṇūpanijjhāna.**


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### Answer by username_1 on 2017-08-17. Score: 2

On [this page](http://www.accesstoinsight.org/ptf/dhamma/sacca/sacca4/samma-samadhi/jhana.html), you can find quotes from the Pali Canon on jhanas together with their sources.

For further commentary on jhanas, please see [this page](http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/authors/gunaratana/wheel351.html).

[This question](https://buddhism.stackexchange.com/q/12/471) may also help you.


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### Answer by username_2 on 2017-08-17. Score: 0

How to reach jhana is explained in [SN 48.10](http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/sn/sn48/sn48.010.than.html), in the last part about concentration.

Since jhana is a state of non-thinking, how can it be reached by reading, thinking, planning & wanting?

> *There is the case where a monk, a disciple of the noble ones, making it his object to **let go** ([vossagga](https://suttacentral.net/define/vossagga)), attains concentration, attains
> singleness of mind.*


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