Postby David N. Snyder ?? Sun Mar 17, 2013 4:40 am convivium wrote:maybe it makes sense to compare this statement with commentaries and subcommentaries. i do not see (from the suttas) how the deathless could be positively described as a jhana.Nirodha-Sam??patti (9th jhana) does not necessarily lead to full-enlightenment, although it is said to be very close, if one is an anagami and attains this st