[Buddha-l] Jhanas in Mahayana & Tibetan

[Ngawang Dorje]

Hi,

Corrections:

> I had also read that while Siddhattha was a child, he already attained 
to the 4th jhana. I would appreciate if someone could point out the source for 
me.:)<

I have found the source, but it the first jhana.

"I thought: 'I recall once, when my father the Sakyan was working, and I was 
sitting in the cool shade of a rose-apple tree, then — quite secluded from 
sensuality, secluded from unskillful mental qualities — I entered & remained in 
the first jhana" (Maha Saccaka Sutta, MN 36)

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The two books mentioned are Tibetan sources, primarily from the Gelugpa. I 
wonder if the jhanas (either the four jhanas, with or without the immaterial 
attainments) are mentioned and described in Indian Mahayana schools and East 
Asian Buddhism (sources from China, Japan, Korea etc.)

Thanks a lot,
Rahula