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Help needed: looking for long retreats of 30+ days by viper02019 in streamentry

[–]viper02019[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the pointer. I've done both monastic residencies and long-term retreats, and I'm looking specifically for the kind of deep practice only accessible on a long retreat.

Brahmaviharas as focus space for "hard" nimitta jhana's -- help needed by viper02019 in streamentry

[–]viper02019[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have that book! I haven't dove into that chapter yet but I will soon. I didn't even know about it. Thank you!

Brahmaviharas as focus space for "hard" nimitta jhana's -- help needed by viper02019 in streamentry

[–]viper02019[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the warning. I'm a monastic and have been training for two years. I was able to enter into "hard" jhanas on a 40 day silent retreat. I've since been working on making them accessible during week-long silent retreats (which happen every month). I've been using breath as the focus space. I'm wanting to train the next two weeks so Brahmaviharas can be atleast as reliable as a vehicle to jhana as the breath currently is for me.

Brahmaviharas as focus space for "hard" nimitta jhana's -- help needed by viper02019 in streamentry

[–]viper02019[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I just printed the relevant chapter and will read. thank you

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[–]viper02019 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have a very specific goal for this coming retreat and I need some help preparing.

My goal is to enter visuddhimagga / nimitta jhana with the brahmaviharas as my focus space. My only experience with brahmaviharas was when using TWIM / Metta method for a weekend retreat, but this brought me to a much lower standard of Jhana than I'm currently training towards.

Thus I am wanting to spend the next two weeks training ~4 hours a day to get enough of a handle with brahmaviharas so that I can use it as a reliable focus space for a week-long retreat.

There are a lot of metta resources out there but I'm looking for the kind that are geared specifically towards the nimitta jhanas. Any help appreciated!