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Relationship or mapping between Jhanas ( 4 + 4) and the four stages of Enlightment
If there's a mapping, I never heard about it. But just from the common sense, you have to be a stream enterer just to start practicing meditation correctly.
People do all kinds of wrong meditation and ...
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Relationship or mapping between Jhanas ( 4 + 4) and the four stages of Enlightment
No, they aren’t related. You can reach the base of perception/non-perception and not even reach stream entry. Case in point, the Buddha’s own original meditation teachers both achieved rarified ...
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