One of my favorites is by Ajahn Brahm, a Buddhist monk now living in Australia, called "Mindfulness, Bliss, and Beyond: A Meditator's Handbook". It contains perhaps the most concise information related to the Buddhist experience of jhanas to be found anywhere in writing. Jhanas are a particularly deep state of awareness and highly focused state of state of mind that retains a very fluidic nature despite the mind's tight focus. Jhanas are one of those things that language just doesn't have the tools to express as they really are, yet somehow Ajahn Brahm finds a way to come as close as anyone ever has.
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