Books on Meditation

[Anonymous No.17139545]

I'd like to start meditating again but I need a guidebook. I'd used The Mind Illuminated before, but I'm hesitant to use it again given that the author has indulged in degeneracy. I'd prefer book by monks and primary sources over anything secular. Any recommendations?

[Anonymous No.17140020]

>>17139545
Just meditate

[Anonymous No.17140035]

>>17139545
Bump

[Anonymous No.17140047]

[Anonymous No.17140051]

accesstoinsight.org has a BUNCH of stuff. It's all Theravada, which keeps you from the galaxy brain Diamond Way SCHIZO-CHAD Vajrayana stuff, but then that's a good thing because you aren't supposed to do Vajrayana stuff without a master beside you anyways.

[Anonymous No.17140066]

>>17139545
>I'm hesitant to use it again given that the author has indulged in degeneracy
what he do? the book is good. i would use it for what it is because whether you approve of what the author did has nothing to do with the content of the book. in fact, i'd say you're clinging onto this image of meditation which is really going against what meditation should be all about.

[Anonymous No.17141296]

>>17140020
How to reach the jhanas?

[Anonymous No.17141484]

>>17139545
>I'm hesitant to use it again given that the author has indulged in degeneracy.
What do you mean?

[Urantia Adept No.17142562]

>>17139545
>Ānāpānasati (Pali; Sanskrit ānāpānasmṛti), meaning "mindfulness of breathing" ("sati" means mindfulness; "ānāpāna" refers to inhalation and exhalation[1]), is a form of Buddhist meditation originally taught by Gautama Buddha in several suttas including the Ānāpānasati Sutta.[2]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anapanasati

This sutra is available online