user21800: Title really.
I am reading the tibetan lamrim version of the 9 mental abiding and trying to correlate it to the theravada 8 jhanas, I can't seem to find which jhana/abiding is which in regards to the other tradition.
The practice for both is still samatha.
If anyone has an informed opinion or understanding of the practices I could really do with some help understanding how the 2 different explanations coincide.

user43: In the Gelugpa's Lamrim tradition for sure, and I suspect in most other Lamrim traditions as well, the four rupa jhanas and the subsequent arupa jhanas are practiced after the 9 abidings, once the calm abiding has been achieved.
Please refer to Meditative States in Tibetan Buddhism, page 85.

21800: <p>Title really.
I am reading the tibetan lamrim version of the 9 mental abiding and trying to correlate it to the theravada 8 jhanas, I can't seem to find which jhana/abiding is which in regards to the other tradition.</p>
<p>The practice for both is still samatha.</p>
<p>If anyone has an informed opinion or understanding of the practices I could really do with some help understanding how the 2 different explanations coincide.</p>
 43: <p>In the Gelugpa's Lamrim tradition for sure, and I suspect in most other Lamrim traditions as well, the four rupa jhanas and the subsequent arupa jhanas are practiced <em>after</em> the 9 abidings, once the calm abiding has been achieved.</p>
<p>Please refer to <a href="https://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/com/086171119X" rel="nofollow noreferrer" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Meditative States in Tibetan Buddhism</a>, page 85.</p>
