Just because Sujato's opinion on jhāna is popular (and agrees with "classical Theravada", which is quite a different thing than Early Buddhism), doesn't make it right.
I've documented in great detail how Sujato's position on jhāna contradicts EBT suttas. He cherry picks a few EBT's to support his opinion, but is not transparent about why he thinks the scores of EBT suttas that contradict his position don't matter.
"classical theravada" can point to LBT to support their position.
Sujato can not show an internally consistent, coherent body of EBT suttas that support his.
You did post this announcement in Early Buddhism, so it is subject to challenge from an EBT position.
mikenz66 wrote: ↑Sun Jul 17, 2022 8:40 pm Hi frankAs far as I can tell, Bhikkhu Sujato has been quite transparent about his opinion. Furthermore, on this matter, his opinion appears to be quite consistent with the Classical interpretation of jhana, so most of the Theravada Buddhist Community (or, more accurately, most of those who are concerned about whether the physical body is felt in third jhana) would probably agree with it.
Mike