I didn't understand your comment. What I meant is jhana is Pali, most Ch'an/Mahayana sources go back to sanskrit and thus spell it as dhyana. A Mahayana practit

I didn't understand your comment. What I meant is jhana is Pali, most Ch'an/Mahayana sources go back to sanskrit and thus spell it as dhyana. A Mahayana practitioner saying jhana is as odd as a Theravadin saying dhyana.