What Meditation Did the Buddha Practice to Achieve Enlightenment?
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- What Meditation Did the Buddha Practice to Achieve Enlightenment?
#meditation #enlightenment #buddha #Vipassana #jhana
The Buddha introduced a completely new concept of meditation to the world. Before the Buddha, meditation was something you did once or twice a day, for an hour in the morning and an hour in the evening, and that was all. The Buddha brought a completely new understanding of the entire meditation process. He stated that the type of meditation you practice for an hour in the morning and an hour in the evening, or perhaps four or five times a day, is not very valuable. Meditation cannot be something you separate from life for an hour or fifteen minutes. It must resonate with life, as natural as breathing. You cannot just breathe for an hour in the morning and an hour in the evening because if that were the case, the evening would never come. It must be like breathing- even when you are asleep, you breathe. You might be in a coma, but you continue to breathe.
The Buddha stated that meditation must be a constant phenomenon; only then can it transform you. And he introduced a new meditation technique. His greatest contribution to the world was Jhana and Vipassana.Vipassana is a Pali word, the language he often used to speak... because as a prince, he was taught Sanskrit, the language of literature. However, when speaking, he never used this language because it was the language of the clergy and intellectuals, not of the common people. Sanskrit was never a language used for everyday life. It is unique compared to all other languages in the world, used only by the intellectual and scholarly elite; and because it is not understood, not recognized, the masses found it mystical. If translated literally, it means nothing special, even nonsensical, but its sound is full of musicality. It has the most perfect structure among the languages of the world.
But he decided to speak the language of the masses. It was a revolutionary step because the language of the crowd was not grammatically correct. Thanks to being used, thanks to ordinary people changing sounds, tones, the words became easier to use and no longer complicated. Pali is a simple language, and the language of naive, uneducated people. Vipassana is their language.
The literal meaning of the word is "to see," and the metaphorical meaning is "to witness." Siddhartha Gautama, known as the Buddha, chose a type of meditation called "mind meditation." All other types of meditation involve witnessing in various ways. The act of witnessing is present as an essential part in every form of meditation and is unavoidable. The Buddha eliminated everything else and retained only the essential: witnessing (the special seeing).
The gift Lord Buddha gave was far more than Vipassana.
It was the Triple Gem, real gems! See the amplituhedron, Precepts and Paramis. These guide ones energy properly to invert images and become upright.
Remember, Bible says we are an image and fallen as well.
We only return to correctly seeing through Buddha.
As a born catholic, what you've written is true. When I explored buddhism I was able to experience this deeper part of my being that helped me understand life better. While many catholic/christian groups are trained to say that they hold the single truth, I've come to beliwve that to achieve spiritual progress in our world today we have to explore at least another form of spiritualty, with a sense of awe and respect.
What a beautiful and important video, thanks you! One of the most important parts: "Right concentration does not focus on a single object or scene." When you discover this "right concentration" you will experience such freedom that rarely anyone here can find... This can be achieved by slowly releasing and letting be as it is your body, your mind, and your heart. Find a teacher that knows about this sequence and you will progress in the right direction. Tip - look for the Theravada masters. Stay away from those teaching that jhana should come first, then you exit it and use vipassana. They took a wrong turn. Ultimate wisdom arrives together with full freedom from your body, mind and heart. You will experience and understand these words: When everything drops way, what remains is reality. "
The world needs to hear the good Dharma.
Thank u 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾❤️
Great content ❤
One's goal is to end suffering. Buddha knows how.
Keep up . Your videos are Good
Vipassana 🙏🏻
Wrong!!! He taught Satipatthana (Right Mindfulness) and Samma Samadhi (Right Samdhis/Jhanas).
Right....
Samatha + Vipassana
🙏Amitabha🙏
🙏🙏🙏Sathu Sathu. Sathu ⭐️
Enlightenment is the goal 🤩🙏🙏🙏
That's your first issue. Buddha couldn't get enlightenment even after meditating for long time because he had a goal for enlightenment. you can remove all desires to get enlightenment, but it takes time to realise that the want for enlightenment is also a desire
37 Factors of Desires for Enlightenment
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It is the beginning.
Enlightenment - Nirvana.
Enlightenment -
Fully Enlightenment-
Nirvana.
Enlightenment -
Non Abiding Nirvana -
Fully Enlightenment - Nirvana.
🙏 Amitabha 🙏
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This video is useful if one first develops a firm grasp of the teachings of the Buddha as contained in suttas (notably the Samyutta Nikaya, Majjhima Nikaya, Samyutta Nikaya and Digha Nikaya)- the earliest recorded discourses (suttas)of the Buddha. The Kudaka Nikaya is a mix book of the Buddha's discourses (suttas) and works of later monks. (The Jatakas in the Kudaka Nikaya should be treated just as tales). Only by extensive reading, understanding and investigation of the suttas and connecting them with our daily life experiences, only then can one be in the position to discern what is and what is not in line with what is taught by the Buddha. The Buddha describes the proper method for determining the authenticity of his words, and in Dīgha Nikāya, #16: Mahā Pari-Nibbāna Sutta he described the method in detail.
Well done , inspiring and beautiful. Siddhartha Gautama had little dust in his eyes, so to speak. He had clarity and great insight one of the great sages who ever lived and he might even have been one of humanity's early psychologists.
Just a personal interpretation, nothing in the opening is directed from Suttas.
The Buddha distilled his teachings of meditation into a single method, Anapanasati, the Mindfulness of Breathing.
wouldn't that be in contradiction to the video where they say not to be focused on a single object?
There was many attributes to meditation. Calmness awareness drops the so called thoughts.
13:01 is there a sutta reference for this? ‘Right Concentration does not focus on a single object or force the mind to adhere to one scene, allowing the mind to be free from fixation because there is no fixed mind or object to bind it, as both the mind and objects are in constant flux. Thus, Right Concentration involves continuously shifting attention from one transient object to another.’
I came here looking for more information about that same statement too
24/7 , none stopped for two years plus and going on until the End , means can live life to talk to someone for few minutes whenever to talk and no reason to sit for long time , walk , stand , on bed and whatever day to day activity 😮😇😁🚨😁🤗🌏
5/23/24 good one
Buddha said its his child hood skills. He was also a shambala student. What made him stabilised was the middle path via his inner state that he had in his early child days. Neither overly focused nor poorly focused. It's samana. Means he doesn't need to focus to stay in enlightened state but easy come by with his childhood skills. Vipasana mindfulness etc don't work if focused or forced to do so. Poojas mantras prayer's did not work much there except his childhood skills. Be like children and a child so that you can ascend and stay at oneness or enlightened state. Enlightenment is not a new state but every child has gone through but forgot those early years. Now after becoming adults they look for something new state, is a joke. Or they seek in books or religions or gurus. All are jokes because you must be a child to be enlightened.
All the bad karma end and all the ignorant end this is the meaning of enlighten ; so meditation is very important part to break karma as it envoling attitude; this is what I. Can Understanding from Tibetan Buddhist
It's an admirable effort indeed to produce this VDO but it'll be much better to consult Ven.Bhikkhu Bodhi's translation of Pali texts how pronounce the Pali words correctly. For ex. vicara (sustained thought) c here is pronounced like j .😊
Origins of sanskrit are unknown. What we know of Sanskrit today was not created until after Buddha. Buddhist scriptures called this language used as Chandas not sanskrit. Sanskrit literally means that which has become refined, in other words the language before was not Sanskrit.
There have been no Sanskrit texts or writings found before Buddha by any king.
Sanskrit has more features and is a new language compared to Pali. Words such as Ra, ksha, sha, gya are not there in Pali. They are a latter addition.
Devan Piya= beloved of dev (Pali)
Devan Priya = Idiot (Sanskrit)
(india) 'From the Vedas - The language of Sanskrit is said to be more natural. the reason is that it was the beginning. If you deeply ponder over the alphabet of Sanskrit you will find the rise and fall in it in the form of natural vibration. And in that language, they have written by feeling every vibration: and they started to call it Sanskrit (Divine), (Ram Chandra - Heartfulness)
Today - aspirants receive their divine revelations - in their own language.
Fare thee well - in life's journey.
The Buddha did not "invent" either Jhana nor Vipassana. Also, Sanskrit was not a "literally" language, because there was no written script, that would not develop in India until 3 centuries after the Buddha.
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Lol Chinese are destroyer of Buddhism
The life of the Buddha by Bhikku Nanomoli (according to the Pali cannon) is a good book.
I think the Buddha is able to learn to use more than 21% to even 100% of his brain to Attain Enlightment or nirvana.
💯 percent absolutely
Why does Shakyamuni Buddha wants us to chant Amitabha Buddha ?
In the Amitabha Sutra, Shakyamuni Buddha advise us four times to chant Amitabha Buddha.
Shakyamuni Buddha taught us to chant Amitabha Buddha, the proof and confirm truth is in the Amitabha Sutra.
As follower of Shakyamuni Buddha, we should comply to our teacher's guidance.
Chant Amitabha Buddha is to attain rebirth into Western Pure Land.
This is the simplest and easiest reply.
Not only Shakyamuni Buddha chant Amitabha Buddha, even all the Buddhas in the Dharma Realm also chant Amitabha Buddha.
In the Infinite Life Sutra, all Buddhas of the Ten Directions also advice us to chant Amituofo.
What does it means?
If you understand the truth about life and our universe clearly, then you will understand why all the Buddhas want us to chant Amitabha Buddha.
This question is extremely important.
In the Mahayana Sutra, the 88 Buddhas Repentance - Ritual mentioned "The Sublime Dharma Realm Quintessence Body, Amitabha Buddha."
It is explained very clearly, Amitabha Buddha is the original name of all Buddhas in the entire Dharma Realm.
The name of all Buddhas is Amitabha Buddha and their alternate name is for the convenience of sentient beings.
That is why it is called" Dharma Realm Quintessence Body."
Amitabha Buddha is translated from Sanskrit.
Translated into Chinese means Infinite Life, Infinite Wisdom and Infinite Enlightenment.
Which Buddha isn't full of wisdom and enlightenment?
With this clear explanation, the original name of all Buddhas is Amitabha Buddha.
Amituofo 🙏🙏🙏
Don't talk bullshit, Gotama never taught to chant Amitabha, there is no such thing pure land of buddha, Mahayana already contaminated buddhism😂😂😂 can't u see contradiction when Gotama said all life was dukkha?
Even Albert Einstein is a big fan of Buddha, Steve Jobs of Apple
IT IS VIPASSANA
Meditation had had and have had use by all kinds of individuals to cover the secret of body and nobody.
There are 9 janas.
What is the mediant between culture and normal people , it is the investigateur,mercenary misions, who were those of high societies ,but since five hundred years people kept voluntary hidden from societies, why should we believe any information what so ever every one of us is a Buddha,an Eckhart,a Jesus,we want to stop in others icons, and be one ourselves .❤
Odd that the speaker pronounces Vipassana oddly. 🎊🎉🙏🏼
What is advantage of being buddha ? Answer is that one can use 💯 % of his brain 🧠
Ajahn Brahms books are amazing
Except... Enlightenment is not an achievement but a realization? It is our essential nature.
I don't know about what type of meditation Buddha did to achieve enlightenment....... but I know Buddha's teaching that mentioned here......about 4 Noble Truths, 8 fold path and dependant Originated.
I found there is one error here..... After Buddha enlightened, Buddha didn't teach right the way. In fact, Buddha spent 7 Weeks remaining under the Bodhi Tree. Until requested the Teaching by God Indra.
Buddha founded Vipassana ( Wisdom ) through Samatha ( Right Concentration)
🙏 Amitabha 🙏
Words are not “that” but if you believe in words, it is “that”. Do you get it? There’s nothing else.
Complicated.
Everything has to be taken in perspective. What happened, before Buddha sat under a huge fig tree? How many things he tried? How many teachers taught him, and what were the lessons of these, his teachers?
He didn't just sit in meditation with no background.
Meditation was his last resort.
Now if you take meditation as the only way the Buddha was enlightened you are making an ignorant ABSTRACTION, that may lead to nowhere.
There is an all-pervading belief that meditation conducts you to spiritual enlightenment.
Read the title of this video: "What Meditation Did the Buddha Practice(d) to Achieve Enlightenment?"
ACHIEVE Enlightenment!? Only an ignorant who wants to attract with the title gullible naïve for credits, and promote his streak of fakes.
This belief is wrong and appallingly ignorant.
Spiritual Enlightenment falls upon you like a dragon firing a bolt of lightning, there is no progressive approach.
It is like an invisible sledgehammer hitting your ego-egg fragile shell of your mind when it pleases.
It burns, all of your encrusted ideas, concepts, beliefs, and all mental constructions.
Reorganizing your entire mind with the same elements that you had before.
The moment can be symbolized by the cranking gears of the engine of your universe. The ego does not disappear, it is transformed in a few moments. You fill it in your entire body and mind.
To think that you can achieve enlightenment is a crass error, the more you look for it, the farther away it goes.
Studying scriptures and teachings will help you get a vocabulary glossary to express to yourself what is going on during those moments and after.
Sit with no purpose, just for the sake of it, and you may be lucky, or not. That's it. I REPEAT, LUCKY OR NOT.
There are no guarantees whatsoever.
The moon rotates round the earth.
The earth and planets rotate round the sun.
The sun rotates round the universe.
These movements are called waves or vibration.
There are movements in our mind.
Buddha uses an easy term called it wandering thoughts.
Wandering thoughts are movement in our mind. These movements has negative impact on our life.
Therefore Buddha taught us how to practice meditative concentration to curb these wandering thoughts.
There are 84000 methods to practice meditative concentration in Buddhism.
All methods have same goal, that is to achieve meditative concentration.
All methods are equal, no one is more superior.
The difference is whether the method is easy to practice or difficult to practice. Easy to understand or difficult to understand.
What is meditative concentration?
The mind attains "One Mind Unmoved" or "One Mind Unperturbed" .
No movements in our mind is called meditative concentration.
With meditative concentration we will have wisdom.
Buddha's Teachings is to wake us up, so that one is no longer foolish or no longer confused.
Not confused or no longer a foolish person is an awakened person.
Awakened, one will enjoy Samadhi. (eternal blissfulness)
Foolish and confused, one will have endless sufferings.
Amituofo 🙏🙏🙏
Lot of repetition and use of certain words over and over does not make this a good vide. You are also mispronouncing the words
Buddha just repackages the Samkhya Philosophy and deliver it to the masses.
Ignorance😄😄😄
I refuse to watch/listen to AI “teach” religion/spirituality. Bye
Buddha never introduce any meditation method to the people. Buddha found nothing could be achieved by meditating after practicing under many teachers. Then he found the reason for no results of meditation by looking into inside of him. He found human mind never allowed to interfere into mind or Behavior of the mind. Then he found how the mind is created and behavior of the mind. Then he disclosed to the world. This is what is happening in any human being. But nobody could be interfered. Exploration of the mind is impossible. Only what you can do is accept it.
What are you talking about? He did introduce us to meditation. In fact meditation is the main thing he said necessary to achieve enlightenment.
Meditation and Dhamma are like a raft, how do you take the journey without knowing how to navigate without the raft, yet until you reach the shore, you should leave the raft behind. So for us, the raft is important(meditation is important). Imagine a person fall into a slippery well, by your logic the Buddha only tell him to climb up without giving him the way. Will he be able to climb?
The Buddha did give us a rope in a form of meditation (but not the extreme one like the ascetic one), but after one manages to climb up, the rope is no longer needed.
Don't tell me Jesus is the one introducing meditation
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@@the0neObserver Nothing can do with meditation. Mind is an operating system in you but you can’t interfere. Time does not affect the operation of the mind. No time taken (Akalika in Sinhala). Meditation is an execution of which is time taken. You get nothing by the meditation.
introduced a new meditation technique, lol... okay that's false.
Nope. The buddha did not teach this. Everything stated here is from 300 to 500 years after Buddha's death and is a religious interpretation . Best wishes
he didn't.
Western jokers explaining about meditation .... what a classic joke 😂😂
Crazy…. Who are you again?
This is a great example of the Western attitude you may be referring to. Be at peace and don't hold on to such notions.
Practically speaking, this is a great summary of some key Buddhist concepts.