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**BoarmomorurrY** · 05-30-2012, 02:53 PM

I just want to know, from the Pali Canon, how exactly the Buddha Meditated each day. None of the more complicated techniques. Just Samadhi. As of right now, I meditate the way you are taught in Zazen (eyes looking three feet in front of you, eyelids closed as much as possible, but to where you still see the focal point). I know there are many different ways. But I want to know what the Tathagata did, his posture, his eyes (closed/open? direction they faced?), etc.

Hi musicizgod,

The best place to look for suttas which mention meditation in the Pali Canon is at a Theravada site such as 'Access to Insight' but I don't know if you'll find all of the precise details that you want.

I put 'meditation' in the search facility and then chose 'suttas only' from the results - and those suttas are listed and available to read at the link below:

http://www.accesstoinsight.org/searc...tion&sa=Search

with kind wishes

Aloka

05-30-2012, 02:53 PM	#3
BoarmomorurrY Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 453 Senior Member	I just want to know, from the Pali Canon, how exactly the Buddha Meditated each day. None of the more complicated techniques. Just Samadhi. As of right now, I meditate the way you are taught in Zazen (eyes looking three feet in front of you, eyelids closed as much as possible, but to where you still see the focal point). I know there are many different ways. But I want to know what the Tathagata did, his posture, his eyes (closed/open? direction they faced?), etc. Hi musicizgod, The best place to look for suttas which mention meditation in the Pali Canon is at a Theravada site such as 'Access to Insight' but I don't know if you'll find all of the precise details that you want. I put 'meditation' in the search facility and then chose 'suttas only' from the results - and those suttas are listed and available to read at the link below: http://www.accesstoinsight.org/searc...tion&sa=Search with kind wishes Aloka
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