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**Sertvfdnhgjk** · 05-03-2012, 07:24 AM

hi Stefos

in my opinion, in the Pali reports, buddha emphasised the mind rather than the body; emphasised wisdom rather than samadhi. in yoga, there is bakti yoga (devotion), karma yoga (service), hatha yoga (prana energy) and raga yoga (wisdom yoga). buddha seemed to emphasis raga yoga but the various buddhist schools seems to emphasise the kind of yoga that suits them.

thank you

Hi Element,

Yes sir. Buddha DID emphasize mind rather than body. However, he understood both!

The forms of Yoga today do "cater" to people's various bents/intentions....it is what it is.

Let's not forget the salient issue in this: The Buddhas' 2 teachers who taught him those forms of meditation were not Jains nor were they Buddhists. In my research, the were adherents of Upanishadic thought and the Buddha used their teachings.

This is a very commonly and of course, conveniently overlooked thing. Upanishads ------> Brahman (personal & impersonal)

As I've stated before, in the time of the Buddha both Brahman and Atman had a whole variety of various meanings which were contradictory.
The Buddha also used those states taught by his 2 former teachers as steps to Nibbana, "whatever that is."
It is after the sphere, taught by the Buddhas' former teacher, that the Buddha gained/reached Nibbana.

Interesting indeed.

Thank you,
Stefos

05-03-2012, 07:24 AM	#36
Sertvfdnhgjk Join Date Nov 2005 Posts 513 Senior Member	hi Stefos in my opinion, in the Pali reports, buddha emphasised the mind rather than the body; emphasised wisdom rather than samadhi. in yoga, there is bakti yoga (devotion), karma yoga (service), hatha yoga (prana energy) and raga yoga (wisdom yoga). buddha seemed to emphasis raga yoga but the various buddhist schools seems to emphasise the kind of yoga that suits them. thank you Hi Element, Yes sir. Buddha DID emphasize mind rather than body. However, he understood both! The forms of Yoga today do "cater" to people's various bents/intentions....it is what it is. Let's not forget the salient issue in this: The Buddhas' 2 teachers who taught him those forms of meditation were not Jains nor were they Buddhists. In my research, the were adherents of Upanishadic thought and the Buddha used their teachings. This is a very commonly and of course, conveniently overlooked thing. Upanishads ------> Brahman (personal & impersonal) As I've stated before, in the time of the Buddha both Brahman and Atman had a whole variety of various meanings which were contradictory. The Buddha also used those states taught by his 2 former teachers as steps to Nibbana, "whatever that is." It is after the sphere, taught by the Buddhas' former teacher, that the Buddha gained/reached Nibbana. Interesting indeed. Thank you, Stefos
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