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Old 05-03-2012, 07:33 AM   #37
ChuttyAmult

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Hi Element,
Absolutely spot on. A great post and a wonderful exposition on the profundity and effectiveness of Anapanasati. Whilst the Suttas contain some thinly covered material, Anapanasati, is not of this kind - as Buddha emphasizes it time and time again.

I have often wondered how more obvious could Buddha have been in propagating it as his recommended meditative system? Yet nowadays it seems as if folks are happy to dismiss it as either irrelevant, too simple, too difficult or even (and I've read this elsewhere) "dangerous".

The level of disregard and disinformation is very sad. Threads like this help set things right.
Hi Srivijaya,

The MAIN thing that concerns me about how "meditation" is being taught today is as a set of separate parts being taught to reach Nibbanna.

Meditative states are subjective with objective "signs" as such.

For someone to say that meditation is "step by step" is not only tacky but wrong.
Integration is what the Buddha taught, as found in the Nikayas and not disjointed "meditional topics" as might be commonly misunderstood in a gradualistic type of mindset.

It is all very strange to read about "Buddhist meditation" now a days.

Thank you,
Stefos
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