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**StivRichardOff** · 06-12-2012, 01:55 PM

Long back I had done many Vipassana courses at Igatpuri under Goenka.

IT IS VERY HARD FOR ME TO BELEIVE THAT GUATAM BUDDHA SLEPT AFTER ENLIGHTMENT.

In my view he rested lying down and went in awareness meditation automatically.
The translators have assumed that he slept. They could never visualise no sleep state.

In fact I would rather feel that Guatam Buddha was always in lucid state of sleep as you have explained.
If you take a step further, you can say he was always in awareness even when he was lying down both at day time and night time. His body in old age required rest due to walking.

It's possible you are right, when the mind is free from that which causes Dukkha it doesn't need to rest as much but the body still does, however I would still call this sleep.

The thing is either way it makes no difference to you and me here and now, don't lose any sleep over it.

06-12-2012, 01:55 PM	#12
StivRichardOff Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 433 Senior Member	Long back I had done many Vipassana courses at Igatpuri under Goenka. IT IS VERY HARD FOR ME TO BELEIVE THAT GUATAM BUDDHA SLEPT AFTER ENLIGHTMENT. In my view he rested lying down and went in awareness meditation automatically. The translators have assumed that he slept. They could never visualise no sleep state. In fact I would rather feel that Guatam Buddha was always in lucid state of sleep as you have explained. If you take a step further, you can say he was always in awareness even when he was lying down both at day time and night time. His body in old age required rest due to walking. It's possible you are right, when the mind is free from that which causes Dukkha it doesn't need to rest as much but the body still does, however I would still call this sleep. The thing is either way it makes no difference to you and me here and now, don't lose any sleep over it.
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