Meditate is the only way to highest goal "enlightment " If you reach enlightment ( nirvana ) than you stay inside this state .If you inside nirvana why still there must be meditate ?
2007-02-15 15:58:46 · 11 answers · asked by rene Y 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
After you have mastered the sword you must still keep it sharp.
2007-02-15 17:51:02 · answer #1 · answered by ? 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Well I'm not sure about it, I've just once read the story. After Buddha figured out the truth, he saw that gods were not sure about his enlightenment. To prove himself right, he build a golden bridge in air, walked up and down etc. Then some merchants offered him some grass to use as cushion for sitting. He sat and then realised the truth which he had already learnt. It's just like when we grow a little and come to know that studying textbooks is actually good for our life. But we really follow it when we realise it (I still haven't). This is just a guess. And yes, after his enlightment, he continued with sleeping daily, eating foodd etc. He also meditated to see the people who needed help.
2007-02-16 03:29:58 · answer #2 · answered by ADA 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The purpose of meditation is not to reach Nirvana but to concentrate and focus the mind. Achieving Nirvana means that you have freed yourself from all attachments and Karmic effects and not that you are suddenly omniscient. Buddha still had to think about the questions and problems which were bought to him but with meditation and enlightenment he had the tools available to do so and to understand and guide.
2007-02-15 16:14:34 · answer #3 · answered by John B 4 · 4⤊ 0⤋
properly i'm uncertain approximately it, i've got basically as quickly as study the tale. After Buddha discovered the certainty, he observed that gods have been uncertain approximately his enlightenment. To prepare himself amazing, he construct a golden bridge in air, walked up and down etc. Then some retailers presented him some grass to apply as cushion for sitting. He sat and then realised the certainty which he had already learnt. it is basically like as quickly as we enhance a sprint and are available to comprehend that interpreting textbooks is definitely sturdy for our existence. yet we actually stick to it as quickly as we comprehend it (I nonetheless have not). it incredibly is in trouble-free terms a wager. And confident, after his enlightment, he persevered with slumbering on a daily basis, eating foodd etc. He additionally meditated to ascertain the folk who mandatory help.
2016-10-02 05:37:21 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Path to enlightenment is not like a train journey where you get to your destination and rest, rather it is like a continuous arduous journey with no destination. The journey itself is the focus of attention. Enlightenment is not reached on arrival rather it is attained along the way and still the journey continues.
Our awareness expands ever outwards reaching out to embrace all Life Forms, our Karma has effects wherever we journey and our consciousness must be continuously freed from our clinging natures. The only way to continuously free ourselves from our self serving desires is to meditate continuously...the Path ahead is always ahead..and the journey is always worth the struggle..
Peace from a Buddhist ...
2007-02-15 18:07:36 · answer #5 · answered by Gaz 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
To deepen the state, or enlightment might be called a state of pure meditation.
2007-02-15 16:25:06 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Life's a journey, not a destination. The practices became a Way of living that helped Him find Enlightenment, not a tool to be discarded once a plateau was reached.
2007-02-15 16:36:20 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you are enlightened, it doesn't mean that you stay inside this state all the time. Enlightenment means to be free from attachments, ego, and negativity. Once enlightened, you can choose to continue to stay on earth or stay in nirvana. Because Buddha wants to teach and spread dharma to millions of people, he chooses to stay here on earth. For sleeping, he meditates 2 hours everyday. It doesn't mean that once enlightened, the body doesn't need food to sustain it or rest or energy anymore. Since he's still in a physical body, the physical body still needs rest, and rejuvenation.
In his meditation, he also think about how to teach, where to go next to spread dharma, solve the problems presented to him, etc.
If he is in a nirvana state all the time, then how is he supposed to have time to travel from one place to another to teach? How is he supposed to teach anyone? He still has to come out of that state to relate to other people because they still need him to come to their level to explain to them.
2007-02-15 18:44:58 · answer #8 · answered by Renee 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
We don't know what the Buddha is doing now, he was meditating whilst he was alive.
2007-02-15 16:05:25 · answer #9 · answered by Imogen Sue 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You're right. If I became enligtened, I'd go get coffee and a donut...
2007-02-15 16:02:32 · answer #10 · answered by The man in the back 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋