Meditation the Power...Another Buddha...

@nzalheart (2338)
India
June 4, 2009 6:20am CST
The legend has that Lord Buddha meditated for six years without any food, water. Do you believe it? I believe it because meditation is power. Well it seems that this legend is repeating. Again, in Nepal few miles away from the birth place of lord Buddha, there is another boy meditating since 2005 or 2006 I didn't know exactly to achieve the knowledge of buddha. And this boy too hasn't eat, hasn't drink. He is surviving totally through meditation. If he become successful to achieve the knowledge, I hope the revolution will come in the world again. He wants to live for the salvation of the people from this mortal world. Have a look at these video telecasted in discovery channel... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v29clGMWU84 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndg_6eajjNM There are total of five videos if you are more interested, you can check them all going into the channel... What is your opinion on this. share anything you feel....
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@GADHISUNU (2162)
• India
6 Jun 09
Meditation has great power. The suspension of though as in Buddhist mediattions or the one-tracking of the mind after learning to silence all the disturbing thoughts-this takes years to achieve if you are a novice- is possible and unleashing a lot of energy from within. One must experience it to feel this flow of energy. It is difficult to get at, if you just rationalize on this or look up to the way of Rational Arguments, to understand the flow of this energy. IMU the rational sciences do not as yet have a way of integrating what is called as Direct Perception(DP)[Unmediated by the Mind/Brain or The Senses. Sometimes this is called as Intuition]. The primary problem of using DP as a reliable, repeatable process in epistemology has to do with having a statable method of transfering/teaching this DP to another person. Till such a time this happens we are forced to leave it in the realm of inexplicable and call it names like dogma, why even put it down to pig-headedness. Years ago, I wrote an article in our Officers' Club House Magazine entitled: Science and Non-Science: Is there a confluence? From many of my colleagues, I got a response like: What sort of a crazy writing is this to write something that is deliberately opaque? But I heard from just 3 or 4 of my colleagues who had a good grounding in Abstract Reading, very encouraging and appreciative remarks like: You Rascal, you have made your point courageously! I was just 27 then. As regards fasting or generalizing it more, all sorts of mortification of the body, is frowned upon in Buddhism and even in Sanatana Dharma- the argument in SD is that there is no need for this with a Benevolent God. But Jainism, lays great stress on this. Personally I am not against this much in contrast to the faith of my birth- SD. The great Rishis we are told (of course it is perfectly normal to brush this aside as mythology) had some who practised great austerities. To confess I do believe in [B]tapas[/B] which has to do with putting the senses through, some very harrowing experiences, though its efficacy has been questioned by Shankaracharya - the Guru I adore. That is why I have become an eclectic and I pick and choose from practically all the religions of the world. In fact befroe the First Sermon Jesus had gone into a 40-day fast. So, did Mohammad(PBUH). The Buddha inadvertently had done it before He was Enlightened. Perhaps The Buddha was the only Teacher who rejected mortification after having gone through it. None of the Tithankaras[Great Teachers of the Jainism] have condemned self-mortification. Hence I do believe there is tremendous power in restraining the Senses. One must not attempt it if one is not cut out for it though. nzal, I did not take a look at the youtube video you have posted a link to, for I do not need such "evidences". But I have read in the media. I only wish to have a face to face "darshan". I am certain that much can transpire in Silence if the person is Enlighetened[In a state of Nirvana]
@nzalheart (2338)
• India
6 Jun 09
Hello Gadhisunu!!! Well I used to hear that the most difficult English is the English of the Indians and you proved it today hehe...Well I am reading this post again and again to get most of the things out of it... Well you are right, that it takes a lot of practice to reach that state. Even the ones, who have been practicing meditation for years do not reach that state. Buddhists see that capability on the basis of reincarnation. Now believing in this thing can take to the dogma, so not to talk on that. But we can see that the boy is really meditating, determined to get the knowledge Buddha had gained. After all like you mentioned, the literal understanding of knowledge is not the real knowledge, we have to feel the knowledge, realize the knowledge. And therefore lot of self practice, understanding, open minded conscious training is required to reach that state where we can control our flow of energy. And may be this ability of control of energy of the enlightened person can synchronize the people's thought, isn't it. Yes, it is the fact that many great holy persons went through tough meditations. Actually there is an interesting story. At that time, Buddha saw the Fakirs, who believe to get the salvation by going through tough tapasyas and other self deteriorating things. And so with them, Buddha started fastening for six years. Finally, he realized that it was worthless and not the real way. So, later he started taking food again and meditated with good health. And then only he was able to get the enlightenment. What a comment you got from your friends lol...Whenever people don't understanding the things, they start to criticize and its the nature of person. Even, there people who calls the great Einstein your avatar as a mad person hehe...Actually, the normal persons don't understand the high knowledge and as the population of such is high, the intelligent one would be considered mad isn't it heh... For me, it became difficult to understand the exact thing you are talking about direct perception. Can you clarify a bit in the simpler language... And yes another good thing of you, I also thought that way. Rather than restricting ourselves to a particular religion, it is better to take the good things out of each religion and apply them in our life. For now, the boy is not enlightened yet. And so we can wish or hope that this boy gets his destiny. That will be the most beneficial to this sinking world. Isn't it? Thanks for you nice response...happy mylotting...
@AAnshu (115)
8 Jun 09
Well, yes, meditation is power and it was the power that let Lord Buddha go on without food and water for long time and is also the reason that this boy, u talk about, is surviving (so i believe) . But i doubt that he will gain any knowledge like this. Lord Buddha, too, didn't get any knowledge by doing such hard type of meditation. After all those month he finally broke his meditation to find him back to square one. After that he started eating and drinking and meditating, not twenty four seven, but in routine. Like this his brain was nourished and after another long time, i don't know exactly how long, he got enlightenment. So if this boy is not eating and drinking, then i doubt he'll get enlightenment.
@nzalheart (2338)
• India
8 Jun 09
Hello Anshu!!! Welcome to mylot... You are certainly right that Lord Buddha did not got the enlightenment by the fasting. In fact, after fasting, he told that it was not the way. Yes, after some months I hope, he got the Enlightenment. Yes, we can doubt that this boy gets enlightenment with only fasting. He seems to have only determinism in his life, to get the knowledge that Buddha had gained. May be he will realize himself is he right or right. For now, we can just wish that his determination come true.... Thanks for your response.... happy mylotting...
@Pose123 (21635)
• Canada
6 Jun 09
Hi nzalheart, Thank you for bring this to our attention. I watch all five of the Discovery videos as well as some others before deciding to respond. I Am very impressed by what I've seen and intend to follow all I can get on this. I watched the video of the Buddhist monk who burst into flames and burned during the Vietnam war demonstrations and hundreds witnessed it. If nothing else this is a remarkable boy, but I think there is a lot more to it than that. There is so much the rest of the world could learn from the Buddhists. Blessings.
@nzalheart (2338)
• India
6 Jun 09
Hello again Pose123!!! Glad to find you in these threads. And you are always welcome. We can always share with each other if there are some interesting things, isn't it? Well I haven't watched the Buddhist monk burning yet, I think I should have a look at it. Thanks for the info.... For now, Let's hope that this Boy reach to the ultimate wisdom or enlightenment, and be able to help this world which is immersing into the ocean of violence... Blessings to you too... happy mylotting...