Did the Buddha Meditate?
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The most obvious and in detail is in a sutta describing Bhuddha's parinibbana process. Process monitored and confirmed by Ven Anuruddha. When Buddha closed his eyes he enter jhanna 1 - 2 -3 -4, and then infinite space, infinite consciousness, no-thingness, neither perception nor non-perception, cessation. and then from cessation to neither perception nor non-perception, no-thingness, infinite consciousness, infinite space,then jhanna 4 -3 -2 -1 . and then again from Jhanna 1 -2 -3 -4 , and when he left jhanna 4, his 5 skhanda was over.
PS. (I noticed Buddha never once called infinite space, etc. a 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 Jhanna ever. He always used their full names. ) only called the entire group as arupa Jhanna but when it comes to individual level, Buddha called them their full names.
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In fact, the Buddha meditated everyday. All Arahaths meditate whenever they are not busy with teaching or day to day activities. But it is not to get rid of any defilements like ordinary beings. Instead, they attain a state called the Nirodha Samapatti.
It's like going home after busy day at the office(the world of Sankhara). Nirodha Samapatti is a pleasant abiding.
If I remember right, the Buddha attains the Jhanas after every sentence he speaks, when he gives a sermon.
Buddha would get up at 4.00 a.m. and as soon as he had had a wash would sit down to meditate for an hour. From 5.00 to 6.00 a.m. he would look around the world with his mental eye to see if anybody needed help. At 6.00 a.m. he would put on his robe and either go out and help the needy or beg for food....
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I can't find the reference at the moment but if I recall correctly, the Buddha continued to meditate after enlightenment for two reasons, according to the Theravada tradition: (1) To dwell in a pleasant abiding here and now (jhana) (2) to set an example for his followers
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