Dear Thomas,
Are you familiar with the recent work of Dr. Alexander Wynne: "The
origin of Buddhist Meditation", published in 2007 by Routledge?
It is very much worth reading!
You can find a preview on:
http://books.google.be/books?id=TiZWJ1ob23EC&printsec=frontcover&dq=alexander+wynne#PPP1,M1
Kind regards,
Gudrun


thomaslaw03 schreef:

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> Dear Pali friends,
>
> It is said that before the Buddha attained Enlightenment, he leant and
> practiced meditations from different Hindu gurus, and attained some
> meditative stages. Do you know what is the final stage of meditation
> he attainted at that time? Is it the Cessation of perception-and
> -feeling (sa~n~naa-vedayita-nirodha) or the Ream of
> neither-perception-nor-non-perception (n'eva
> sa~n~naa-naasa~n~naayatana)? According to what Pali text (s) we know this?
>
> Thank you.
>
> Thomas Law
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>