Dear Pali friends,

(1) Are the classifications of meditation into the stages of

dhyaanas/jhaanas
four aayatanas
cessation of perception-and-feeling (sa~n~naa-vedayita-nirodha)

entirely Buddhist view?

(2) Why the Buddha did not attain the final highest stage of meditation at that time, but the name/idea of the meditation state is mentioned in the text?

Thank you.

Thomas Law