The Death Meditation Technique ~ As explained by Buddha

There are multiple meditation techniques used by Seekers to evolve and practice Meditation. Here is a Death Meditation Technique as explained by Buddha. He Takes us through the exact steps of the Death Meditation Technique and allows us to experience the same ourselves.

The Story

Near his death, Buddha told his disciples that he is ready to die and since within few minutes he will disappear into himself – If there is something they want to ask they can ask him. The Disciples had nothing to ask, because for the whole life he had been talking to them. And this was no time to ask anything – even if they had many questions, this was no time to ask them. They started crying and weeping. Buddha asked them not to cry and weep – because his whole message has been that nothing dies. I’m simply going home… I am turning in.’

Phases of the Death Meditation Technique of Buddha

Then Buddha sat in his posture, closed his eyes, and it is said that people could see that his body started dying. They could see that the body was becoming a corpse – and he was alive!

First Phase: Body Turning into a Corpse – The body turns into a corpse: that is the first phase of death.

Second Phase: In the second phase, his thoughts started disappearing. Those who were very very aware, those disciples who were real meditators, could see his thoughts disappearing, falling from his head just like old leaves falling from a tree. They could see that the thoughts had been renounced: the second stage was fulfilled.

Third Phase: His heart, his feelings, started disappearing. They could see the smoke arising and the cloud arising, and everything was gone.

Fourth Phase: He disappeared into the unknown. Those who were enlightened amongst his disciples could see even that, that his drop had fallen into the ocean.

How can we Use Buddha’s Death Meditation Technique

We too can use the above Four phases in our own Meditation.

First, sit in position to start a simple meditation of five minutes of dying.

Second: We can drop our body, let go and relax each part of our Body. If you feel like, then you can also go to sleep.

Third: Relax our Mind, let our thoughts, feelings and emotions rest and relax, d’ont try to control them.

Fourth: Just Be, totally relaxed and in a let-go state, stop controlling anything.

By and by, you will be able to see all these four stages.

Slowly, slowly, you will become aware – and that will be the greatest preparation. And then you can really experience the true Death Meditation by Buddha.

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