Meditation

Gautam the Buddha knew Enlightenment will happen to everybody, to every being. You can go on delaying it, that is up to you. The moment you stop delaying, the moment you stop postponing, it is there. It has always been waiting for you to recognize it. God is fast asleep in the rocks. He is a little alert in the trees, a little more alert in the animals, and a little more alert in you.

In a Buddha God has come perfectly to absolute alertness.

But Gautam the Buddha did not always know this Truth. There were many life times when he lived in darkness, was ignorant, and suffered just like you and I.

There is a powerful story from the Buddhist Jātakas (the earlier lifetime stories of the Buddha before he was born Siddhārtha Gautama). It is so inspiring, …

The night Gautama Siddharta, sat in deep meditation under the sacred Bodhi tree at Bodh Gaya, was a highly significant moment in spiritual history. As the night began, Siddhartha entered into a state of deep absorption known as dhyana. In Buddhist tradition, the events of the enlightenment night are commonly described in three “watches,” each lasting several hours. The first watch spanned from sunset until around midnight.

During this period, Siddhartha’s mind became luminous and unobstructed, capable of seeing realities far beyond the ordinary. He directed his concentrated awareness inward, toward the intricate threads of his own existence. What unfolded was a vision of astonishing scope: Siddhartha saw not just one or two but countless past lives, stretching back eons across the ocean of samsara, the cycle of birth and death.

He recalled with vivid detail the name, form, …