December 8, 2024 at 6:48 am
#52821
Keymaster
It is an interesting video.
- It seems this yogi has perfected the anariya “tejo kasina” meditation using fire as the meditation object.
- Breath meditation is an anariya “vayo kasina” meditation using the breath as the meditation object.
- They also do anariya “pathavi and apo kasina” meditations using a ball of clay and a bowl of water as meditation objects.
As we have discussed pathavi, apo, tejo, vayo all have the mind as their precursor. See “The Origin of Matter – Suddhāṭṭhaka.”
- It is possible to “control those elements” with the mind and exploit that to engage in various “supernormal activities.”
- For example, even during the Buddha’s time, some yogis who perfected breath meditation (vayo kasina) could travel through the air by making their bodies “light.”
- Even these days, there are yogis who can lie on “beds of nails,” who have likely developed anariya “pathavi kasina” meditation.
- I have discussed some of these aspects in “Buddhahood Associated Controversies.”