Meditation - Hindu or Buddhist?

[sankar]

Originally Posted by Maya3

Sankar,

So then it is really the same, is it then that Buddhist don't speak of the void as God because he/she/it is indescribable?

honestly, im not sure about this.
but the mahayana sect of buddhism worship Buddha as godhead, but not as creator god.

[kamala]

Hindu, but it is both since both are Sanatan.

Just like saying "Is breathing air a Hindu or Buddhist tradition?"

[yajvan]

hariḥ oṁ
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namasté

If I may, I'd like to offer the following for one's kind consideration. Let's look to a well respected āgama of śaivism ( trika specifically), the mālinīvijayottaratantra. Its focus is that of tattvajaya ( the ~conquest~ or attainment of Reality). This great work informs us that the aspirant's (yogin, sādhu, etc.) aim or lakṣya¹ of practice is considered 6 fold:

• vyoman - space, ether or as we call it ākāśa and perhaps in the conversation of this string ~void~
• vigraha - independence, seperation
• bindu - (some write vindu) a detached particle , drop , globule , dot , spot
• arṇa - syllable or sound; phoneme
• bhuvana - the world
• dhvani - sound, resonance ( also an extended use is 'hint, implied meaning')

The 6 fold idea is also supported by the dikṣottara tantra; it says
saḍvidhas tu śivo jñeyo yoginā sumahātmanā

This says, the great-souled yogin should understand śiva as being 6 fold (saḍvidhas). In this case, śiva is the Reality the mālinīvijayottaratantra is targeting (lakṣya).

So why mention all this ? The discussion in the string has been buddhism is more about the ~void~ , getting 'into the void'.
Yet this āgama which is not buddhist, clearly indicates vyoman - space (ether, ākāśa) void as a mark ( lakṣya ).

So there must be more to this then meets the eye. We know of 'void', vyoman, ākāśa and some upaniṣads call out kha as empty space or void. It suggests that this idea is beyond a 'school of thought' but a reality that is worthy of pursuit and understanding.

praṇām

words

• lakṣya - an object aimed at ; mark
• kha - vacuity , empty space , air , ether , sky and we find its root in √khan - a cavity , hollow , cave , cavern , aperture

[PARAM]

Buddhism itself comes from Hinduism, Buddha learned Meditation from a Hindu Brahmin Rudrak Ramputra, Buddhist Meditation is just a little part of Hindu.