Technical Questions on Meditation Orthopraxy and Analytical Profiles

[Pj_Harivarmanian]

Updated Inquiry: Meditation Orthopraxy and Scriptural Basis

1. Are Kasiṇa meditations explicitly present in the EBSuttas?
2. Is it accurate that Ānāpānasati was not traditionally recommended for laypeople?
3. Which meditation method is most suitable for a logical and analytical profile that avoids excessive conceptualisation or philosophical abstraction?
   Thanks.

[Snowbird]

@Pj_Harivarmanian

Are Kasiṇa meditations explicitly present in the EBSuttas?

CIPS > kasiṇas

Yep.

[Khemarato.bhikkhu]

@Pj_Harivarmanian

Is it accurate that Ānāpānasati was not traditionally recommended for laypeople?

Ānāpānasati is explicitly taught to laypeople at SN 54.12

[Khemarato.bhikkhu]

@Pj_Harivarmanian

Which meditation method is most suitable for a logical and analytical profile that avoids excessive conceptualisation or philosophical abstraction?

Ānāpānasati

AN 9.1 says,

They should develop the perception of ugliness to give up greed, love to give up hate, mindfulness of breathing to cut off thinking, and perception of impermanence to uproot the conceit ‘I am’.