Quote Originally Posted by BestTonicIsChronic
On wikapidea it said buddhist sometime use MDMA to help them meditate. I unno why Im tellin this but Im going to anyways. So what does meditation do for you, really? In lamins terms.
I've never heard of the MDMA thing, but there is a buddhist monestary here in B.C. where they said small doses of salvia proved beneficial for meditation. I imagine people, buddhist or not, will experiment with every sort of drug and meditation. though after trying salvia myself (in a small dose) I can see the benefit.

In layman's terms, meditation in buddhism is for stripping away the ego and internal drives that control you, so you exist in perfect clarity, peace, and most importantly help you understand the true nature of reality.

I have a question
when you meditate through buddhist techniques is it ok to be in the wilderness or the sound will disturb the process?
It's absolutely fine, I've even done it by the side of a busy road while waiting for a bus. Buddhist meditation isn't about cutting yourself off, or doing your level best to seek out a specific state, it's about reaching a perfect state of calm and focus of the mind, seeing the world through a clear and unclouded mind. The key element is eliminating craving and aversion. seek nothing, avoid nothing, just be there with all your being, and put the ego aside.