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Meditators who dont need sleep(?)

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I found two different and unrelated instances of buddhist monks not-sleeping.According to my info they really didnt sleep,as opposed to being short sleepers.

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Seongcheol was known to have practiced this for eight years after his enlightenment. He reportedly never once laid down and denied sleeping at all.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seongcheol

 

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He was reputed to be an arahant (fully enlightened one), and it is said that he never slept.

ttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Webu_Sayadaw

 

Is this true/valid? can practioners of yoga or qi-gong subdue the need for sleep(and if so;what do they replace the valuable experience of dreaming with?)

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12 minutes ago, jack hammer said:

I found two different and unrelated instances of buddhist monks not-sleeping.According to my info they really didnt sleep,as opposed to being short sleepers.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seongcheol

 

ttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Webu_Sayadaw

 

Is this true/valid? can practioners of yoga or qi-gong subdue the need for sleep(and if so;what do they replace the valuable experience of dreaming with?)


It was well documented that Sri Aurobindo didn’t sleep for around 30 years. 

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