user4748: What are the actual suttas in which the Buddha described how to meditate? A list of all such suttas would be greatly appreciated. 
Thanks!

user7552: Gelanna Sutta is the sutta through which Buddha provides instructions on how to meditate. Other forms of meditations are Anapanasati sutta,Satipatthana sutta, Bhikkhunuppasaya Sutta.
In Buddhism, the Tripitaka (in Pali) is earliest collection of Buddhist teachings and the only text recognized as canonical by Theravada Buddhists. Tripitaka means 'three baskets' from the way in which it was originally recorded: text was written on long, narrow leaves, which were sewn at edges and grouped into bunches and stored in baskets.

user7233: Two notable suttas in which Buddha provided meditation instructions are:

Satipatthana Sutta
Anapanasati Sutta

Additionally, the Karaniya Metta Sutta addresses the practice of mettā meditation.

user43: My favorite sutta on meditation is Cula-suññata Sutta (The Lesser Discourse on Emptiness). Thanissaro Bhikkhu provides a good commentary on this in his article The Integrity of Emptiness, the section called "Emptiness as an Approach to Meditation".
The two other suttas everyone else mentions - Anapanasati and Satipatthana suttas - are very good too.
There are also nice tidbits in the Northern recording of the Anapanasati Sutta, called Ānāpānasmṛti Sutra from Ekottarika Āgama.
Also, if you are specifically into Jhana meditation, then Samadhanga Sutta provides the canonical definitions of the Four Jhanas.

user295: To straighten view before meditation: Samma,ditthi Sutta

Anapana


Anapanasati Sutta

Satipatthana


Satipatthana Sutta and Mahāsatipaṭṭhāna Sutta
Kayagatasati Sutta
Saṅkhitta Dhamma Sutta

Elements / properties


Dhātu Vibhaṅga Sutta
Titth’ayatana Sutta
Maha Hatthi,padapama Sutta
Bahu Dhātuka Sutta

Reflective / perception based


Giri-m-ananda Sutta
Indriya Bhāvanā Sutta
Amba,latthika Rahul’ovada Sutta

Metta, Karuna, Mudita, Upekka


Saṅkhitta Dhamma Sutta



4748: <p>What are the actual suttas in which the Buddha described how to meditate? A list of all such suttas would be greatly appreciated. </p>

<p>Thanks!</p>
 7552: <p>Gelanna Sutta is the sutta through which Buddha provides instructions on how to meditate. Other forms of meditations are Anapanasati sutta,Satipatthana sutta, Bhikkhunuppasaya Sutta.</p>

<p>In Buddhism, the Tripitaka (in Pali) is earliest collection of Buddhist teachings and the only text recognized as canonical by Theravada Buddhists. Tripitaka means 'three baskets' from the way in which it was originally recorded: text was written on long, narrow leaves, which were sewn at edges and grouped into bunches and stored in baskets.</p>
 7233: <p>Two notable suttas in which Buddha provided meditation instructions are:</p>

<ol>
<li><a href="http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/authors/soma/wayof.html" rel="nofollow">Satipatthana Sutta</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/mn/mn.118.than.html" rel="nofollow">Anapanasati Sutta</a></li>
</ol>

<p>Additionally, the <a href="http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/authors/buddharakkhita/wheel365.html#ch1" rel="nofollow">Karaniya Metta Sutta</a> addresses the practice of mettā meditation.</p>
 43: <p>My favorite sutta on meditation is <a href="http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/mn/mn.121.than.html" rel="noreferrer">Cula-suññata Sutta</a> (The Lesser Discourse on Emptiness). Thanissaro Bhikkhu provides a good commentary on this in his article <a href="http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/authors/thanissaro/integrityofemptiness.html" rel="noreferrer">The Integrity of Emptiness</a>, the section called "Emptiness as an Approach to Meditation".</p>

<p>The two other suttas everyone else mentions - Anapanasati and Satipatthana suttas - are very good too.</p>

<p>There are also nice tidbits in the Northern recording of the Anapanasati Sutta, called <a href="http://lapislazulitexts.com/tripitaka/T0125_LL_17-01_anapanasmrti" rel="noreferrer">Ānāpānasmṛti Sutra</a> from Ekottarika Āgama.</p>

<p>Also, if you are specifically into Jhana meditation, then <a href="http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/an/an05/an05.028.than.html" rel="noreferrer">Samadhanga Sutta</a> provides the canonical definitions of the Four Jhanas.</p>
 295: <p>To straighten view before meditation: <a href="http://www.themindingcentre.org/dharmafarer/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/11.14-Sammaditthi-S-m9-piya.pdf" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Samma,ditthi Sutta</a></p>

<ul>
<li>Anapana

<ul>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anapanasati_Sutta" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Anapanasati Sutta</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li>Satipatthana

<ul>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satipatthana_Sutta" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Satipatthana Sutta and Mahāsatipaṭṭhāna Sutta</a></li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kayagatasati_Sutta" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Kayagatasati Sutta</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.themindingcentre.org/dharmafarer/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/46.6-Sankhitta-Dhamma-S-a8.63-piya.pdf" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Saṅkhitta Dhamma Sutta</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li>Elements / properties

<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.themindingcentre.org/dharmafarer/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/4.17-Dhatu-Vibhanga-S-m140-piya.pdf" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Dhātu Vibhaṅga Sutta</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.themindingcentre.org/dharmafarer/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/6.8-Titthayatana-S-a03.61-piya.pdf" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Titth’ayatana Sutta</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.themindingcentre.org/dharmafarer/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/6.16-Maha-Hatthipadopama-S-m028-piya.pdf" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Maha Hatthi,padapama Sutta</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.themindingcentre.org/dharmafarer/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/29.1a-Bahudhatuka-S-m115-piya.pdf" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Bahu Dhātuka Sutta</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li>Reflective / perception based

<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.themindingcentre.org/dharmafarer/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/19.16-Girimananda-S-a10.60-piya.pdf" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Giri-m-ananda Sutta</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.themindingcentre.org/dharmafarer/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/17.13-Indriya-Bhavana-S-m152-piya.pdf" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Indriya Bhāvanā Sutta</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.themindingcentre.org/dharmafarer/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/3.10-Ambalatthika-Rahulovada-S-m061-piya.pdf" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Amba,latthika Rahul’ovada Sutta</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li>Metta, Karuna, Mudita, Upekka

<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.themindingcentre.org/dharmafarer/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/46.6-Sankhitta-Dhamma-S-a8.63-piya.pdf" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Saṅkhitta Dhamma Sutta</a></li>
</ul></li>
</ul>
