Jirens power is SIMILAR to the eight gates technique from Naruto (theory

Honestly I’ve never liked this whole thing of Jiren being strong “just because.” I’ve always wanted an explanation as to what jiren did to become so powerful. What did Gichin teach him? My theory to explain this is that whatever technique he was taught, that it has something to do with releasing limiters that are in the brain, so similar to the eight gates technique from Naruto in concept, but obviously very different, I just needed a comparison point for perspective.

       This would explain why he meditates; he’s unlocking limiters on the brain that allow him to potentially overcome almost any obstacle in his way. And as vegeta pointed out, the meditation gives him a calm mind so he has better mental clarity during fights, so he doesn’t make any unnecessary moves.

 But there’s a catch; if this technique is almost entirely mental, if jiren ever falters mentally, as he did after ui goku defeated him, jiren gets weaker. I think Rage makes him weaker. Self doubt weakens him. His strength is based on his mental state, and we saw that even Frieza was able to hurt him with ROCKS!! And #17 literally made jiren start to throw up. If he’s ever out of it, he suffers and weakens severely.

   So ya in short, his technique is brain power and unlocking parts of it to higher potential than is usually used, so like eight gates but not.