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Bodily formation

kāyasaṅkhāra
Practice & instruction Going deeper Stage 6 of 8

"Bodily formation" — here the breath itself.

On the path: 6 · Mindfulness and immersion — How does the mind become present, steady and penetrating? Satipaṭṭhāna, mindfulness of breathing, the factors of awakening, samādhi, the absorptions, serenity and insight. → to this stage in the learning path

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Passages where kāyasaṅkhāra occurs literally — in the original, and, where a German translation of the same lines exists, in German.

  • Pāli commentaries · Visuddhimaggo (Paṭhamo bhāgo) · Pāli

    ‘‘Kathaṃ passambhayaṃ kāyasaṅkhāraṃ assasissāmi…pe… passasissāmīti sikkhati? Katame kāyasaṅkhārā? Dīghaṃ assāsapassāsā kāyikā ete dhammā kāyapaṭibaddhā kāyasaṅkhārā. Te kāyasaṅkhāre passambhento nirodhento vūpasamento sikkhati…pe… yathārūpehi kāyasaṅkhārehi kāyassa ānamanā, vinamanā, sannamanā, paṇamanā, iñjanā, phandanā, calanā, kampanā passambhayaṃ kāyasaṅkhāraṃ assasissāmīti sikkhati, passambhayaṃ kāyasaṅkhāraṃ passasissāmīti sikkhati.

  • Tipiṭaka · sp1 · Pāli

    Paṭisambhidāyaṃ panassa saddhiṃ codanāsodhanāhi evamattho vutto – ‘‘kathaṃ passambhayaṃ kāyasaṅkhāraṃ assasissāmi…pe… passasissāmī’’ti sikkhati? Katame kāyasaṅkhārā? Dīghaṃ assāsā kāyikā ete dhammā kāyappaṭibaddhā kāyasaṅkhārā, te kāyasaṅkhāre passambhento nirodhento vūpasamento sikkhati. Dīghaṃ passāsā kāyikā ete dhammā…pe… rassaṃ assāsā…pe… rassaṃ passāsā… sabbakāyappaṭisaṃvedī assāsā… sabbakāyappaṭisaṃvedī passāsā kāyikā ete dhammā kāyappaṭibaddhā kāyasaṅkhārā, te kāyasaṅkhāre passambhento nirodhento vūpasamento sikkhati. Yathārūpehi kāyasaṅkhārehi yā kāyassa ānamanā vinamanā sannamanā paṇamanā iñjanā phandanā calanā kampanā passambhayaṃ kāyasaṅkhāraṃ assasissāmīti sikkhati …

  • Tipiṭaka · sd1 · Pāli

    Assā ti imassa ‘‘passambhayaṃ kāyasaṅkhāra’’nti padassa. Codanāsodhanāhī ti anuyogaparihārehi. Eva nti idāni vuccamānākārena. Katha nti yaṃ idaṃ ‘‘passambhayaṃ…pe… sikkhatī’’ti vuttaṃ, taṃ kathaṃ kena pakārena kāyasaṅkhārassa passambhanaṃ yogino ca sikkhanaṃ hotīti kathetukāmatāya pucchitvā kāyasaṅkhāre sarūpato oḷārikasukhumato vūpasamato anuyogaparihārato ca dassetuṃ ‘‘katame kāyasaṅkhārā’’ tiādi āraddhaṃ. Tattha kāyikā ti rūpakāye bhavā. Kāyappaṭibaddhā ti kāyasannissitā. Kāye sati honti, asati na honti, tato eva te akāyasamuṭṭhānāpi kāyena saṅkharīyantīti kāyasaṅkhārā . Passambhento ti oḷārikoḷārikaṃ passambhento.

  • Pāli commentaries · mūlapaṇṇāsa-aṭṭhakathā · Pāli

    kāyasaṅkhārā ti assāsapassāsā| vacīsaṅkhārā ti vitakkavicārā| cittasaṅkhārā ti saññāvedanā| āyū ti rūpajīvitindriyaṃ| paribhinnānī ti upahatāni, vinaṭṭhānīti attho| tattha keci ‘‘nirodhasamāpannassa cittasaṅkhārāva niruddhā’’ti vacanato cittaṃ aniruddhaṃ hoti, tasmā sacittakā ayaṃ samāpattīti vadanti| te vattabbā – ‘‘vacīsaṅkhārāpissa niruddhā’’ti vacanato vācā aniruddhā hoti, tasmā nirodhaṃ samāpannena dhammampi kathentena sajjhāyampi karontena nisīditabbaṃ siyā| ‘‘yo cāyaṃ mato kālaṅkato, tassāpi cittasaṅkhārā niruddhā’’ti vacanato cittaṃ aniruddhaṃ bhaveyya, tasmā kālaṅkate mātāpitaro vā ar

  • Tipiṭaka · psm · Pāli

    1:171 . Kathaṃ ‘‘passambhayaṃ kāyasaṅkhāraṃ assasissāmī’’ti sikkhati, ‘‘passambhayaṃ kāyasaṅkhāraṃ passasissāmī’’ti sikkhati? Katamo kāyasaṅkhāro? Dīghaṃ assāsā kāyikā. Ete dhammā kāyapaṭibaddhā kāyasaṅkhārā. Te kāyasaṅkhāre passambhento nirodhento vūpasamento sikkhati. Dīghaṃ passāsā kāyikā. Ete dhammā kāyapaṭibaddhā kāyasaṅkhārā. Te kāyasaṅkhāre passambhento nirodhento vūpasamento sikkhati. Rassaṃ assāsā rassaṃ passāsā. Sabbakāyapaṭisaṃvedī assāsā sabbakāyapaṭisaṃvedī passāsā kāyikā. Ete dhammā kāyapaṭibaddhā kāyasaṅkhārā. Te kāyasaṅkhāre passambhento nirodhento vūpasamento sikkhati.

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