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Mindfulness of breathing
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Learning Path (1) Learning Path
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Stage 6
Mindfulness and immersion
… of the four truths show itself in this moment? Mindfulness of breathing (ānāpānasati) is the classical basic practice for it — the breath is always there, …
Study texts (8) Study text
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Ānāpānasati — mindfulness of breathing
Ānāpānasati · MN 118
Ānāpānasati — mindfulness of breathing The Ānāpānasati Sutta (MN 118) — the sixteen steps …
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The four satipaṭṭhānas
Satipaṭṭhāna
… overview: the four at a glance Kāyānupassanā — contemplation of the body Ānāpānasati in full — the 16 steps (MN 118) Vedanānupassanā — contemplation of feeling …
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Cetanā, the elements and the siddhis
Theravāda Abhidhamma · will & matter (a deepening of cittaja-rūpa)
… letting-happen harvests them. Part II — For practice 8. Step 4 of ānāpānasati: cetanā calms its own matter The first study showed the breath as cittaja-rūpa …
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How mind works matter
Theravāda Abhidhamma · cittaja-rūpa & iddhi
… application is a derivation for practice. 9. The breath as mind-born matter (ānāpānasati) Perhaps the most important finding for sitting practice: the breath itself is cittaja-rūpa. …
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Intention and clear comprehension — satipaṭṭhāna and cetanā
Satipaṭṭhāna · cetanā
… · four noble truths 1 · Body (kāyānupassanā) — six exercises Breath (ānāpānasati) — knowing that one is breathing in and out; recognising long and short …
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Tantra in the stream
History · Theravāda & Śiva-Buddha
… as instrument. Prāṇāyāma, one-pointedness on mantra and visualisation on the one side, ānāpānasati and jhāna on the other, are different approaches to the same capacity: stabilised, …
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The Noble Eightfold Path & the eight limbs of yoga
Bridge · Buddhism ↔ yoga (Patañjali)
… sense doors, sati at contact is scattered dhāraṇā (binding to an object) ānāpānasati (concentration on the breath) seeks stability dhyāna → samādhi jhāna as the samatha …
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Vimuttimagga — The Path of Freedom
Meditation manual · Upatissa (in English)
… 227. atapi, 110. atura, 173. ana, 156. Ananda {Ven. Elder), 100; 322. anapanasati, 63; 69; 156; {four satipatthanas fulfilled), 164; °samadhi, 157. anisamsa, 6; {eleven of …
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Thag 10.3
Mahākappina
… atthaṁ ahitañca taṁ dvayaṁ; Viddesino tassa hitesino vā, Randhaṁ na passanti samekkhamānā. Ānāpānasatī yassa, paripuṇṇā subhāvitā; Anupubbaṁ paricitā, yathā buddhena desitā; Somaṁ lokaṁ pabhāseti, abbhā muttova …