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The Theravada Pali Canon version of the Anapanasati Sutta lists sixteen steps to relax and compose the mind and body. The Anapanasati Sutta is a celebrated text among Theravada Buddhists. [2] In the Theravada Pali Canon, this discourse is the 118th discourse in the Majjhima Nikaya (MN) and is thus frequently represented as "MN 118". [3]
The Ānāpānasati Sutta prescribes mindfulness of inhalation and exhalation as an element of mindfulness of the body, and recommends the practice of mindfulness of breathing as a means of cultivating the seven factors of awakening, which is an alternative formulation or description of the process of dhyana: sati (mindfulness), dhamma vicaya (analysis), viriya (persistence), pīti (rapture ...
Dhammadayada Sutta: Heirs in Dhamma: Some of the Buddha’s students inherit from him only material profits and fame. But his true inheritance is the spiritual path, the way of contentment. Venerable Sāriputta explains how by following the Buddha’s example we can experience the fruits of the path. MN 4 Bhaya-bherava Sutta: Fear and Terror
The Ānāpānasati Sutta specifically concerns mindfulness of inhalation and exhalation, as a part of paying attention to one's body in quietude, and recommends the practice of anapanasati meditation as a means of cultivating the Seven Factors of Enlightenment: sati (mindfulness), dhamma vicaya (analysis), viriya (persistence), which leads to ...
The Anapanasati Sutta: A Practical Guide to Mindfulness of Breathing and Tranquil Wisdom Meditation 1998-2006 editions; Breath of Love 2012; Moving Dhamma Volume 1- 2013; The Dhamma Leaf Series - 2014; Life is Meditation, Meditation is Life - 2014; A Guide to Forgiveness Meditation - 2015; A Guide to Tranquil Wisdom Insight Meditation (T.W.I.M ...
Suttas from the Sutta Pitaka of the Pali Canon. List of Digha Nikaya suttas; List of Majjhima Nikaya suttas; List of Samyutta Nikaya suttas; List of Anguttara Nikaya suttas; List of Khuddaka Nikaya suttas
Anapanasati means to feel the sensations caused by the movements of the breath in the body, as is practiced in the context of mindfulness. According to tradition, Anapanasati was originally taught by the Buddha in several sutras including the Ānāpānasati Sutta. [note 7] (MN 118) The Āgamas of early Buddhism discuss ten forms of mindfulness.
The name for this type of meditation is found in the sectional titles used in the Mahasatipatthana Sutta (Dīgha Nikāya 22) and the Satipatthana Sutta (MN 10), where the contemplation of the 32 body parts is entitled, Pa ṭ ikkūla-manasikāra-pabba ṃ (which, word-for-word, can be translated as "repulsiveness-reflection-section").