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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 ...
[6] [note 8] It was reinvented in Myanmar (Burma) in the 18th century by Medawi (1728–1816), leading to the rise of the Vipassanā movement in the 20th century, reinventing vipassanā meditation, developing simplified meditation techniques (based on the Satipatthana sutta, the Ānāpānasati Sutta, the Visuddhimagga, and other texts), and ...
Kakacupama Sutta: The Simile of the Saw: A discourse full of vibrant and memorable similes, on the importance of patience and love even when faced with abuse and criticism. The Buddha finishes with the simile of the saw, one of the most memorable similes found in the discourses. MN 22 Alagaddupama Sutta: The Water-Snake Simile
Bhante Vimalaramsi taught that Jhānas have only a light absorption. One can sense things happening around one while in these states; one can even do Jhānas while doing walking meditation. He taught mainly from the Anapanasati Sutta and the Satipatthana Sutta, and maintained that Jhāna should not be considered as ecstatic or one-pointed ...
The word "Uposatha" derives from the Muluposatha Sutta (AN 3.70), in which a lay woman named Visakha, visited the Lord Buddha and says she is observing the Uposatha day. The Lord Buddha replies that there are different Uposatha days, then proceeds to tell her the correct version of the Uposatha day, the Uposatha of the Noble Disciples .
Kudumbasthan (transl. Family Man) is a 2025 Indian Tamil-language comedy drama film directed by Rajeshwar Kalisamy in his directorial debut and produced by S. Vinoth Kumar under Cinemakaaran.
Bhikkhu Anālayo completed a PhD thesis on the Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta at the University of Peradeniya in 2000, which was later published as Satipaṭṭhāna, the Direct Path to Realization. [8] During the course of that study, he had come to notice the interesting differences between the Pāli and Chinese Buddhist canon versions of this early ...