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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 ...
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]
It is part of the six stages of anapanasati described by authors like Vasubandhu and Zhiyi, composed by counting breath (ganana), following the motions of the air flow (anugama), stilling thought in the body (sthana or sthapana), observing the elements of air (upalakshana), transformation of the mind focused on the air (vivarthana) and entering ...
Anapanasati Sutta: Mindfulness of Breathing: Surrounded by many well-practiced mendicants, the Buddha teaches mindfulness of breathing in detail, showing how they relate to the four kinds of mindfulness meditation. MN 119 Kayagatasati Sutta: Mindfulness Immersed in the Body
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 ...
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.
Henepola Gunaratana was born Ekanayaka Mudiyanselage Ukkubanda [1] on December 7, 1927, in the small Sri Lankan village of Henepola. [5] At 7, he began attending a school run by Catholic missionary nuns in Medagama.
His book Breath by Breath is a clear description of the practice of anapanasati (mindful breath meditation). His emphasis on the breath as an object of meditation was, in part, inspired by his encounter with the Thai meditation teacher Buddhadasa. Anapanasati and also forms the basis of his teachings at the Cambridge Insight Meditation Center. [5]