The Ānāpānasati Sutta (Pāli) or Ānāpānasmṛti Sūtra (Sanskrit), "Breath-Mindfulness Discourse," Majjhima Nikaya 118, is a discourse that details the Buddha 's instruction on using awareness of the breath (anapana) as an initial focus for meditation.

2012年11月22日 · The actual instructions in the Ānāpānasati-sutta for being aware of the breath, once one has sat down in a secluded place, begin by directing mindfulness to the phenomenon of the breath as such, reading: “Mindful one breathes in, mindful one breathes out” (MN III 82; translated in Ñāṇamoli 1995, p. 943).

The document outlines a 16 step practice of mindful breathing called Anapanasati from the Buddha's Anapanasati Sutta. It is divided into four tetrads, with each tetrad focusing on a different aspect of mindful breathing: the first on long/short breathing, the second on joy/pleasure, the third on the mind, and the fourth on impermanence.

2017年5月25日 · You first do the observing of the breath part in order to calm down a little. Spend like 8 breaths on this first 2 steps. Do not “focus” on the breath Mahasi style. Just observe the breath in general if it’s long or short etc. The goal of these first 2 steps is to calm down a little before you start and make you’re mind a little more alert.

Anapanasati (Mindfulness of Breathing) ... The method of pratising Ānāpānasati, as explained in the Ānāpānasati-sutta of the Majjhima Nikāya, is complete in itself. One can understand and practise this method comparatively more easily than the methods found in other suttas. In comparison, this particular method is certainly designed more ...

Bhikkhus, anapanasati which one has developed and made much of in just this way naturally has enormous fruits and great benefits. Excerpt from Majjhima Nikaya #118. From the Suan Mokkh Chanting Book, translated by Santikaro Bhikkhu, following …

The Anapanasati Sutta presents the mindfulness of breathing practice in sixteen steps, which are commonly divided into four tetrads (i.e., groups of four). The four tetrads and sixteen steps are listed below: [5]

He taught his true disciples to listen closely to what is being presented, then compare it with what is being taught in the suttas{to see if it is correct or not. The key word here is suttas (not commentaries or sub-commentaries). This admonishment about not getting angry saves his true disciples from polluting their own minds.

This sutta describes the Buddha giving a teaching on mindfulness of breathing (ānāpānasati) to bhikkhus in the Eastern Park of Savatthi. He explains that developing mindfulness of breathing through 16 steps matures the four foundations of mindfulness, the seven factors of awakening, and leads to knowledge and liberation.

The Ānāpānasati Sutta (Pāli; Skt. Ānāpānasmṛti Sūtra), "Discourse on Mindfulness of Breathing," is a discourse from the Pali Canon in which the Buddha describes a meditation technique based on remaining mindful of the process of breathing in and breathing out (anapanasati).