Buddhology

Anapanassati Meditation

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Reference: 

Middle Lengths Saying 2 II. THE DIVISION ON MONKS (BHIKKHUVAGGA) GREATER DISCOURSE ON AN EXHORTATION TO RAHULA (Maha-Rahulovidasutta) (มหาราหุโลวาทสูตร)

 

Develop the (mind-) development that is mindfulness of in­breathing and out-breathing, Rahula.  Mindfulness of in-breathing and out-breathing, Rahula, is of great fruit, of great advantage.

 

And how, Rahula, if mindfulness of in-breathing and out-breathing is developed, how, if it is made much of, is it of great fruit, of great advantage?

 

As to this, Rahula, a monk is forest-gone  or gone to the root of a tree or gone to an empty place, sits down cross-legged, holding his back erect, arousing mindfulness in front of him.  Mindful he breathes in, mindful he breathes out. 

 

Breathing in a long (breath) he comprehends, “I am breathing in a long (breath)”;

or breathing out a long (breath) he comprehends, “I am breathing out a long (breath)”; or breathing in a short (breath) he comprehends, “I am breathing in a short (breath)”; or breathing out a short (breath) he comprehends, “I am breathing out a short (breath).” 

 

He trains himself thinking: “I shall breathe in experiencing the whole body”; he trains himself thinking: “I shall breathe out experiencing the whole body.” 

 

He trains himself thinking: “I shall breathe in tranquillising the activity of the body”; he trains himself thinking, “I shall breathe out tranquillising the activity of the body.” 

 

He trains himself thinking, “I shall breathe in experiencing rapture”; he trains himself thinking, “I shall breathe out experiencing rapture.” 

 

He trains himself thinking, “I shall breathe in experiencing happiness”; he trains himself thinking, “I shall breathe out experiencing happiness.”

 

He trains himself thinking, “I shall breathe in experiencing the activity of thought”; he trains himself thinking, “I shall breathe out experiencing the activity of thought.”

 

He trains himself thinking, “I shall breathe in tranquillising the activity of thought”; he trains himself thinking, “I shall breathe out tranquillising the activity of thought.”

 

He trains himself thinking, “I shall breathe in experiencing thought”; he trains himself thinking, “I shall breathe out experiencing thought.”

 

He trains himself thinking, “I shall breathe in rejoicing in thought”; he trains himself thinking, “I shall breathe out rejoicing in thought.”

 

He trains himself thinking, “I shall breathe in concentrating thought”; he trains himself thinking, “I shall breathe out concentrating thought.”

 

He trains himself thinking, “I shall breathe in freeing thought”; he trains himself thinking, “I shall breathe out freeing thought.”

 

He trains himself thinking, “I shall breathe in beholding impermanence”; he trains himself thinking, “I shall breathe out beholding impermanence.”

 

He trains himself thinking, “I shall breathe in beholding dispassion”; he trains himself thinking, “I shall breathe out beholding dispassion.”

 

He trains himself thinking, “I shall breathe in beholding stopping”; he trains himself thinking, “I shall breathe out beholding stopping.”

 

He trains himself thinking, “I shall breathe in beholding casting away”; he trains himself thinking, “I shall breathe out beholding casting away.”

Mindfulness of in-breathing and out-breathing if developed thus, Rahula, if made much of thus, is of great fruit, of great advantage. 

 

When, Rahula, mindfulness of in-breathing and out-breathing has been developed thus, has been made much of thus, then those which are the last in-breaths and out-breaths are also stopped only when they are known, not when they are unknown.