Concentration of Mindfulness of Breathing (Ānāpānasati)
Mindfulness of breathing developed and repeatedly practiced, is of great fruit, of great benefit; mindfulness of breathing developed and repeatedly practiced, perfects the four foundations of mindfulness; the four foundations of mindfulness, developed and repeatedly practiced, perfect the seven enlightenment factors (mindfulness, investigation, energy, joy, tranquility, concentration, and equanimity); the seven enlightenment factors, developed and repeatedly practiced, perfect clear vision and deliverance.
Concentrate, contemplate, meditate…
This is a certain body among bodies, namely, the breath.
- Know, “I breathe in long”; or “I breathe out long.”;
- Or “I breathe in short”; or “I breathe out short.”
- Experience the whole body breathe in, thus breathe out
- Calm the body formations breathe in, thus breathe out
Abide contemplating body in body, ardent, clearly comprehending, mindful, having put away covetousness and grief regarding the world.
This is a certain feeling among feelings, namely, the complete attention to in-breathing and out-breathing.
- Experiencing rapture breathe in, thus breathe out
- Experiencing bliss breathe in, thus breathe out
- Experiencing the mental formations breathe in, thus breathe out
- Calming the mental formations breathe in, thus breathe out
Abide contemplating feelings in feeling, ardent, clearly comprehending, mindful, having put away covetousness and grief regarding the world.
There is no development of mindfulness of breathing in one who is forgetful and does not clearly comprehend.
- Experiencing the mind breathe in, thus breathe out
- Gladdening the mind breathe in, thus breathe out
- Concentrating the mind breathe in, thus breathe out
- Liberating the mind breathe in, thus breathe out
Abide contemplating mind in mind, ardent, clearly comprehending, mindful, having put away covetousness and grief regarding the world.
Having seen with understanding what is the abandoning of covetousness and grief, become one who looks on with complete equanimity.
- Contemplating impermanence breathe in, thus breathe out
- Contemplating fading away breathe in, thus breathe out
- Contemplating cessation breathe in, thus breathe out
- Contemplating relinquishment breathe in, thus breathe out
Abide contemplating phenomena in phenomena, ardent, clearly comprehending, mindful, having put away covetousness and grief regarding worldly attachments.
Concentrate, contemplate, meditate, liberate .
