𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐋𝐢𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 ~ Anapanasati ~ Teachings of the Buddha

A reading of the Anapanasati Sutta: Mindfulness of Breathing - MN 118
This reading is an amalgam of translations by Bhante Sujato, Bhikkhu Bodhi, Thanisarro Bhikkhu - compiled and edited by Ayya Jitindriya.
The Ānāpānasati Sutta (Pāli), "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.
The sutta includes sixteen steps of practice, and groups them into four tetrads, associating them with the four satipatthanas (placings of mindfulness). According to American scholar monk, Thanissaro Bhikkhu, this sutta contains the most detailed meditation instructions in the Pali Canon. The method of practising Ānāpānasati , as explained in the Ānāpānasati -sutta of the Majjhima Nikàya, is complete in itself. One can understand and practise this more easily than methods found in other suttas.
More details about this deep and profound practice can be found here in Ajahn Buddhadasa's text:
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I use the first part of the reading as an aid to meditation, and it's interesting that nowhere does it advise focusing on a specific point such as the tip of the nose, which I've always found difficult. Breathing while 'sensitive to the whole body', the breathing body, feels easier and more natural to me.

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it's crazy to me how few teachers advocate following the 16 steps. As far as I've encountered only Thich Nhat Hanh teaches this. And yet it's one of the clearest and most comprehensive meditation techniques found in the pali canon texts besides the satipattana.

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