Supreme Anapanasati : Mindfulness of Breathing ...

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sīlānanda

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Jan 3, 2010, 11:36:25 PM1/3/10

For all Dhammafarers,

May your body be not stressed, your eyes be not strained and your mind be released from the asava.

mahakaruna,

silananda

HOW DID THE LORD BUDDHA DWELL?

Bhikkhus, Mindfulness with Breathing (Anapanasati) that one has developed and make much of has great fruit and great benefit.

Even I myself, before awakening, when not yet enlightened, while still a Bodhisatva (Buddha to be), lived in this dwelling (way of life) for the most part. When I lived mainly in this dwelling, the body was not stressed, the eyes were not strained, and my mind was released from the asava (corruptions, cankers) through non-attachment.

For this reason, should anyone wish "may my body be not stressed, may my eyes be not strained, may my mind be released from the asava through non-attachment," then that person ought to attend carefully in his heart to this Mindfulness with Breathing meditation.