i. Anapana Pabba (Section on In and Out Breathing) And
how, bhikkhus, does a bhikkhu dwell perceiving again and again the body
as just the body? Here (in this teaching), bhikkhus, a bhikkhu having
gone to the forest, or to the foot of a tree, or to an empty, solitary
place;note21 sits
down cross-legged,note22
keeping his body erect, and directs his mindfulness (towards the object
of mindfulness).note23Then
only with keen mindfulness he breathes in and only with keen mindfulness
he breathes out. Breathing in a long breath, he knows, "I breathe
in a long breath"; breathing out a long breath, he knows, "I
breathe out a long breath"; breathing in a short breath, he knows,
"I breathe in a short breath"; breathing out a short breath,
he knows, "I breathe out a short breath", "Aware of the
whole breath body, I shall breathe in",note24
thus he trains himself; "Aware of the whole breath body, I shall
breathe out", thus he trains himself. "Calming the process
of breathing, I shall breathe in",note25
thus he trains himself; "Calming the process of breathing, I shall
breathe out", thus he trains himself.note26 Just
as, bhikkhus, a skilful turner or a turner's apprentice pulling a long
pull (on the string turning the lathe), knows, "I am pulling a
long pull"; pulling a short pull, knows, "I am pulling a short
pull", just so, bhikkhus, a bhikkhu breathing in a long breath,
knows, "I breathe in a long breath"; breathing out a long
breath, knows, "I breathe out a long breath"; breathing in
a short breath, knows, "I breathe in a short breath"; breathing
out a short breath, knows, "I breathe out a short breath".
"Aware of the whole breath body, I shall breathe in," thus
he trains himself; "Aware of the whole breath body, I shall breathe
out", thus he trains himself. "Calming the process of breathing,
I shall breathe in", thus he trains himself; "Calming the
process of breathing, I shall breathe out", thus he trains himself. Thus he dwells perceiving again and again the body note27 as just the body (not mine, not I, not self, but just a phenomenon) in himself; or he dwells perceiving again and again the body as just the body in others;note28 or he dwells perceiving again and again the body as just the body in both himself and in others.note29 He dwells perceiving again and again the cause and the actual appearing of the body; or he dwells perceiving again and again the cause and the actual dissolution of the body; or he dwells perceiving again and again both the actual appearing and dissolution of the body with their causes.note30 To summarize, he is firmly mindful of the fact that only the body exists (not a soul, a self or I). That mindfulness is just for gaining insight (vipassana) and mindfulness progressively. Being detached from craving and wrong views note30 he dwells without clinging to anything in the world.note32 Thus, bhikkhus, this is a way in which a bhikkhu dwells perceiving again and again the body as just the body. |