Anapanasati | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2019-01-09

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00:00:47 1 Origins in Buddhism
00:02:03 2 The practice
00:02:12 2.1 Traditional sources
00:05:29 2.2 iAnapanasati sutta/i
00:06:50 2.3 Modern sources
00:09:12 2.4 Active breathing, passive breathing
00:12:07 2.5 Scientifically demonstrated benefits
00:13:05 3 Stages
00:14:08 4 In the Theravada tradition
00:15:04 5 In the Chinese tradition
00:19:33 6 In the Indo-Tibetan tradition



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Ānāpānasati (Pali; Sanskrit ānāpānasmṛti), meaning "mindfulness of breathing" ("sati" means mindfulness; "ānāpāna" refers to inhalation and exhalation), is a form of Buddhist meditation originally taught by Gautama Buddha in several suttas including the Ānāpānasati Sutta. (MN 118)
Ānāpānasati is now common to Tibetan, Zen, Tiantai and Theravada Buddhism as well as Western-based mindfulness programs. Simply defined, Anapanasati is to feel the sensations caused by the movements of the breath in the body as is practiced in the context of mindfulness meditation.