page_title: Ānāpānasati Sutta
hierarchical_section_title: Ānāpānasati Sutta
caption_attribution_description: Gandhara Gallery of Indian Museum in West Bengal.
context_page_description: The Ānāpānasati Sutta or Ānāpānasmṛti Sūtra, "Breath-Mindfulness Discourse," Majjhima Nikaya 118, is a discourse that details the Buddha's instruction on using awareness of the breath 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. According to American scholar monk, Thanissaro Bhikkhu, this sutta contains the most detailed meditation instructions in the Pali Canon.
context_section_description: The Ānāpānasati Sutta (Pāli) or Ānāpānasmṛti Sūtra (Sanskrit), "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.
caption: Since ancient time Anapanasati has been practice by Kings and the buddhist people. now this is practice has widely accepted by many religions.
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