"Bhikkhus, and how is mindfulness related to the body developed, how is it pursued, so as to be of great fruit & brings great benefit?
The bhikkhu, gone to the forest, or to the root of a tree, or to an empty house, sits legs crossed, the body straight, and mindfulness established in front. Mindfully he breathes in or breathes out. Breathing in long knows, I breathe in long. Breathing out long knows, I breathe out long. Breathing in short knows, I breathe in short. Breathing out short knows, I breathe out short. Trains, calming the bodily determination I breathe in. Trains, calming the bodily determination I breathe out. When he abides diligent to dispel, worldly thoughts and recollections fade and his mind gets established in a single point concentrated. Bhikkhus, in this manner too mindfulness of the body in the body is developed. Here, bhikkhus, a bhikkhu having gone into the forest, or to the foot of a tree, or to an empty place, sits legs crossed, holding the body straight, securely maintaining mindfulness. Ever mindful, that bhikkhu breathes in; ever mindful, he breathes out." 1. “Breathing in long, he knows, ‘I breathe in long’; or breathing out long, he knows, ‘I breathe out long’. 2. “Breathing in short, he knows, ‘I breathe in short’; or breathing out short, he knows, ‘I breathe out short’. 3. He trains thus: ‘I shall breathe in experiencing the whole body’( Sabba kaya) ; He trains thus, ‘I shall breathe out experiencing the whole body ( Sabba kaya)’; 4. “He trains thus, ‘I shall breathe in calming the bodily-formation ( kaya sankhara ) ;’ He trains thus, ‘I shall breathe out calming the bodily formations’ When he abides heedful, ardent, & resolute in this way, any rushing thoughts related to the household life fade, and with their abandoning the mind gathers & settles down, becomes one-pointed, and concentrated. Like this, bhikkhus, does a bhikkhu develop mindfulness related to the body. And as he remains thus heedful, ardent, & resolute, any memories & resolves related to the household life are abandoned, and with their abandoning his mind gathers & settles inwardly, grows unified & centered. This is how a monk develops mindfulness using mala meditation immersed in the body PITI & SUKKHA and PERCEPTION & FEELING 5. ‘I shall breathe in experiencing piti (rapture) ’; trains thus, ‘I shall breathe out experiencing piti (rapture) ’; 6. trains thus, ‘I shall breathe in experiencing sukha’; trains thus, ‘I shall breathe out experiencing such’; 7. trains thus, ‘I shall breathe in experiencing the mental formation’ ( perception and feeling) ; trains thus, ‘I shall breathe out experiencing the mental formation’ ( perception and feeling) ; 8.trains thus, ‘I shall breathe in calming the mental formation’( perception and feeling) ; trains thus, ‘I shall breathe out calming the mental formation ( perception and feeling)’ Note: "perception and feeling are the mental formation ."(MN 44) —on that occasion, bhikkhus, a bhikkhu abides contemplating the feelings in the feelings, ardent, clearly comprehending, mindful, having put away covetousness and grief regarding the world. “I say that this, bhikkhus, is a certain feeling (experience) among feelings (experiencings), namely, the giving attention completely to in-breathing and out-breathing. That is why on that occasion, bhikkhus, a bhikkhu abides contemplating the feelings in the feelings, ardent, clearly comprehending, mindful, having put away covetousness and grief regarding the world. AWARENESS OF MIND, GLADDENING, UNIFYING/ CONCENTRATING, AND LIBERATING THE MIND. 9. ‘I shall breathe in experiencing the mind’; trains thus, ‘I shall breathe out experiencing the mind’; 10. trains thus, ‘I shall breathe in gladdening the mind’; trains thus, ‘I shall breathe out gladdening the mind’; 11. trains thus, ‘I shall breathe in concentrating the mind’; trains thus, ‘I shall breathe out concentrating the mind’; 12. trains thus, ‘I shall breathe in liberating the mind’; trains thus, ‘I shall breathe out liberating the mind’ —on that occasion, bhikkhus, a bhikkhu abides contemplating the mind in the mind, ardent, clearly comprehending, mindful, having put away covetousness and grief regarding the world. “I do not say, bhikkhus, that there is development of respiration-mindfulness in one who is forgetful and does not clearly comprehend. That is why on that occasion, bhikkhus, a bhikkhu abides contemplating the mind in the mind, ardent, clearly comprehending, mindful, having put away covetousness and grief regarding the world. “That is how awareness of breathing, developed and repeatedly practice , is of great fruit, of great benefit." CONTEMPLATION : Steps 13-16 13. ‘I shall breathe in contemplating impermanence’; trains thus, ‘I shall breathe out contemplating impermanence’; 14. trains thus, ‘I shall breathe in contemplating fading away’; trains thus, ‘I shall breathe out contemplating fading away’; Note: Viraaga also has no satisfactory rendering. Raaga (originally meaning “colour,” “dye”;) is used for “greed” or “lust”; viraaga is the fading away of the colour, the disappearance of greed or lust. It occurs frequently in the suttas in the sequence nibbidaa, viraaga, nirodha, patinissagga, i.e. revulsion (or turning away from the round of rebirths), dispassion (or fading away of greed), cessation, relinquishment. 15. trains thus, ‘I shall breathe in contemplating cessation’ ( of craving ); trains thus, ‘I shall breathe out contemplating cessation’; 16. trains thus, ‘I shall breathe in contemplating letting go ’; trains thus, ‘I shall breathe out contemplating letting go ’ —on that occasion, bhikkhus, a bhikkhu abides contemplating mental objects in mental objects, ardent, clearly comprehending, mindful, having put away covetousness and grief regarding the world. “Having seen with understanding what is the abandoning of covetousness and grief, he becomes one who looks on with complete equanimity. That is why on that occasion, bhikkhus, a bhikkhu abides contemplating mental objects in mental objects, ardent, clearly comprehending, mindful, having put away covetousness and grief regarding the world. “That is how respiration-mindfulness, developed and repeatedly practiced, perfects the four focus of mindfulness.
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