A Long Deep Breath | The Sangha US #45 | 7.16.22

The Sangha discuss experiences of different methods of controlling the breath. #anapanasati #mindfulnessofbreathing #beinginthemoment 

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00:00:00 Bhante Vimalaramsi; retreat; teaching Westerners; lack of sangha

00:05:10 The value of ānāpānasati is missed by most teachers; most of Western Buddhism is highly intellectual and not experiential

00:10:51 Intellectual frameworks and enthusiasm; the monk who couldn’t learn anything

00:17:16 The experience of the breathing meditation: take a long deep breath; reducing to 10 from 20 breaths; box breathing

00:34:15 Changing the wait time between breaths: energising and relaxing

00:41:35 Both short and long breaths are longer than normal breaths; short breathing has its value

00:46:06 Slightly longer breaths; down to three breaths a minute

00:54:52 The importance of the out breath; from 1st to 2nd jhāna

01:06:06 Spend time on this practice and play with it

01:08:57 Controlling the breath is the method