Intro to Breath Meditation | Guided Buddhist Meditation | Ajahn Dhammasiha | Dhammagiri | Mindfulness of Breathing Anapanasati

Dhammagiri Buddhist Podcasts · Sep 19, 2022 · 41m

Mindfulness of Breathing, Ānāpāṇasati, was the Buddha's own favourite meditation. Ajahn Dhammasiha provides an introduction how to gradually settle our mind onto the breath:

The past is gone. The future has not yet come. We let go of past and future and settle down here and now, observing what arises in the present moment: 'Now is the Knowing!'

We don't pay attention to external sense impressions, we let go of the outside world and turn our attention inside our own body and mind.

We become aware of our physical body. Not by thinking about it, but by directly feeling, directly experiencing the…