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Mindfulness of the Breath for Vipassana | Guided Buddhist Meditation | Ajahn Dhammasiha | Dhammagiri | Anapanasati
Ānāpānasati (mindfulness of breathing) is an excellent meditation object, that can carry us all the way to Nibbāna. It was the Buddha's personal favorite meditation.
However, meditators may not receive the full benefits, if they limit themselves to the samatha (samādhi/concentration) aspect of breath meditation. Fortunately, ānāpānasati can be used to develop both:
Samatha / Samādhī = calm, concentration, blissful internal unification of mind
Vipassanā / Paññā = Insight, seeing things as they really are, wisdom
In this meditation, Ajahn Dhammasiha guides us to use the instructions as given by…
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