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Using the Breath to Investigate 4 Noble Truths | Guided Buddhist Meditation | Ajahn Dhammasiha | Dhammagiri | Anapanasati Cattari Ariyasaccani
Ajahn Dhammasiha explains how to contemplate the Four Noble Truths ('Cattāri Ariyasaccāni') within the framework of Breath Meditation ('Ānāpāṇasati'):
We start by mindfully observing, feeling and experiencing every inbreath and outbreath
We allow our mind to gradually settle down, simply being mindful of each and every breath
We mindfully observe when Craving ('Taṇhā') arises in our mind
We notice that it is this very craving that causes our mind to get pulled away from our meditation object, the breath, and to follow all kinds of thoughts, phantasies, worries, memories, feelings, emotions…
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