Questions tagged [meditation-breath]
Questions concerning meditation which focuses on the breath. This could be advice around certain aspects of this practice or questions around relevant texts such as the Anapanasati Sutta,
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Why sitting meditation, and is vippasana and breath meditation sufficient?
Why do we have to watch body sensations separately by sitting meditation, when even in our daily life we are experiencing sensations moment to moment (and realizing everything is vibrating in our body)...
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Strong blood flow when meditating
I am currently following a vipassana retreat at Panditarama Lumbini (where you are asked to notice the rise and fallings of the abdomen). The first 5 days were OK (even if I maybe was pushing too much ...
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Is watching the heart beat (instead of watching the breath) a known form of meditation?
In Anapana there is no regulation of the breath.
As I understood it, it's meant not to control your breath while meditating, but just let flow. Sometimes it's difficult for me not to control it, so I ...
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Nose Object Problems
If one practices Goenka style Vipassana or Anapana meditation then the main object of contemplation is the nose area.
If one has a cold and the nose is blocked then is it o.k. to breath through the ...
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What happens to my body when I breathe out?
It is suggested, that one concentrates on the breath while meditating. It is also suggested that one breathes out and remains in this state for a moment, to feel the emptiness. What happens to my body ...
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What to focus on between breaths
i've been trying to practice following the whole length of the in-breath and the whole length of the out-breath, and i can see that my attention often slips between the breaths. Any thoughts on what ...
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Why does my mind feel slow to think nearly half day after my meditation?
I would like to know if I should expect any problems after I have done my meditation in the morning for a half hour? For the whole morning afterwards, my mind felt very slow to think of anything. Is ...
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Breath patterns in texts
What is the canonical reference if I wanted to read about breath patterns and their mapping to specific mind states?
A while back I came across an online text which contained some very hard-to-...
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Ways to strengthen the perception of the breath
I would like to hear all the ways to strengthen the feeling of the breath so i will know when it enters the body and when it leaves it
i tried to put a hand on the stomach and feel the air go out ...
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Can't notice the breath
I can't find the breath (sometimes I can, but the majority of the time I can't)
I can't notice the rising and falling of the stomach even when lying and putting my hand on it and also to notice the ...
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Awareness of two things
I started to read Mastering the Core Teachings of the Buddha (the PDF, version 3).
Before page 22, there's some text which says that (I paraphrase) sensations are fleeting and that consciousness-of-...
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How can the sensations of the meditation object (attention to the breath) be made more noticeable?
While practicing sitting vipassana meditation, using the felt sensations of the abdomen rising and falling with each breath as the meditation object, there is the frequent flood of mental images ...
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Electric blood, electric breathe, electric ball and one beam
I have done meditation for 6 week now. My pulse has now become so electric even not when I am meditating, before i was Activated my pulse used to pulsating back and forward but now its more alive. ...
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How to breathe?
I might like some advice about breathing.
A doctor implied that I'm not very good at breathing: i.e. that I have "central sleep apnea" which probably means that the part of the brain-stem that ...
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In the Anapanasati Sutta what is meant by 'sensitive to rapture/bliss'?
Considering these verses of the Anapanasati Sutta
He trains himself, 'I will breathe in sensitive to rapture.' He trains
himself, 'I will breathe out sensitive to rapture.'
He trains ...
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In the Anapanasati Sutta, what is the difference between mind and mental processes?
The book Breath by Breath by Larry Rosenberg splits the Anapanasati Sutta into 4 tetrads. The wildmind website does a similar thing. In the second tetrad there is a verse that is rendered
He trains ...
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During insight meditation, what does the meditator note in-between the rising and falling of the abdomen?
I practice insight meditation (Theravada tradition), noting the rising and falling of the abdomen. It was suggested that one should make a mental note once per second, neither too frequently, nor too ...
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Attention to the breath: sensations at the nostrils vs sensations at the abdomen, as they relate to serenity and insight
During sitting meditation, I attempt to anchor attention to the breathe. I have read about anchoring on the sensation(s) of the breathe at the nostril, and I have read about anchoring on the rise and ...
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How to realise "anatta" of "Nama-rupa"
By noticing my abdomen while breathing , I can feel up and down movement of it . Also I can keep a mental notes as "up" and "down". When it is up there is "rupa of up" and "Nama of up mental note " ...
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Being bored :anapanasati meditation
How to overcome feeling bored while doing anapanasati meditation ? I get this feeling after setting sati at the end of the nose and body is calmed .
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Why will-power could not be used to regulate kaya , vedana and citta?
I found the below from the book
Mindfulness with Breathing: A Manual for Serious Beginners
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Mindfulness-Breathing-Manual-Serious-Beginners/dp/0861711114
The Thai word ...
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Breath getting shorter and shorter
Practice : Meditation using breath
I'm practicing sitting meditation using breath according to Thai Forest Tradition method.
Mentally reciting of "Buddho" .
I practice at home so would like to get ...
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Is it OK to mentally multi-task during vipassana meditation?
It appears that I have found it possible to focus both on the breath (as a meditation object) and to be aware of a bit of a train of thought.
Is this acceptable, or unacceptable, or should it be ...
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Panic arising in meditation
I am a relatively new (about four months) meditator.
My meditation technique is closing my eyes and focusing on the sensation of the breath as it passes in and out of my throat. Today I was ...
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How can you see suffering in the breath?
In his book Breath by Breath, Larry Rosenberg says that being mindful of the breath, as in the Anapanasati Sutta, is a complete practice and can lead to complete liberation. Following on from that I ...
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Is it not recommended to change the object of meditation during a short session?
Sometimes I tend to switch my attention from the nostrils to the "up and down" of the chest/stomach
It depends on how well I'm breathing (I have serious problem with the nostrils, it can only be 100% ...
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Anapanasati Buddhist meditation
So I thought I really need to ask this question about Buddhist meditation specifically, Anapanasati. Basically I sit cross legged and count breaths for 15 minutes as advised on the Internet for ...
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Meditation and Mouth breathing
Some meditation techniques use the nostrils as a point of concentration, others only mention that we should breathe via the nose.
Many people have problems with that and can only breath through their ...
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How does one calm one's bodily fabrications?
I personally start looking at the speed of the breath and then it slows down. In the Tripitaka are there recommended methods to accomplish this? What do different teachers and commentaries say about ...
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Is Anapanasati considered Samatha?
I'm new to Buddhism, and I have some trouble understanding some core aspects on meditation. Is Anapanasati considered Samatha or Vipassana?
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What are the physiological effects of mindfulness based meditation?
I was meditating on the breath recently and I noticed that my breath slowed to a significant extent (not a huge insight admittedly). So this made me wonder if anyone has measured the effects of ...
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What other suttas instruct how to do Anapanasati, apart from the Anapanasati Sutta?
Anapanasati is mainly covered in the Anapanasati Sutta.
Some of these instructions (perhaps additional instructions) are also written elsewhere: for example in the Anapana Samuthiya, Girimananda ...
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Can Pranayama Be Derived from Anapana?
Pranayama seam to have some similarities with Anapana. What is the relationship between the two. Was this derived from Anapana? What is it's historic development?
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Application of sixteen contemplations in the anapanasati sutta
I've had a regular morning meditation practice (15 minutes or so, longer when I can) for about 12 months now, and I have a question about the sixteen contemplations as explained in the anapanasati ...
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What are the steps in Mindfulness of Breathing meditation?
I would like to have a detailed list of the steps in Mindfulness of Breathing meditation.
What is a good suggested duration?
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Anapanasati: Mindful Breathing Concentration Point
I have been practicing mindfulness of breathing for some time. But I am having doubt regarding my practice. When I focus on a single point on nostril and keep attention there, and note natural ...
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