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- Sat May 26, 2012 12:11 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda Meditation
- Topic: Meditation object
- Replies: 19
- Views: 3417
Re: Meditation object
Yeah, if you are observing the 'touch' feeling of the air against the skin as the breath goes in and comes out, then yes, you are observing the sensation of breathing at that spot. I think this is sort of where my question/wondering was occurring, I was thinking "What is 'the breath'" . I...
- Sat May 26, 2012 10:09 am
- Forum: General Theravāda Meditation
- Topic: Meditation object
- Replies: 19
- Views: 3417
Re: Meditation object
Looks like Mike beat me to it... From your post, T, it isn't clear who you have been practicing under and what the difficulty is that you are experiencing. In my experience of using anapana-sati to develop samadhi, its normal to go through difficulties. The object itself is as slippery as an eel, h...
- Sat May 26, 2012 8:31 am
- Forum: General Theravāda Meditation
- Topic: Meditation object
- Replies: 19
- Views: 3417
Meditation object
Hi I have decided to spend some time bringing my practise back to working on Anapanasati. A problem I have discovered is that I am taking the sensation or the physical location I feel the breath to be my meditation object, which is leading to some problems. I'm working through this and it would help...
- Fri Apr 27, 2012 8:11 am
- Forum: Ordination and Monastic Life
- Topic: A Discussion of Western Buddhist Monasticism
- Replies: 39
- Views: 13546
- Thu Apr 26, 2012 4:31 pm
- Forum: Ordination and Monastic Life
- Topic: Thai Forest Tradition ordination
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4266