AJAHN MONEYYO | Mindfulness of Breathing Part 3: The Breath and the Mind

This is the second part of a series of four talks on 'Mindfulness of Breathing' ('Ānāpāṇasati'), conducted by Ajahn Moneyyo at Dhammagiri Forest Hermitage.Ānāpāṇasati was the favourite meditation object of the Buddha himself. It can be cultivated both for samatha/samādhi and for insight/vipassana. The Buddha has given us highly detailed instructions how to develp mindfulness of the breath. The most extensive one is found at Anapanasati-Sutta, Middle Length Discourses Nr. 118:https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/MN/MN118.htmlIn this talk Ajahn Moneyyo explains the instructions of cultivating the breath to develop mindfulness of the mind/heart ('citta'):Training yourself to experience the mental formations while breathing in and outTraining yourself to calm the mental formations while breathing in and outTraining yourself to experience the mind/heart while breathing in and outTraining yourself to unify the mind/heart while breathing in and outTraining yourself to liberate the mind/heart while breathing in and outwww.dhammagiri.org.auwww.facebook.com/dhammagiri-forest-hermitagewww.youtube.com/channel/UCJINt0JJBfFm_x0FZcU9QJwwww.tinyletter.com/dhammagiri/archive