Please join in for this course examining the Buddha’s 16 instructions for mindfulness of breathing. This set of teachings has been wrongly described as preliminary instructions, but is actually a complete map for the path of awakening. Following these instructions also opens the heart to an organic and lawful progression of inner joy, peace, and full release of the heart.
Audio:
- 2018 Meditations and Talks
- A series of talks by Tempel Smith on Anapanasati
- Six Guided Meditations on Mindfulness of Breathing by Bhikkhu Analayo
Study Resources:
- Gil Fronsdal’s translation of the Buddha’s 16 Steps for mindfulness of breathing
- Gil Fronsdal’s translation of The Buddha’s 16 Instructions on Mindfulness of Breathing, with additional commentary from contemporary dharma teachers
- Now is the Knowing by Ajahn Sumedho, Chapter Two, Anapanasati
- One Way to Understand the Buddha’s Anapanasati Instructions, by Mark Nunberg
- Keep It Simple: The gift of awareness, by Andrew Olendzki Tricycle Summer 2014
- Samadhi: The arising of the five jhanic factors and the abandoning of the five hindrances
- Analyzing the Breath, By Thanissaro Bhikkhu, April 18, 2005
- The Steps of Breath Meditation, By Thanissaro Bhikku, November 2002
- Mindfulness of Breathing in the Samyukta-agama, by Venerable Analayo
- Mindfulness of Breathing: A Practice Guide and Translations by Bhikkhu Analayo
