Sixteen Stages Of Anapanasati: 1 definition
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Source: WikiPedia: BuddhismFormally, there are sixteen stages and mdash; or contemplations and mdash; of anapanasati. These are divided into four tetrads (i.e., sets or groups of four). The first four steps involve focusing the mind on breathing, which is the body conditioner (Pali: kaya sankhara). The second tetrad involves focusing on the feelings (vedana), which are the mind conditioner (Pali: citta sankhara). The third tetrad involves focusing on the mind itself (Pali: citta), and the fourth on the truth (Pali: dhamma). (Compare right mindfulness and satipatthana.)
Any anapanasati meditation session should progress through the stages in order, beginning at the first, whether the practitioner has performed all stages in a previous session or not.
1. Contemplation of the body, First Tetrad
- Breathing long
- Breathing short
- Experiencing the whole body
- ranquillising the bodily activities
2. Contemplation of feelings, Second Tetrad
- Experiencing rapture
- Experiencing bliss
- Experiencing mental activities
- Tranquillising mental activities
3. Contemplation of the mind, Third Tetrad
- Experiencing the mind
- Gladdening the mind
- Centering the mind in samadhi
- Releasing the mind
4. Contemplation of Dhammas, Fourth Tetrad
- Contemplating impermanence
- Contemplating fading of lust
- Contemplating cessation
- Contemplating relinquishment
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