Ven. Gunankaro - Anapanasati

Meditation on the breath. Methods and observations.

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[wilsontt88]

Lastly, I really can't thank you enough for uploading this video. It ultimately made me realize that the proper way to go is to have the proper breathing technique at first, while at the same time maintaining the stillness/fixation of our object.

[wilsontt88]

The key is a non-stop awareness by keeping the object still/fixed/immovable in our mind, no changes in color, no changes in size, no changes in the object. It is still/fixed/immovable. This technique started with the proper breathing technique to keep our mind calm, and helping us to focus on the stillness/fixation of the object the way it is with non-stop mental awareness for a very long time, until we could attain the state of non-stop awareness on the stillness/fixation of the object (jhana).

[MrParaventure]

Thank you

[pragzter]

Whoa what's with the stick?

[wilsontt88]

I've tried several techniques throughout the years, and I have found that the easiest path to samadhi is based on this article, type in google: "ajahn sumedo nowknow2" and click on the link "anapanasati".

It works for me and by far its the easiest method I've known to enter samadhi.

[Spiritualseeker86]

Thank you very much this was great. I am going to try to focus on the rising and falling of my abdomon this may be easier on meditation but how do we do it while walking or listening to someone etc..? Like how do we focus on the rising and falling while doing normal daily activities like folding laundry etc?

[Max11551]

What country is Ven. Gunankaro originally from? His English accent sounds like he's Dutch.

[mywords4u]

thank you for this video

[vegaspilot03]

Thank you !!!

[youngyuudai]

Mindstream, I believe that the way to go is firstly to focus ourselves in Samatha (the way of attaining "inner" non-stop awareness of our concentration), before advancing further to Vipassana. Once our mind is very aware, still and focused, it will make the "outer" non-stop mental awareness of Vipassana much easier to be absorbed and practised in the long run. Good luck :).