Observing the breath vs Pranayama
Upvote:0
Satipatthana doesn't any relation to breath. This path is for further perfection towards Arhatship. But Nirvana is achieved before that. Sati doesn't mean breath but awareness in detached form. With eyes of wisdom having detached from inside keeps his awareness there, as it the practitioner turn into that. By keeping this awareness daily in life while walking, sitting, doing something he is detached in every respect. That's the eight fold path. Samma ditthi means insight of thou and that awarenes become one. Samma vaca means that you are talking wholesome with united detached awareness. So also other Samma steps and finally Samma Samadhi. Samma samadhi is the end where previously you perceive as detached awareness, you become that. You crossed from this shore of body to other shore of formless spot. You are embodied. Then one realised his past lives, how karma operating living beings by seeing three realms of heaven, earth and hell and know the four noble truth. Then only he is termed as Arhat. This state is hard to attain without bounty of wholesome deeds. The awareness in satipatthana can be termed as God watching you and all your actions. If you commit misdeeds you bound to repay. How can if one know He is watching, commit misdeeds? Hence five percepts are gem for householder and eight for that of monks. Do good deeds. That's the main motto. Just meditation can't remove your suffering.
Upvote:2
For people with 'monkey-mind', often controlling the breath for a period may be beneficial to help the mind calm down. However, true Buddhist meditation is merely allowing the mind to watch the breath because Buddhist practise is actually not really related to watching breath per se but is about keeping the mind free from unwholesomeness.
The only reason watching breath is mentioned in Buddhism is because a pure mind without any unwholesomeness automatically watches the breath.
As for Pranayama, this can harm the body & mind if done incorrectly:
Upvote:3
Calm down the mind - breath is indicator of mind state.
https://plumvillage.org/sutra/discourse-on-the-full-awareness-of-breathing/
‘Breathing in a long breath, I know I am breathing in a long breath. Breathing out a long breath, I know I am breathing out a long breath.
‘Breathing in a short breath, I know I am breathing in a short breath. Breathing out a short breath, I know I am breathing out a short breath.
‘Breathing in, I am aware of my whole body. Breathing out, I am aware of my whole body.’ He or she practices like this.
‘Breathing in, I calm my whole body. Breathing out, I calm my whole body.’ He or she practices like this.
‘Breathing in, I feel joyful. Breathing out, I feel joyful.’ He or she practices like this.
‘Breathing in, I feel happy. Breathing out, I feel happy.’ He or she practices like this.
‘Breathing in, I am aware of my mental formations. Breathing out, I am aware of my mental formations.’ He or she practices like this.
‘Breathing in, I calm my mental formations. Breathing out, I calm my mental formations.’ He or she practices like this.
‘Breathing in, I am aware of my mind. Breathing out, I am aware of my mind.’ He or she practices like this.
‘Breathing in, I make my mind happy. Breathing out, I make my mind happy.’ He or she practices like this.
‘Breathing in, I concentrate my mind. Breathing out, I concentrate my mind.’ He or she practices like this.
‘Breathing in, I liberate my mind. Breathing out, I liberate my mind.’ He or she practices like this.
More post
- 📝 Physical Lethargy
- 📝 How should satipatthana be understood in regard to external/internal minds?
- 📝 Preparing for the Bardo while remaining detached
- 📝 Meditation - how to practice it?
- 📝 Was the historical Buddha infallible?
- 📝 Who were the wise in the Buddha's discourses?
- 📝 Did Buddha Return to Extreme Asceticism?
- 📝 Are dreams good or bad?
- 📝 Finding a dharma teacher
- 📝 Can the same kamma cetana and action lead to somewhat different future physical consequences (the physical aspect of the kamma-vipaka)
- 📝 "Monks" includes everybody?
- 📝 How to make sense of the Heart Sutra
- 📝 Differences in attainments among Arahants
- 📝 Do only sentient being suffer
- 📝 Why are Jhanas controversial?
- 📝 What sort of infinite regress to birth is Nagarjuna's MMK arguing for?
- 📝 What is the difference between intelligence and wisdom in the Buddha's teaching?
- 📝 Barrier of "tumult" during meditation
- 📝 How can I remove my desire for a relationship/girlfriend?
- 📝 Why is the Heart Sutra so important in Mahayana Buddhism?
- 📝 Buddhist Equivalent to Prayopavesa (resolving to die through fasting)
- 📝 How to survive Buddhism ? Buddha, Dhamma and Sangha
- 📝 Does DN2 and MN36 provide an irrefutable statement on the fact of rebirth?
- 📝 MN 62 Translation Request
- 📝 Submission in Buddhist teachings / practices
- 📝 What is useless/meaningless speech?
- 📝 Mental note of thoughts during the day
- 📝 Why did the Buddha not answer Vacchagotta (SN 44.10), but did answer the monks (MN 140)?
- 📝 Varieties of emptiness
- 📝 The Super Fast Karma - Covid 19
Source: stackoverflow.com
Search Posts
Related post
- 📝 Observing the breath vs Pranayama
- 📝 Can't notice the breath
- 📝 What is observing the precepts in a Hinayana way or a Mahayana way?
- 📝 Ways to strengthen the perception of the breath
- 📝 How to stay mindful of the gap in the breath
- 📝 Why is focusing on the breath more difficult than focusing on Mantras, and how important is it before vipassana?
- 📝 Am I Bearing the pain or observing it, When my leg hurts during Vipassana?
- 📝 Idea of the Breath
- 📝 Why is Vipassana centred around the breath, when it's meant to be a state of observing sensations?
- 📝 Does the breath literally stop in the fourth Jhāna?
- 📝 How do i Focusing on the breath and letting thought go
- 📝 What is bodily formation? Does it refer to the breath or the body?
- 📝 meditation - How obvious should the touch of the breath be?
- 📝 Watching the breath during meditation is getting boring?
- 📝 What is the sutta where the Buddha says that one breath or one bite of food is the proper timeframe with which to contemplate life/death?
- 📝 How can I focus on breath at the tip of my nose?
- 📝 Is it ok to eat after midnight after observing the 8 precepts?
- 📝 Is observing the five precepts a gradual training?
- 📝 Can the Buddha ever be a woman?
- 📝 Does illegal downloading or viewing of copyright material violate the second precept?
- 📝 Where is the Buddha quoted as saying do not believe anything I say until you can prove it by yourself?
- 📝 How not to kill the mouse in my house?
- 📝 Is drinking coffee or tea against the fifth precept?
- 📝 Masturbation: Does it break the 3rd precept?
- 📝 What are the differences between vipassana and mindfulness meditation?
- 📝 How to determine the end of a meditation session without a clock?
- 📝 Is Nirvana the goal for all Buddhist?
- 📝 How can I assess the quality of a local Buddhist group?
- 📝 What is the attitude toward h*m*sexuality in Buddhism?
- 📝 How do you tell a 4-year-old who the Buddha was?