MeditationMagazine | Special Section
Opening the Gates of Consciousness
The jhanas are more than a means to insight. They can yield benefits of their own.
Breath Meditation
Breath meditation, or mindfulness of breathing, is a common Buddhist practice, but the intention of the practice can either focus on developing calm (samatha) and developing insight (vipassana). Either the way, the breath is a good object of meditation because it is constantly in flux, reminding us of impermanence, and effortlessly available.
MeditationMagazine | On The Cushion
Receiving the Breath
A meditation Q&A with Christina Feldman
MeditationMagazine | On Practice
Breathing
And how, monks, does a monk abide contemplating the body as body? Here a monk, having gone into the forest, or to the root of a tree, or to an empty place, sits down cross-legged, holding…
MeditationMagazine | On Practice
Breathing
One of the most well-known, popular and practical examples of “meditation” connected with the body is called “The Mindfulness or Awareness of in-and-out breathing” (anopanosati). It is for this “meditation” only that a particular and definite…
MeditationMagazine | On Practice
Breathing Meditation
Bhante Henepola Gunaratana on mindfulness of breathing.
MeditationMagazine | On Practice
Breathing
There are many good methods of concentration bequeathed to us by our predecessors in Zen. The easiest for beginners is counting incoming and outgoing breaths. The value of this particular exercise lies in the fact that…
MeditationMagazine | On Practice
Breathing
Instruction on vipassana meditation using the breath as object.
MeditationMagazine | On Practice
Breathing
When we practice zazen our mind always follows our breathing. When we inhale, the air comes into the inner world. When we exhale, the air goes out to the outer world. The inner world is limitless,…
MeditationMagazine | Teachings And Texts
Vipassana Practice from the Mahasatipatthana Sutta, or Teachings on Mindfulness
A translation of the Mahasatipatthana Sutta, or the teachings on mindfulness
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