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Written by DLM
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Saturday, 16 May 2009 13:46 |
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1 This is what I heard one time when the Buddha was staying in the monastery in Anathapindika's park in the Jeta Grove near Sravasti with a community of 1,250 bhiksus, fully ordained monks. That day, when it was time to make the round for alms, the Buddha put on his sanghati robe and, holding his bowl, went into the city of Sravasti to seek alms food, going from house to house. When the alms round was completed, he returned to the monastery to eat the midday meal. Then he put away his sanghati robe and his bowl, washed his feet, arranged his cushion, and sat down. |
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Written by DLM
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Friday, 06 March 2009 12:08 |
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This excerpt comes from Thich Nhat Hanh's book "Breathe! You Are Alive". We have been covering the practice of Mindful Breathing in Sangha for the past several weeks. From the Sutra on the Full Awareness of Breathing (Anapanasatisutta): "What is the way to develop and practice continuously the method of Full Awareness of Breathing so that the practice will be rewarding and offer great benefit?" "It is like this, bhikkus: the practitioner goes into the forest or to the foot of a tree, or to any deserted place, and sits stably in the lotus position, holding his body quite straight. Breathing in, he knows that he is breathing in; and breathing out, he knows that he is breathing out." |
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