आनापानसति
Ānāpānasati
Mindfulness of breathing / Breath meditation
入出息念
Grammar 語法
compound: ānāpāna (in-and-out breathing — āna=in-breath + apāna=out-breath) + sati (mindfulness)
Definition 釋義
The meditation on the in-breath and out-breath — one of the most widely taught meditation objects in the Pali Canon. In the Ānāpānasati Sutta (MN 118), the Buddha described 16 steps of breath meditation organised into four tetrads corresponding to the four foundations of mindfulness: body (kāya), feelings (vedanā), mind (citta), and mental objects (dhammā). Ānāpānasati is praised as a complete path in itself — from initial calming of the body through deepening jhāna to the insight into impermanence and the realisation of Nibbāna.
Canonical Example 典籍例句
Ānāpānasati, bhikkhave, bhāvitā bahulīkatā cattāro satipaṭṭhāne paripūreti.
Mindfulness of breathing, monks, when developed and cultivated, fulfils the four foundations of mindfulness.
Source: Ānāpānasati Sutta, MN 118
At a Glance
- Pali
- Ānāpānasati
- IAST
- Ānāpānasmṛti
- Devanagari
- आनापानसति
- Chinese
- 入出息念
- Difficulty
- beginner
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