Dharma Talk: Buddhas 16 Steps Of Mindfulness Of Breathing

This recording provides a very brief overview of the Buddha’s discourse on mindfulness of breathing or the Anapanasati sutta. This sutta describes 16 steps (four tetrads each with four steps) that lead to the knowledge and insight of awakening. The instructions in the four tetrads of mindfulness of breathing use both the tranquillity as well as the insight aspects of meditation. This means that there is the cultivation of tranquillity (relaxed body and calm mind), along with the nourishment of joy,