Anapanasati

Mindfulness of In-and-Out Breathing

Ven. Pasanno Bhikkhu took ordination in Thailand in 1974, with Ven. Phra Khru Nañasirivatana as preceptor. During his first year as a monk he was taken by his teacher to meet Ajahn Chah, with whom he asked to be allowed to stay and train. One of the early residents of Wat Pah Nanachat, Ven. Pasanno became its abbot in his ninth year. During his incumbency Wat Pah Nanachat developed considerably, both in physical size and in reputation, and Ajahn Pasanno has become a very well-known and highly respected monk and Dhamma teacher in Thailand. Ajahn Pasanno moved to California on New Year's Eve of 1997 to share the abbotship of Abhayagiri Buddhist Monastery.

This series of Dhamma Talks on the stages of Anapanasati was originally given to the community at Abhayagiri Buddhist Monastery from the 4th to the 22nd of January, 2005, during the annual Winter Retreat.

Dhamma Talks on Anapanasati

Talk 1 - Turning to the Formal Practice

Talk 11 - Gladdening the Mind

The Anapanasati Sutta

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Talk 2 - Preparing the Mind to Receive the Dhamma

Talk 12 - Concentrating the Mind

Talk 3 - Being Present With Pain, Pleasure, and the Neutral

Talk 13 - Releasing the Mind

Talk 4 - Recognizing and Relinquishing the Hindrances

Talk 14 - Contemplating Impermanence, I Breathe In

Talk 5 - Working Further With the Hindrances

Talk 15 - Investigating Dispassion

Talk 6 - Nourishing and Starving the Hindrances

Talk 16 - Death and Dispassion

Talk 7 - Silence, Composure, plus the Hindrances

Talk 17 - Attending to Cessation

Talk 8 - Sitting, Walking, and the Hindrances

Talk 18 - Relinquishing the Defilements

Talk 9 - Working With Mind Objects

Talk 19 - Backbone of the Practice

Talk 10 - Experiencing the Mind