1.Anapana Pabba (Section on In and Out Breathing):
And how, bhikkhus, does a bhikkhu dwell perceiving again and
again the body as just the body? Here (in this teaching), bhikkhus, a bhikkhu
having gone to the forest, or to the foot of a tree, or to an empty, solitary
place; sits down cross-legged, keeping his body erect, and directs his
mindfulness (towards the object of mindfulness).Then only with keen
mindfulness he breathes in and only with keen mindfulness he breathes out.
Breathing in a long breath, he knows, "I breathe in a long breath";
breathing out a long breath, he knows, "I breathe out a long breath";
breathing in a short breath, he knows, "I breathe in a short breath";
breathing out a short breath, he knows, "I breathe out a short
breath" "Aware of the whole breath body, I shall breathe in",
thus he trains himself; "Aware of the whole breath body, I shall breathe
out", thus he trains himself. "Calming the process of breathing, I
shall breathe in", thus he trains himself; "Calming the process of
breathing, I shall breathe out", thus he trains himself.
Just as, bhikkhus, a skilful turner or a turner's apprentice
pulling a long pull (on the string turning the lathe), knows, "I am
pulling a long pull"; pulling a short pull, knows, "I am pulling a
short pull", just so, bhikkhus, a bhikkhu breathing in a long breath,
knows, "I breathe in a long breath"; breathing out a long breath,
knows, "I breathe out a long breath"; breathing in a short breath,
knows, "I breathe in a short breath"; breathing out a short breath,
knows, "I breathe out a short breath". "Aware of the whole
breath body, I shall breathe in," thus he trains himself; "Aware of
the whole breath body, I shall breathe out", thus he trains himself.
"Calming the process of breathing, I shall breathe in", thus he
trains himself; "Calming the process of breathing, I shall breathe
out", thus he trains himself.
Thus he dwells perceiving again and again the body as just the
body (not mine, not I, not self, but just a phenomenon) in himself; or he
dwells perceiving again and again the body as just the body in others; or he
dwells perceiving again and again the body as just the body in both himself and
in others. He dwells perceiving again and again the cause and the actual
appearing of the body; or he dwells perceiving again and again the cause and
the actual dissolution of the body; or he dwells perceiving again and again
both the actual appearing and dissolution of the body with their causes. To
summarize, he is firmly mindful of the fact that only the body exists (not a
soul, a self or I). That mindfulness is just for gaining insight (vipassana)
and mindfulness progressively. Being detached from craving and wrong views he
dwells without clinging to anything in the world. Thus, bhikkhus, this is a way
in which a bhikkhu dwells perceiving again and again the body as just the body.
