Path of Freedom [Vimuttimagga]

Subjects of Meditation 157Blessed One. This is the abode of the Noble Ones, of Brahma and of theTathagata. 1PROCEDURE"What is the procedure?": The new yogin having gone to a forest, to thefoot of a tree or to a wide open space, sits down, with legs crossed under him,with the body held erect, with mindfulness established in front. He is mindfulin respiration. Mindful of the outgoing breath, that yogin knows, when hebreathes out a long breath: "I breathe out a long breath"; [430] when hebreathes in a long breath, he knows: "I breathe in a long breath"; when hebreathes in a short breath, he knows: "I breathe in a short breath"; whenhe breathes out a short breath, he knows: "I breathe out a short breath".Thus he knows. "I am breathing in, in such and such a way", thus he trainshimself. "I am breathing out, in such and such a way", thus he trains himself.(Experiencing the whole body; calming the bodily formations), experiencingjoy, experiencing bliss, experiencing the mental formations, calming the mentalformations, (experiencing the mind), gladdening the mind, concentrating themind, freeing the mind, discerning impermanence, discerning dispassion,discerning cessation, discerning renunciation, thus he trains himself."Discerning renunciation, I breathe out in such and such a way", thus hetrains himself; "discerning renunciation, I breathe in, in such and such a way",thus he trains himself. 2Here, he trains himself in "breathing in" means: "mindfulness is fixedat the nose-tip or on the lip". 3 These are the places connected with breathing1. S. V, 326: Andpdnasatisamddhim sammdvadamdno vadeyya ariyavihdro iti pi brahmavihdroiti pi tathdgatavihdro iti pi ti.2. S. V, 311-12: Idha bhikkhave bhikkhu aranhagato vd rukkhamulagato vd suhhdgdragatovd nisidati pallankam dbhujitvd ujum kdyam panidhdya parimukham satirh upa\thapetvdso sato va assasati sato passasati.Digham vd assasanto digharh assasdmiti pajdndti, digham vd passasanto dighampassasdmiti pajdndti. Rassam vd assasanto rassarh assasdmiti pajdndti, rassam vdpassasanto rassam passasdmiti pajdndti.Sabbakdyapatisamvedi assasissdmiti sikkhati, sabbakdyapatisamvedi passasissdmitisikkhati. Passamhhayam kdyasankhdram assasissdmiti sikkhati, passambhayam kdyasankhdrarhpassasissdmiti sikkhati.Pitipafisamvedi assasissdmiti sikkhati, pitipatisamvedi passasissdmiti sikkhati.Sukhapatisamvedi assasissdmiti sikkhati, sukhapatisamvedi passasissdmiti sikkhati.Cittasankhdrapatisamvedi assasissdmiti sikkhati, cittasankhdrapatisamvedi passasissdmitisikkhati. Passambhayam cittasankhdram assasissdmiti sikkhati, passambhayamcittasankhdram passasissdmiti sikkhati. Cittapatisamvedi assasissdmiti sikkhati,cittapatisamvedi passasissdmiti sikkhati.Abhippamodayam cittam assasissdmiti sikkhati, abhippamodayam cittam passasissdmitisikkhati. Samddaham cittam assasissdmiti sikkhati, samddaham cittam passasissdmitisikkhati. Vimocayam cittam assasissdmiti sikkhati, vimocayam cittam passasissdmitisikkhati.Aniccanupassi assasissdmiti sikkhati, aniccanupassi passasissdmiti sikkhati. Virdgdnupassiassasissdmiti sikkhati, virdgdnupassi passasissdmiti sikkhati. Nirodhdnupassiassasissdmiti sikkhati, nirodhdnupassi passasissdmiti sikkhati. Patinissaggdnupassiassasissdmiti sikkhati, patinissaggdnupassi passasissdmiti sikkhati.3. Mp. Ill, 202; Spk. I, 238: Parimukham satirh upatthapetvd ti, kammatthdn' dbhimukhamsatirh (hapayitvd, mukha-samipe vd katvd ti attho. fen' eva Vibhange, "ayam sati upatthitdhoti supafthitd ndsik* agge vd mukha-nimitte vd. Tena vuccati parimukham satirh upatthapetvd"(Vbh. 252) ti.