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Breathe, You Are Alive : The Sutra on the Full Awareness of Breathing.
Title:
Breathe, You Are Alive : The Sutra on the Full Awareness of Breathing.
Author:
Nhat Hanh, Thich.
ISBN:
9781935209263
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Edition:
20th ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (90 pages)
Contents:
Title Page -- Breathe, You Are Alive! -- Introduction -- Sutra on the Full Awareness of Breathing -- CHAPTER ONE - Exploring the Sutra -- SECTION TWO: THE SIXTEEN EXERCISES -- SECTION THREE: THE FOUR ESTABLISHMENTS OF MINDFULNESS -- SECTION FOUR: THE SEVEN FACTORS OF AWAKENING -- SECTION FIVE: EMANCIPATION -- SECTION SIX: CONCLUSION -- THE SIXTEEN WAYS OF BREATHING -- CHAPTER TWO - Seven Ways to Practice -- SUBJECT ONE: FOLLOWING THE BREATH IN DAILY LIFE -- SUBJECT TWO: AWARENESS OF THE BODY -- SUBJECT THREE: REALIZING THE UNITY OF BODY AND MIND -- SUBJECT FOUR: NOURISHING OURSELVES WITH THE JOY AND HAPPINESS OF MEDITATION -- SUBJECT FIVE: OBSERVING OUR FEELINGS -- SUBJECT SIX: CARING FOR AND LIBERATING THE MIND -- SUBJECT SEVEN: LOOKING DEEPLY IN ORDER TO SHED LIGHT ON THE TRUE NATURE OF ALL DHARMAS -- ENJOYING OUR BREATHING -- CHAPTER THREE - Breathing Practices -- BREATHING GATHAS -- GUIDED MEDITATIONS -- I HAVE ARRIVED -- BEING AN ISLAND UNTO MYSELF -- APPENDIX ONE - Anapananusmriti Sutras -- APPENDIX TWO - A Point of View on the Practice -- APPENDIX THREE - A Brief History -- Notes -- Copyright Page.
Abstract:
According to the Buddha's teaching in the Anapanasati Sutra, maintaining awareness of our breathing is a means of awakening to the true nature of all things and arriving at spiritual liberation. Breathe, You Are Alive outlines 16 exercises of conscious breathing that were taught by the Buddha, together with commentaries and further exercises for practicing them every day and in any situation. Thich Nhat Hanh's insights and explanation give the reader access to the profound nurturance available when we slow down and get in touch with our in-breath and out-breath. He walks the reader through the progression of exercises — from awareness of the physical plane, to the mental and spiritual planes — in a clear and concise manner that is easy to implement. This 20th anniversary edition includes updated commentaries and practices on the awareness of breathing meditation, as well as the author's "Breathing and Walking" Gatha (practice verse) set to music.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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