Mindfulness with Breathing: A Manual for Serious Beginners

by Buddhadasa Bhikkhu

(13) “He trains himself, ‘Constantly contemplating impermanence, I shall breathe in.’ He trains himself, ‘Constantly contemplating impermanence, I shall breathe out.’44 (14) “He trains himself, ‘Constantly contemplating fading away, I shall breathe in.’ He trains himself, ‘Constantly contemplating fading away, I shall breathe out.’45 (15) “He trains himself, ‘Constantly contemplating quenching, I shall breathe in.’ He trains himself, ‘Constantly contemplating quenching, I shall breathe out.’46 (16) “He trains himself, ‘Constantly contemplating tossing back, I shall breathe in.’ He trains himself, ‘Constantly contemplating tossing back, I shall breathe out.’”47 “Bhikkhus, this is how ānāpānasati, which one has developed and made much of, has great fruit and great benefit.”