AJAHN MONEYYO | Mindfulness of Breathing Part 2: Happiness and Rapture

This is the second part of a series of four talks on 'Mindfulness of Breathing' ('Ānāpāṇasati'), conducted by Ajahn Moneyyo at Dhammagiri Forest Hermitage.Ānāpāṇasati was the favourite meditation object of the Buddha himself. It can be cultivated both for samatha/samādhi and for insight/vipassana. The Buddha has given us highly detailed instructions how to develp mindfulness of the breath. The most extensive one is found at Anapanasati-Sutta, Middle Length Discourses Nr. 118:https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/MN/MN118.htmlIn this talk Ajahn Moneyyo explains the instructions of cultivating the breath to develop mindfulness of feelings ('vedanā'):Training yourself to gladden the mind breathing in and outTraining yourself to experience rapture breathing in and outTraining yourself to experience happiness breathing in and outPart one of this series can be listened to here:https://castbox.fm/episode/AJAHN-MONEYYO%3A-Mindfulness-of-Breathing-Part-1%3A-Knowing-the-Breath-%26-Body-id2744970-id402050941?country=auwww.dhammagiri.org.auwww.facebook.com/dhammagiri-forest-hermitagewww.youtube.com/channel/UCJINt0JJBfFm_x0FZcU9QJwwww.tinyletter.com/dhammagiri/archive