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  2. Intrigued by the Breath
  3. Training With the Breath
  4. Take Nothing for Granted
     … But with really the important things in meditation you can’t simply set you mind say, “Okay, I want awakening tonight” or “I want deep insights tonight.” What you can say is, “I want to focus on the breath. I want to be very sensitive to the breath. I want to make sure that all my conversation in the mind is about the breath … 
  5. Breath Meditation: The First Tetrad
     … That’s not the only good thing that comes from watching the breath. Along the way to awakening, as the Buddha points out, you can use the breath to develop many levels of concentration that provide a comfortable dwelling place for the mind in the present moment. The body also benefits if you focus on the breath in the way that he recommends. So … 
  6. Discernment All Along
     … Where are you going to find these things? By being really sensitive to how the breath comes in, how the breath goes out—giving it some space, and airing out your concepts of what’s actually happening as you breathe in, breathe out. Ajaan Lee says you can be sensitive to the breath coming in and out even through the pores of the skin … 
  7. What You’re Bringing
     … Like when we’re working with the breath: If there’s a sense of dis-ease in the breath, you do what you can to alleviate that. That’s taking the basic framework of the four noble truths and applying it directly to the breath. You see where there’s stress and you try to figure out what’s causing it. Then you attack … 
  8. Furnishing Your Home for the Mind
     … Be right here with the breath. When you focus on the path, remember it’s one step at a time. Right now, the next step is the next breath, and then the next breath and then the next breath. If you find yourself wandering away from the breath, drop whatever it is and you’ll be right back at the breath. You don’t … 
  9. The Power of Intention
     … In this case, you make up your mind you’re going to stay with the breath—each breath coming in, each breath pouring out—and you do your best to stick with the breath no matter what else comes up. You aid that intention by making the breath comfortable, making it a more pleasant place to stay. And you can make it your game … 
  10. Getting to Know the Breath
  11. Fullness of the Breath, The
  12. Interest in the Breath, An
  13. Lessons Learned in the Breath
  14. NR Centered on the Breath
  15. Preconceived Notions of the Breath
  16. Right Resolve of the Breath
  17. The Skill of the Breath
  18. At Home with the Breath
  19. An Ally in the Breath
  20. Stop Trampling on the Breath
  21. Make the Breath Your Home
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