Ledi Sayādaw Mahāthera,Aggamahāpaṇḍita, D. Litt. U Sein Nyo Tun (Late of the Indian Civil Service) Prepared and presented by S.S. Davidson
關鍵詞
數息觀=安那般那=Anapana-sati=Mindfulness of Breathing; 南傳佛教=Theravada Buddhism
摘要
An exposition on Anapana Dipani，mindfulness of breathing.
目次
Contents Manual of Mindfulness of Breathing 2 Contents 4 Editor’s Foreword 5 Ānāpāna Dīpanī 11 I. Request and Acceptance (abhiyācaka, paṭiññāna) 11 II. Exhortation to Practise and Strive for Spiritual Success 12 III. Drift in Past Saṃsāra Because of Unstable Mind 15 IV. Mindfulness of the Body before Tranquillity and Insight 19 V. Why Mindfulness of Breathing Should Be Practised 21 VI. Mindfulness of Breathing Leads to Nibbāna 23 VII. Posture for Meditation 25 VIII. The First Tetrad 26 IX. The Method of the Commentary 29 Counting 30 Connection 31 Fixing 32 The Signs 34 X. The Commentary Reconciled with the Sutta 36 XI. The Second Tetrad 41 XII. The Third Tetrad 42 XIII. The Fourth Tetrad 44 XIV. How the Foundations of Mindfulness are Fulfilled 45 XV. How the Enlightenment Factors are Fulfilled 47 XVI. How Knowledge and Deliverance are Achieved 49 XVII. How to Proceed to Vipassanā 52 When Can One Proceed to Vipassanā? 53 Two Methods 53 From the Counting and Connection Stages 54 From the Fixing Stage 54 Vipassanā based on Corporeal Phenomena 55 Five Stages of Purity (visuddhi) 56 Purity of View in regard to Corporeal Phenomena (diṭṭhi-visuddhi in rūpa) 56 Purity of View in regard to Mental Phenomena (diṭṭhivisuddhi in nāma) 59 Purity of Escape from Doubt (kaṅkhāvitaraṇavisuddhi) 60 Conclusion 62 A Short Biography 65 The Venerable Mahāthera Ledi Sayādaw, Aggamāhapaṇḍita, D. Litt. 65 Appendix — Ledi Sayadaw’s Works 68 In Pāli 68 In Burmese 69 Works Available from BPS 72 Notes 74
