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'''Realization the 4 noble truths (chathurarya sathya) through inhale & exhale meditation (anapanasathi) ''' To improve inhale & exhale meditation (anapanasathi), the first step is improving our mind. Even ‘the Lord Buddha’ had said that if you are not mindful, you are not lucked to inhale & exhale meditation (anapanasathi). So, you must build up your mind before come in to inhale & exhale meditation (anapanasathi).

The most outstanding part of the lord Buddha’s sacred sermons is ‘Sathis bodhipakshika dammakaya’ (37 special parts of saddamma).which is the core of Buddhism that you have to develop by understanding. Five senses (pancha indriya) is the center of this 'Sathis Bodhipakshika Dammakaya’. These are called Sraddha (reasonable faith), Veeriya (courage), Sathi (mindfulness), Samadhi (concentration), Panna (wisdom). Generally, what we call a sense is a part of the human body, which is fixed to the body. Similarly, these five senses must be fixed to our mind firmly to the realization of 4 noble truths (chathurarya sathya).

A person who wants to see 4 noble truth (chathurarya sathya) through inhale & exhale meditation (anapanasathi), firstly, he must install the ‘Sraddha sense’ which is the first out of five senses, in his mind. ‘Sraddha’ is the reliability of the understanding of the ‘Lord Buddha’, as well as reliability that you have on ‘Saddamma’ and ‘Aryasanga’ (noble monks) for this purpose you must have an understanding about ‘thisaranaya’(Lord Buddha+saddamma+aryasanga) separately and three meditations namely, ‘Buddhanussathi’, ‘Dammanussathi’, ‘Sanganussathi’, must be practiced. When you realize the facts about ‘thisaranaya’ deeply, them will engrave in your mind. This is what we call ‘the sense of Sraddha’. As shown by the Lord Buddha, a person who has Sraddha sense can reach 4 noble truths (chathurarya sathya), straight away. Lord Buddha further pointed out when you have Sraddha sense in you, the rest of senses make their way understandably. Accordingly, you can build up the sense ‘Sathi’ (mindfulness) which is based to develop inhale & exhale meditation (anapanasathi) by having the sense ‘Sraddha’.

‘Sradda’ which is the root of the Buddha’s sermons (saddamma) is split in to two classes. One is the ‘Sradda’ with the lack of understanding the cause. It is known as ‘Amulika Sraddha’ (blind faith) it is just like an aged leaf of a banana tree swaying to various ways with the wind. Second is, ‘Akaravathi Sraddha’ (reasonable faith) which is similar to an oak tree resisting a blowing gale. What you need to realize 4 noble truths (chathurarya sathya) is ‘Akaravathi Sraddha’ (reasonable faith). For this, you need a great understanding of ‘thisaranaya’ (Lord Buddha+saddamma+aryasanga). Accordingly, to open door called ‘Panna’ (wisdom) the key is ‘Akaravathi Sraddha’ (reasonable faith). Apparently it is also made by ‘Panna’ (wisdom).

According to the facts, to the improvement in mind in inhale & exhale meditation (anapanasathi) you need ‘Akaravathi Sraddha’ (reasonable faith). Now you must improve your mind further, therefore you must control your senses. Here senses are called, eyes, ears, nose, tongue, body and mind. There is an order to fallow, namely ‘Pancha Seelaya’, ‘Ajeewama Astangha Seelaya’, and ‘Uposatha Seelaya’. These must be fallowed by layman. First of all, you must improve ‘Pancha Seelaya’ in yourself. Practicing ‘Pancha Seelaya’, someone could be able to take care of his words and actions at the preliminary stage. When you step up in the ‘Pancha Seelaya’ you have to maintain a peaceful unraveled mind. Doing so you can get your senses off sinful acts, easily. Ultimately this effort leads to the development of the courage and the mindfulness.

Now we move on to inhale & exhale meditation (anapanasathi). First of all find a place where quiet and undisturbed. Sit cross-legged keeping the spine straight up. Now you must have a steady determination and take the control of your senses. Focus on your nose. See how you inhale & exhale in your mind. Let your self breath effortlessly.

When you see inhale& exhale meditation (anapanasathi) in your mind for several minutes your attention on inhale & exhale meditation (anapanasathi) will be improved. As a result ‘Panchaneevarana’ (five situations of mind that disability to improve mind) will be under controlled. Mind makes sense of breath deeply & when you take a short breath your mind makes sense of it shortly. Now you are completely in the inhale & exhale meditation (anapanasathi).

Here, based on inhale& exhale meditation (anapanasathi), ‘Panchaneevarana’ (five situations of mind that disability to improve mind) disappears dying down the power of ‘Panchaneevarana’ (five situations of mind that disability to improve mind). Repeating this for several times, you will come to the state in mind called ‘Samadiya’ (concentration), in the mean time ‘kayanupassanawa’ (mindfulness about the feelings of the body) will be improved.

This is the first state in mind you meet in the inhale & exhale meditation. Here the happiness, relaxation, concentration are mixed up as a result of concentration on inhalation & exhalation. In this situation ‘kayanupassanawa’ (mindfulness about the feelings of the body) is created.

When ‘Samadiya’ (concentration) becomes powerful in your mind both of your mind and body relax with a relief. Now you can sense clearly inhalation & exhalation. If you stay further in ‘Samadi’ situation, further the power of ‘Panchaneevarana’ (five situations of mind that disability to improve mind) dies down. That means, inhale & exhale ebbing away ‘Wedana & Sanna’ (in the inhale & exhale meditation wedana means contemplate about inhale & exhale, sanna means the feelings about the situations of the mind based on inhale & exhale) it is called ‘wedananupassanawa’.

When you are in ‘Samadhi’, the body is relaxed at the beginning. Then it moves to your mind. The created ‘Kayanupassanawa’ is disappeared gradually, when you come to the second stance in the mind. Here, your attention is completely on inhale & exhale meditation by it self.

You feel an excellent relief because you are out of ‘Panchaneevarana’ (five situations of mind that disability to improve mind) and concentration is at its best. You feel to go ahead in the ‘Samadiya’. It’s a feature of our mind, not of body. Like this, identity the function of mind is called ‘chiththanupassanawa’.

Before come in to ‘Dhammanupassanawa’, we can improve ‘Samadiya’ up to fourth state in mind while staying in ‘chiththanupassanawa’. For this purpose you have to give up each parts of ecstasy deliberately.

For instance, ‘the happiness’ which is the second state in mind must be given up deliberately to come to the third stage in mind. In this third stage, if you give up ‘relaxation’ you will move on to the fourth state in the mind.

When you are in the fourth step in mind you have pure attitudes. In this movement you can see the physical body and the mental body, separately. It is just like you take a sword out of its case.

Here, you can see your previous births as the mental body activities. You can even get lack your memory to unlimited times of your previous births. This outstanding mental ability is known as ‘Pubbeniwasanussathi Gnanaya’. Not only that you can have the ability to see your or others next births as well. Each person’s next births depend on the acts they had done. This ability is called ‘Chuthuuppatha Gnanaya’.

These two abilities show us the reality of birth cycle. So this brings you a real disappointment. As if this is a good foundation to fallow ‘Dhammanupassanawa’.

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