Walking Meditation: Apply 16 Stages of Breath Meditation to Walking Cankama | Ajahn Dhammasiha

<p>Ajahn Dhammasiha suggests to use the same instructions the Buddha has given us for Breath Meditation in our Walking Meditation. </p><p><br /></p><p>The 16 stages of breath meditation have been expounded by the Buddha in great detail, for example in the Ānāpānasati Sutta, Majjhima Nikāya No 118 </p><p>= Mindfulness of In and Out Breath, Middle Length Discourses No 118: </p><p><br /></p><p>English Version: </p><p><a href="https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/MN/MN118.html" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/MN/MN118.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>English &amp; Pali Line-by-Line Version: </p><p><a href="https://ancient-buddhist-texts.net/Texts-and-Translations/Anapanasati/Anapanasatisuttam.pdf" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://ancient-buddhist-texts.net/Texts-and-Translations/Anapanasati/Anapanasatisuttam.pdf</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Divided into four groups of four ('4 Tetrads'), the 16 instructions cover all four Satipatthāna (4 Foundations of Mindfulness), four steps for each of the four foundations: </p><p><br /></p><ol><li>Body </li><li>Feelings </li><li>Mind </li><li>Dhamma </li></ol><p><br /></p><p>If we simply transfer the same instructions to the experience of walking, we can apply the same thorough guidance to our walking meditation. </p><p>For example: </p><p><br /></p><p><em>'Mindfully one breathes in, mindfully one breathes out' becomes 'Mindfully one steps with right leg, mindfully one steps with left leg'. </em> </p><p><br /></p><p><em>'Breathing in long/short, one knows "I'm breathing in long/short"' becomes 'Stepping long/short, one knows "I'm taking long/short steps" '</em>. </p><p><br /></p><p><em>'One trains oneself "I breathe in/out feeling the whole body" ' becomes 'One trains oneself "I step right/left feeling the whole body" '. </em></p><p><br /></p><p><em>'One trains oneself "I breathe in/out joyfully" ' becomes 'One trains oneself "I step right/left joyfully" '</em> . </p><p><br /></p><p>and so on... </p><p><br /></p><p>Dhammagiri Forest Hermitage:</p><p><a href="https://www.dhammagiri.net/news" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.dhammagiri.net/news⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Our email Newsletter:</p><p><a href="https://www.dhammagiri.net/newsletter" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.dhammagiri.net/newsletter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠