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**Aizutox** · 05-02-2012, 09:08 PM

at SN 48.9 & 10, buddha taught the practitioner develops jhana by making letting go (relinquishment; abandonment; vossaga) the sole object. when jhana occurs, feelings of rapture & bliss manifest, which, on that level of samadhi, form the basis of the 2nd Satipatthana

so what is the difference? for me, using effort is not letting go. by using effort, the mind can suppress. by suppressing, there can be limited spaciousness for the mental formations stored within the physical body to rise up, dissolve & purify

Hi Element,
Absolutely spot on. A great post and a wonderful exposition on the profundity and effectiveness of Anapanasati. Whilst the Suttas contain some thinly covered material, Anapanasati, is not of this kind - as Buddha emphasizes it time and time again.

I have often wondered how more obvious could Buddha have been in propagating it as his recommended meditative system? Yet nowadays it seems as if folks are happy to dismiss it as either irrelevant, too simple, too difficult or even (and I've read this elsewhere) "dangerous".

The level of disregard and disinformation is very sad. Threads like this help set things right.

05-02-2012, 09:08 PM	#33
Aizutox Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 489 Senior Member	at SN 48.9 & 10, buddha taught the practitioner develops jhana by making letting go (relinquishment; abandonment; vossaga) the sole object. when jhana occurs, feelings of rapture & bliss manifest, which, on that level of samadhi, form the basis of the 2nd Satipatthana so what is the difference? for me, using effort is not letting go. by using effort, the mind can suppress. by suppressing, there can be limited spaciousness for the mental formations stored within the physical body to rise up, dissolve & purify Hi Element, Absolutely spot on. A great post and a wonderful exposition on the profundity and effectiveness of Anapanasati. Whilst the Suttas contain some thinly covered material, Anapanasati, is not of this kind - as Buddha emphasizes it time and time again. I have often wondered how more obvious could Buddha have been in propagating it as his recommended meditative system? Yet nowadays it seems as if folks are happy to dismiss it as either irrelevant, too simple, too difficult or even (and I've read this elsewhere) "dangerous". The level of disregard and disinformation is very sad. Threads like this help set things right.
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