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just posting about Anapanasati - Mindfulness With Breathing - Step 3

1. the Pali includes the physical body as a sense organ and the physical sensations touching the physical body as a sense object

kāyañca paṭicca phoṭṭhabbe ca uppajjati kāyaviññāṇaṃ, tiṇṇaṃ saṅgati phasso

Dependent on the body & tactile sensations there arises consciousness at the body. The meeting of the three is contact.

Chachakka Sutta: The Six Sextets 2. the Pali also classifies the in & out breathing as a body or 'kaya' (lit: 'collection' or 'group')

Kāyesu kāyaññatarāhaṃ, bhikkhave, evaṃ vadāmi yadidaṃ – assāsapassāsā

I tell you, monks, that this — the in-&-out breath — is classed as a body among bodies

Anapanasati Sutta: Mindfulness with Breathing 3. step 3 of Anapanasati can read "experiencing all kaya" or "experiencing all bodies"

sabbakāyapaṭisaṃvedī

paṭisaṃvedī = experiencing
sabba = all, every
kāya = bodies 4. is short, it can mean experiencing the body & breath together

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