Arising & Passing of the Breath (Kaya Sankhara - Bodily fabricator)
Common practice is to watch the flow of breath, its beginning, continuation and passing away and its diverse nature. In essence this practice can be described as watching the flow of breath that exists which is done by 'me'. This technique can help to build calmness and tranquillity and hence can be misunderstood as an insight. For instance, I can feel & note the breath as I breathe in & breathe out, as it passes through the nostrils, sometimes in fragmented form, however, as an occurrence that is experienced by me. There is no difference in this process and where we contemplate on a building as a thing that is constructed with bricks, sand & cement, which is only a means of deconstructing an object, a building that exist, mentally. . Buddha’s teaching reaches far beyond that. During his time teachers such as Alarakalama and Uddakarama Putta practiced this technique to the highest state and succeeded in subduing sensual pleasures. They ...