Breathing itself trains you, you don’t train it. It trains you to be patient with it, open to it, sensitive to it, stay with it. Balance the doing and allowing, they both have their part to play.
Unangenehme Vedana, angenehme Vedana und neutrale Vedana entstehen im Kontakt von Moment zu Moment. Sie führen zu Reaktionen, Verlangen und zur Ausbildung unserer Ego-Struktur. Verstehen und umarmen wir den Prozess gewinnen wir innere Freiheit inmitten des Lebens.
The process of meditation is one of reducing differentiation/proliferation, the movements of the mind towards the pleasant and away from the unpleasant. The body doesn’t proliferate and so can help calm the mind.
The Buddha's life is an expression of the practice and the teachings and can offer inspiration and guidance on our journey.
Part I: Early Life and Practice of the Bodhisattva