What is the
Three Steps to Freedom, Peace & Happiness ?
If
Awareness by
Breathing is frequently trained & repeatedly refined over
a period,
the
Four Foundations of Awareness are gradually completed
& entirely perfected...
If the
Four Foundations of Awareness are frequently trained and repeatedly
refined,
the
Seven Links to Awakening are gradually completed
& finally entirely perfected ...
If the
Seven Links to Awakening are
quite frequently trained & repeatedly refined,
then Release by
Knowing is gradually completed and finally entirely
perfected ...
Only this release induced by understanding - itself - is the
End of
Suffering ...
Understanding Frees!
Details are found in the Meditation Manual given
below:
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/climax_of_calm.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/Freed_by_Knowing.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/Awareness_Sati.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/library/Manual/Meditation.Manual.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Awareness_by_Breathing.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/The_Seven_Links_to_Awakening.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/Four_Foundations_of_Awareness.htm
Understanding Sees Lights!
Source:
The Middle Length Sayings of the Buddha. Majjhima Nikāya.
Sutta 118 AnapanaSati.
http://www.pariyatti.com/book.cgi?prod_id=25072X
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/canon/majjhima/mn118.html