Mindfulness of Body
2. "And how, monks, does a monk abide contemplating the body as a body? Here a monk, having gone into the forest, or to the root of a tree, or to an empty place, sits down crosslegged, holding his body erect, having established mindfulness before him. Mindfully he breathes in, mindfully he breathes out. Breathing in a long breath, he knows that he breathes in a long breath, and breathing out a long breath, he knows that he breathes out a long breath. Breathing in a short breath, he knows that he breathes in a short breath, and breathing out a short breath, he knows that he breathes out a short breath. He trains himself, thinking: 'I will breathe in, conscious of the whole body.' He trains himself, thinking: 'I will breath out, calming the whole bodily process.' . . . And he abides independent, not clinging to anything in the world. And that, monks, is how a monk abides contemplating body as body."--Mahasatipatthana Sutta: The Greater Discourse on the Foundations of Mindfulness,
in Thus Have I Heard: The Long Discourses of the Buddha, translated by Maurice Walshe
