Breathing Mindfulness: Discovering the Riches at the Heart of the Buddhist Path - Paperback

by Sarah Shaw (Author)

Explore the life-changing practice of ānāpānasati, or breathing mindfulness--one of the most popular and foundational Buddhist meditation practices.

• The Ānāpānasati Sutta, the foundational Buddhist text on breathing mindfulness;
  
• The systematization of the practice through the commentarial texts like Vimuttimagga (The Path to Freedom) and Visuddhimagga (The Path of Purification);
  
• Intriguing, lesser-known systems of esoteric Theravada breath meditation nearly lost to history;
  
• The integration of breath meditation into modern spiritual practices;
  
• The importance of breath meditation to the insight meditation (vipassana) movement;
  
• And the influence of breathing mindfulness across diverse spiritual paths.
  

Author Biography

DR. SARAH SHAW is a faculty member and tutor at the University of Oxford and a visiting contemplative mentor at Brown University. She has taught and published numerous works on the history and practices of Buddhism, including The Art of Listening: A Guide to the Early Teachings of Buddhism and Mindfulness: Where It Comes From and What It Means.