ĀNĀPĀNASATI:

Samatha or Vipassanā?

and Basic Instructions for Insight

by VENENERABLE CHANMYAY SAYĀDAW

2018 NEW PUBLICATION

ISBN 978-983-3512-33-1

IJ213/18

Size: 5.75” x 5.25”

Pages: 52 pages

This booklet is published with kind permission from

Venerable Chanmyay Sayādaw U Janakābhivaṃsa

Chanmyay Yeiktha Meditation Centre

55A Kaba-Aye Pagoda Road, Yangon, Myanmar

Respiration meditation (ānāpānasati), in Visuddhimagga it is mentioned as samatha meditation, concentration meditation. In the Mahāsatipatthāna Sutta it is mentioned as vipassanā meditation.

Then how can we distinguish it between the vipassanā aspect of respiration and the samatha aspect of respiration?