Comments on: සුසුම් පොදින් නිවන කරා – ආනාපානසති භාවනාව https://mahamegha.lk/2019/06/13/anapanasathi-bhawanawa/ Monthly magazine from Mahamevnawa Tue, 18 Jun 2019 08:47:01 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: Mahamegha https://mahamegha.lk/2019/06/13/anapanasathi-bhawanawa/#comment-1448 Tue, 18 Jun 2019 08:47:01 +0000 https://mahamegha.lk/?p=25508#comment-1448 In reply to Thushanka.

Namo Buddhaya!

It all depends on the present mental condition of the person. If the individual has overcome depression and is no longer on drugs, it is fine to try Anapanasati. What Buddha meant is the person should possess the innate skill to establish oneself in mindfulness and wisdom regardless of whether or not the person is mentally impaired. Which also undoubtedly means one requires mental soundness to practice Anapanasati.

Given below are the relevant Sutta excerpts for your reference.

ආනන්දයෙනි, මුලා සිහි ඇති, නුවණ නැති කෙනා හට ආනාපානසති සමාධිය වැඩීමට මම නොකියමි.
(සංයුත්ත නිකාය මහා වග්ගෝ – ආනන්ද සුත්තං)

පින්වත් මහණෙනි, සිහිය මුලාවුන ස්වභාවයෙන් යුතු කෙනාට, නුවණ පිහිටුවා ගැනීමට අසීරු කෙනාට මං ආනාපානසති භාවනාව කියන්නේ නෑ.
(මජ්ඣිම නිකාය උපරි පණ්ණාසකෝ-ආනාපානසති සුත්තං)

May the blessings of the Triple Gem be with you!

]]> By: Thushanka https://mahamegha.lk/2019/06/13/anapanasathi-bhawanawa/#comment-1444 Fri, 14 Jun 2019 12:11:16 +0000 https://mahamegha.lk/?p=25508#comment-1444 Ven. Thero,

Is Anapanasathi good for any individual who had suffered from Depression, during the past? I have heard that lord buddha had told not to grant this particular meditation to individuals suffering from mental disorders!

Please explain it to me!

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