2.1 Section on Breathing In & Out - Ānāpānapabbaṃ
Kathañ-ca, bhikkhave, bhikkhu kāye kāyānupassī viharati?
“Mendicants, how does a meditator abide contemplating the body as a collection of parts?
2.1.1 Place of practice
Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu araññagato vā, rukkhamūlagato vā,
Mendicants, here a meditator is one who has gone to the wilderness, to the foot of a tree, or
suññāgāragato vā, nisīdati.
to an empty building,1 they then sit down.2
Kathañ-ca, bhikkhave, bhikkhu kāye kāyānupassī viharati?
“Mendicants, how does a meditator abide contemplating the body as a collection of parts?
2.1.1 Place of practice
Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu araññagato vā, rukkhamūlagato vā,
Mendicants, here a meditator is one who has gone to the wilderness, to the foot of a tree, or
suññāgāragato vā, nisīdati.
to an empty building,1 they then sit down.2
Notes
1
Some texts, for instance MN27.17, mention other locations as in a mountain side, ravine, hillside cave, charnel ground; jungle thicket; an open space; or a heap of straw.
2
This refers to seclusion (viveka) there are two groups found within the texts, the first set of three is found within the suttas - bodily seclusion (kayaviveka) mental seclusion (cittaviveka) and seclusion from the substrates (upadiviveka.) The second group containing five are found within the commentaries, such as The Path of Discrimination (paṭisambhidāmagga,) the section on solitude (vivekakathā,) which include - by suppression (vikkhambhaṇaviveka;) by displacement (tadaṇgaviveka;) by cutting off (samucchedaviveka;) by calming down (paṭipassaddhiviveka;) and by escape (nissaraṇaviveka.)
Some texts, for instance MN27.17, mention other locations as in a mountain side, ravine, hillside cave, charnel ground; jungle thicket; an open space; or a heap of straw.
2
This refers to seclusion (viveka) there are two groups found within the texts, the first set of three is found within the suttas - bodily seclusion (kayaviveka) mental seclusion (cittaviveka) and seclusion from the substrates (upadiviveka.) The second group containing five are found within the commentaries, such as The Path of Discrimination (paṭisambhidāmagga,) the section on solitude (vivekakathā,) which include - by suppression (vikkhambhaṇaviveka;) by displacement (tadaṇgaviveka;) by cutting off (samucchedaviveka;) by calming down (paṭipassaddhiviveka;) and by escape (nissaraṇaviveka.)
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