Reply To: Anapanasati 3rd and 4th bases, and beyond

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cubibobi
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Abhayamudra,

You mentioned the 3rd and 4th bases, so I assume you meant the following section:

Sabbakāyapaṭisaṁvedī assasissāmī ti sikkhati,
sabbakāyapaṭisaṁvedī passasissāmī ti sikkhati;
passambhayaṁ kāyasaṅkhāraṁ assasissāmī ti sikkhati,
passambhayaṁ kāyasaṅkhāraṁ passasissāmī ti sikkhati.

The part about “whole bodily formation and calming the bodily formation” is probably about the last 2 verses with the word “passambhayaṁ”.

There’s a forum about key Pali words that addresses the word “passambhayaṁ”:

Passambhayam