Reply To: Post on Ānāpāna – Adopting Buddha’s Worldview

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DhammaSponge
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If I might independently add…

I think what I have been looking for this entire time is an exhaustive explanation of the first step of Ānāpānasati. 

My rudimentary understanding is before moha can be tackled, raga and dosa must be addressed first through asubha/downsides and metta, respectively. THEN moha can be examined via cultivation of Tilakhana. 

If I am to be quite frank, I find this practice to be quite tough for me, as I keep falling into traps of raga especially. I try to shape my environment the best I can to make myself less reactive to such triggers, but I keep falling for them like a sucker. 

So perhaps my understanding of how I might apply this is quite limited, as I am not getting real positive feedback on this. 

I hope this informs Lal on what exactly to write when the time comes. Much metta and merits for his patience.