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DDHANET'SBOOK LIBRA
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by Ajaan Lee Dhammadharo
Keeping the Breath in Mind
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& Lessons in Samadhi
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by
Ajaan Lee Dhammadharo
(Phra Suddhidhammaraïsã Gambhãramedhàcariya)
Translated from the Thai
by
òhànissaro Bhikkhu
(Geoffrey DeGraff)
Printed for free distribution
First edition: 1979
Second edition: 1983
Third edition: 1990
Contents
Translator’s Foreword ................................................................ 5
Keeping the Breath in Mind
Introduction ........................................................................................ 9
Preliminaries ..................................................................................... 19
Method 1 ................................................................................................. 23
Method 2 ................................................................................................. 32
Lessons In Samàdhi
July 30, 1956 .................................................................................... 58
August 17, 1956 ............................................................................. 62
August 26, 1957 ............................................................................ 70
May 7, 1959 ......................................................................................... 78
October 4, 1960 ............................................................................. 82
Appendix ................................................................................................. 93
Glossary ................................................................................................... 96
Chant for the Dedication of Merit ........................ 104
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Translator’s Foreword
This is a ‘how to’ book. It teaches the liberation of
the mind, not as a mind-boggling theory, but as a
very basic skill that starts with keeping the breath
in mind.
The teachings here are drawn from the works o