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GCSE Religious Studies · key term
A Buddhist scripture on mindfulness of breathing, set around full-moon gatherings at the end of the rains retreat and during the following month.
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Specification 2.8 · Paper 2
Revise: Festivals and RetreatsThe Anapanasati Sutta, or discourse on mindfulness of breathing, connects the rains period with intensive teaching and spiritual progress. Its opening describes elder monks instructing newer monks at Savatthi. At the full-moon Uposatha gathering for the Pavarana ceremony, associated with the end of the rains retreat, the Buddha expresses satisfaction with their practice and urges further effort.
Specification 3.8 · Paper 1, Paper 2, Paper 3
Use the Anapanasati Sutta to support explanations of sustained practice, teaching, mindfulness and giving. Do not describe it as an account of the first Kathina ceremony.
Use the Anapanasati Sutta specifically: its setting links the rains period and Uposatha with instruction, meditation and support for the monastic community. It is not the origin account of the Kathina robe ceremony.
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A Buddhist discourse on mindfulness of breathing, which presents meditation as a means towards awakening and release.
The Anapanasati Sutta, or discourse on mindfulness of breathing, connects the rains period with serious religious practice. Its opening describes the Buddha at Savatthi with a community in which elder monks teach newer monks. On a full-moon Uposatha day associated with the Pavarana ceremony at the end of the rains retreat, he praises their practice and encourages further effort.
