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"'Piitippa.tisa.mvedii assasissaamii'ti sikkhati;
'piitippa.tisa.mvedii passasissaamii'ti sikkhati;
'sukhappa.tisa.mvedii assasissaamii'ti sikkhati;
'sukhappa.tisa.mvedii passasissaamii'ti sikkhati;
'cittasa'nkhaarappa.tisa.mvedii assasissaamii'ti sikkhati;
'cittasa'nkhaarappa.tisa.mvedii passasissaamii'ti sikkhati;
'passambhaya.m cittasa'nkhaara.m assasissaamii'ti sikkhati;
'passambhaya.m cittasa'nkhaara.m passasissaamii'ti sikkhati.

"'Piitippa.tisa.mvedii assasissaamii'ti sikkhati;
one who experiences joy / will breathe in / trains himself
"'I will breath in as one experiencing joy', he trains himself;

  • piitippa.tisa.mvedii = piiti+p+pa.tisa.mvedii : one who experiences joy.

'piitippa.tisa.mvedii passasissaamii'ti sikkhati;
one who experiences joy / will breathe out / trains himself
'I will breath out as one experiencing joy', he trains himself;

'sukhappa.tisa.mvedii assasissaamii'ti sikkhati;
one who experiences happiness / will breathe in / trains himself
'I will breath in as one experiencing happiness', he trains himself;

  • sukhappa.tisa.mvedii = sukha+p+pa.tisa.mvedii : one who experiences happiness.

'sukhappa.tisa.mvedii passasissaamii'ti sikkhati;
one who experiences happiness / will breathe out / trains himself
'I will breath out as one experiencing happiness', he trains himself;

'cittasa'nkhaarappa.tisa.mvedii assasissaamii'ti sikkhati;
one who understands mental formations / will breathe in / trains himself
'I will breath in as one understanding the mental formations', he trains himself;

  • cittasa'nkhaara = citta + sa'nkhaara : mental formations.
  • pa.tisa.mvedii (m. nom. of pa.tisa.mvedin, adj.) (in this case, with cittasa'nkhaara) understanding; he who understands.
  • cittasa'nkhaarappa.tisa.mvedii = citta+sa'nkhaara+p+pa.tisa.mvedii : one who understands mental formations.

'cittasa'nkhaarappa.tisa.mvedii passasissaamii'ti sikkhati;
one who understands mental formations / will breathe out / trains himself
'I will breath out as one understanding the mental formations', he trains himself;

'passambhaya.m cittasa'nkhaara.m assasissaamii'ti sikkhati;
calming / mental formations / will breathe in / trains himself
'I will breathe in calming the mental formations', he trains himself;

'passambhaya.m cittasa'nkhaara.m passasissaamii'ti sikkhati.
calming / mental formations / will breathe out / trains himself
'I will breathe out calming the mental formations', he trains himself.

"'I will breath in as one experiencing joy', he trains himself;
'I will breath out as one experiencing joy', he trains himself;
'I will breath in as one experiencing happiness', he trains himself;
'I will breath out as one experiencing happiness', he trains himself;
'I will breath in as one understanding the mental formations', he trains himself;
'I will breath out as one understanding the mental formations', he trains himself;
'I will breathe in calming the mental formations', he trains himself;
'I will breathe out calming the mental formations', he trains himself.

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