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Under this acharya Budhghosh has mentioned 'Anapan Smriti' i.e. breathing practices. Three breathing practices to gradually enhance concentration are prescribed : (a) In initial stage to count breathing from one to ten, then to
one repeatedly. (b) Abondoning counting to observe or feel breathing on lips
below the nose. To observe breathing on upper lip and take it to heart centre and keep it there. However the fact is that breathing is confined to lungs only and cannot be taken to heart or any other place. It appears that there is influence of other systems of yoga and Budhist yoga also succumbed to imagination and noumena.
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Prajna Skandha : It is two fold :
Samma dithi : This is to observe, see, understand things as they are
in all their modes. (ii) Samma sankalpa : It comprises three stages : (a) Shrut prajna to know about things by hearing from teachers
or by studying scriptures. Chintan prajna : It corresponds to Dhyan (Contemplation) or what is pious. Emotional prajna : It is similar to 'Samadhi' i.e. relinquish all emotionally.
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The 'Samma' word is same as 'Samyaktva' in Jainism which means rational or right. In Jainism Rational Attitude (Samyakdarshan), Rational knowledge or understanding and Rational Conduct constitute the three fold simultaneously imbibed and followed path to salvation. The Prajna Skandha in Budhism corresponds to that of Jainism and to that of Dharna, Dhyan and Samadhi in vedic system.
The prevailing popular form of Buddhist yoga presently is 'Vipasana' which is similar to other forms of breath yoga but with a difference that it does not prescribe forced longer breathing and suspensions (stoppage) as in others but only observation or concentration on natural breathing as such. This is therefore more natural than other forms.
