I thoght it's quiet common. Ajahn Lee, Ven Thanissaro, Leigh Brassington...or Frank k. here on Dhamma Wheel...They all teach body scaning, noticing various bodily sensations and energies. Focusing on the body in one way or another.BrokenBones wrote: ↑Fri Jul 30, 2021 8:22 am
Any pleasure that arises in the body through following the Buddha's instructions (as opposed to Buddhaghosa's) is not brought about by focusing on the actual body.
Why would anapana involve focusing on the body?
It all boils down to the meaning of the term kaya. I've thought you read it as a physical body, am I incorrect?
At the contrary, I thought that Buddhaghosa, or Ajahn Brahm, teach a method in which kaya means a body of breath...You let go of the physiacal body and senses. And later, by contemplating jhana factors and the nimitta, deal with the mind itself. So Buddhaghosa would be less body focused, than Leigh Brasington, for example.