問6：尊者，是你開創了觀照腹部隨呼吸「起-伏」嗎？

Q6: Venerable Sir, did you initiate the observation of 「rising falling」 of the abdomenwhenbreathing?

問6：尊者，是你開創了觀照腹部隨呼吸「起-伏」嗎？

No, I』m not the one who initiated the observation of 「rising-falling.」Actually it wasthe Buddha who did it, because he taught to observe Vayo-dhatuthe air-element includedit the five aggregates. The rising and falling is constituted of the air element. Initially, some people questioned the observation of the rising and falling of the abdomen. However, encouraged by friends, they tried later on, they appreciated it so much that they even criticized the former nitpickers. I』m sure every one who tries it will appreciate it from his or her own experience, just like the taste of sugar which one can appreciate directly from one』s own experience.

不，我不是首創觀照「起-伏」的人，實際上正是由佛陀首創，因為他教導觀照包含于五蘊中的風元素。起伏是風元素形成的。開始有些人質疑觀照腹部起伏，然而，後來在朋友的鼓勵下嘗試之後，他們非常讚賞這種方法以至于批評以前吹毛求疵的人。我確信，每個來嘗試的人都會因自己的親身經歷而讚賞這個方法，就如嘗過糖的人能夠由自己的親身經歷做出評價。