Here is his 2010 introductory talk of anapanasati at Chuang Yen.Some points: beginners are not to worry about their focus being on a small spot at the nostrils as this would cause tension and discomfort, but to stay generally around the nostrils and to develop comfort in the breathing; paraphrasing:
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"[It is the nature of our mind to stay where it feels comfortable...so the trick is to make the mind feel comfortable...only then will we be able to check the monkey mind...the mind running always from one object to another, with out the ability to stay with one object ...this is actually suffering...but because we do not have the habit of staying with object most of us do not see this [monkey mind] as suffering]...it is the source of all depressions, fears..." [/indent]
He refers also to yoga briefly to support proper posture, "...relaxed in the firm posture..." and so on.
With practice, no other objects are perceived more clearly than the in-breath and the out-breath:
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"Mindfulness is nothing other than the ability to make the object of observation clear...when mindfulness is not clearly established on the thing that we are thinking about, then we are cognizing by one of the six sense, especially by mind. We will only be able to remember that object when our mind is firmly established on that object...the cause of mindfulness is firm perception...there is no firm perception without mindfulness...not allowing any other object to become more clear than [the breath]...that is the task of the meditator...have clear awareness that [the mind] is going away from the object [and returning to it]...that is why mindfulness is always practiced with awareness...[awareness] will always tell you when you are leaving the object and urge you to return to the object...firm perception is always connected with a feeling of fulfillment."[/indent]
