This 23 minute talk was given at the Kuan Yin Centre in Lismore NSW on Nov 24 2021. This recording provides a very brief overview of the Buddha’s discourse on mindfulness of breathing or the Anapanasati sutta. This sutta describes 16 steps (four tetrads each with four steps) that lead to the knowledge and insight of awakening. The instructions in the four tetrads of mindfulness of breathing use both the tranquillity as well as the insight aspects of meditation. This means that there is cultivation of tranquillity (relaxed body and calm mind), along with the nourishment of joy, happiness, stillness and inner peace. The 16 steps of mindfulness of breathing include the development of the seven factors of awakening: mindfulness, investigation, energy, joy, tranquillity, concentration and equipoise or equanimity. Mindfulness of breathing was the preferred meditation practice of the Buddha and it is a profound and comprehensive practice.