Breath Talks
Breathing (spiration or ventilation) is the rhythmical process of moving air into and out of the lungs to facilitate gas exchange with the internal environment, mostly to flush out carbon dioxide and bring in oxygen.
All aerobic creatures need oxygen for cellular respiration, which extracts energy from the reaction of oxygen with molecules derived from food and produces carbon dioxide as a waste product. Breathing, or external respiration, brings air into the lungs where gas exchange takes place in the alveoli through diffusion. The body's circulatory system transports these gases to and from the cells, where cellular respiration takes place.
The breathing of all vertebrates with lungs consists of repetitive cycles of inhalation and exhalation through a highly branched system of tubes or airways which lead from the nose to the alveoli. The number of respiratory cycles per minute is the breathing or respiratory rate, and is one of the four primary vital signs of life. Under normal conditions the breathing depth and rate is automatically, and unconsciously, controlled by several homeostatic mechanisms which keep the partial pressures of carbon dioxide and oxygen in the arterial blood constant. Keeping the partial pressure of carbon dioxide in the arterial blood unchanged under a wide variety of physiological circumstances, contributes significantly to tight control of the pH of the extracellular fluids (ECF). Over-breathing (hyperventilation) and under-breathing (hypoventilation), which decrease and increase the arterial partial pressure of carbon dioxide respectively, cause a rise in the pH of ECF in the first case, and a lowering of the pH in the second. Both cause distressing symptoms.
Breathing has other important functions. It provides a mechanism for speech, laughter and similar expressions of the emotions. It is also used for reflexes such as yawning, coughing and sneezing. Animals that cannot thermoregulate by perspiration, because they lack sufficient sweat glands, may lose heat by evaporation through panting.
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September 3rd, 1975, Serial No. 00347 Chanting, Breath, Continuous, Thoroughness, Bowing |
Sep 03 1975 |
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September 3rd, 1975, Serial No. 00554 Chanting, Breath, Continuous, Thoroughness, Blue Cliff Record |
Sep 03 1975 |
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September 30th, 1975, Serial No. 00311 Posture, Concentration, Faith, Chanting, Breath |
Sep 30 1975 |
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December 2nd, 1975, Serial No. 00340 Tozan, Shuso Ceremony, Posture, Hate, Breath |
Dec 02 1975 |
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June 15th, 1976, Serial No. 00025 Commitment, Breath, Samadhi, Rinzai |
Jun 15 1976 |
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June 16th, 1976, Serial No. 00180 Commitment, Samadhi, Breath, Rinzai |
Jun 16 1976 |
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June 19th, 1976, Serial No. 00037 Joshu, Breath, Sixth Patriarch, Emotions, Religion |
Jun 19 1976 |
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August 19th, 1977, Serial No. 00089 Transmission, Dharma Transmission, Buddha Nature, lecture, realization, Rinzai, soto... |
Aug 19 1977 |
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Foundation Practices Seminar, Serial 00071 Ceremony, Mandala, Bell, Breath, Describe, Passions, Sangha, Monks |
Feb 26 1978 9 and 10 DR48 New York City? |
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March 8th, 1978, Serial No. 00571 Gutei, Concentration, Breath, Obstacles, Tozan |
Mar 08 1978 |
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March 13th, 1978, Serial No. 00573 Practice Period, Rinzai, Breath, heart, Instruction |
Mar 13 1978 |
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PrayerSerial: NC-01107 Prayer OSB Cam, Renunciation, Breath, Demons, Liberation, Describe |
Sep 1978 1 fo 3 |
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PrayerSerial: NC-01109 Prayer OSB Cam, Emptiness, Emotions, zen, Addiction, Breath |
Sep 1978 3 of 3 |
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October 16th, 1978, Serial No. 00587 Religion, Breath, Dragons, Posture |
Oct 16 1978 |
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December 2nd, 1978, Serial No. 00634 Dragons, Breath, Zendo, Sesshin |
Dec 02 1978 |
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December 3rd, 1978, Serial No. 00638 Ego, Concentration, Breath, Death, Joshu |
Dec 03 1978 |
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February 16th, 1979, Serial No. 00599 Ordinary Mind, Breath, Mindfulness, Love, Samadhi |
Feb 16 1979 |
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February 28th, 1979, Serial No. 00108 Hindrances, Posture, Balance, Teacher-and-Student, realization, Samadhi, Oneness,... |
Feb 28 1979 |
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March 1st, 1979, Serial No. 00126 Fox, Breath, Bowing, Funeral, Conversation, Nirvana, Discrimination, Hate |
Mar 01 1979 |
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March 5th, 1979, Serial No. 00112 Silence, Compassion, Building, Balance, Culture, Breath, Religion, Suffering... |
Mar 05 1979 |
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March 5th, 1979, Serial No. 00113 Attachment, Silence, Passions, Breath, Suffering, Consciousness |
Mar 05 1979 |
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March 5th, 1979, Serial No. 00128 Silence, Building, Balance, Compassion, Suffering, Enemies, Culture, Breath, Religion... |
Mar 05 1979 |
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March 16th, 1979, Serial No. 00601 Breath, Ordination, Ceremony, Lay Ordination |
Mar 16 1979 |
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April 5th, 1979, Serial No. 00606 Monkey Mind, Breath, Non-thinking, Posture, Concentration |
Apr 05 1979 |
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August 15th, 1979, Serial No. 00608 Breath, Buddha Nature, Passions, Shuso Ceremony, Instruction |
Aug 15 1979 |
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September 5th, 1979, Serial No. 00133 confusion, Hate, Subject-and-Object, Community, Consciousness, Intuition, Beginners,... |
Sep 05 1979 |
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November 16th, 1979, Serial No. 00618 Practice Period, soto, Mindfulness, Breath, Daily Life |
Nov 16 1979 |
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December 6th, 1979, Serial No. 00623 Breath, Vinaya, Samadhi, War, Abhidharma |
Dec 06 1979 |
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December 12th, 1979, Serial No. 00134 realization, Consciousness, Breath, Oneness, Lineage, Don't Know Mind,... |
Dec 12 1979 |
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December 13th, 1979, Serial No. 00137 Concentration, Emotions, Right Effort, Separation, realization, Suffering, Oneness,... |
Dec 13 1979 |
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December 18th, 1979, Serial No. 00142 Breath, confusion, Evil, Fifth Precept, Beginners, Happiness, Emotions, Interview,... |
Dec 18 1979 |
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December 21st, 1979, Serial No. 00144 Breath, Posture, Compassion, Discrimination, Meditation, causation, American,... |
Dec 21 1979 |
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December 21st, 1979, Serial No. 00145 Breath, Concentration |
Dec 21 1979 |
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Ngon Dro: Vajrasattva, copy, Serial 00056 Japan, Intention, Passions, Evil, Precepts, Breath, Hindrances, Commitment, Non-... |
Mar 15 1980 |
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Ngon Dro, and sleep yoga of Amitabha, Serial 00011 Buddha Nature, Conversation, Breath, Hindrances, Intention, Describe, Beginners... |
Apr 20 1980 |
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Monastic Life and the Interreligious DialogueSerial: NC-00468 Monastic Life and Interreligious Dialogue: What does our life as monks mean to the non-Christian world? OSB Cam, Interreligious dialogue, Buddhism, Breath, Karma, War |
Sep 1980 3 of 3 New Camaldoli Hermitage |
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Search for Wisdom Intimacy, Renewal, Breath, Balance, Sanctuary |
Feb 1981 1 of 14 |
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Christian Doctrine of New Creation and Contemporary ScienceSerial: NC-00591 Fr Bede is a guest speaker at a conference. Begins with chanting. OSB Cam, Breath, Buddha, causation, Chanting, Separation |
1982 |
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January 28th, 1982, Serial No. 00684Serial: NC-00684 Monastic Spirituality Set 5 of 12 Intention, Breath, confusion, Separation |
Jan 28 1982 |
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March 1st, 1982, Serial No. 00146 causation, Impermanence, Consciousness, Compassion, Evil, Politics, Separation,... |
Mar 01 1982 |
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1982.08.18-serial.00105 Daily Life, Liberation, Happiness, Freedom, lecture, Breath, confusion, Passions,... |
Aug 18 1982 |
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November 24th, 1982, Serial No. 00648 Silence, Faith, Breath, Right Speech, Daily Life |
Nov 24 1982 |
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ExodusSerial: NC-00939 Class #1 (9 Dec 82) and #2 (16 Dec 82) on the Book of Exodus. OSB Cam, Anger, Breath, Compassion, Precepts, Ceremony |
Dec 09 1982 1 of 3 New Camaldoli Hermitage |
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April 26th, 1983, Serial No. 00373Serial: NC-00373 Monastic Spirituality Set 11 of 12 Renewal, Separation, Observe, Fasting, Breath |
Apr 26 1983 |
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June 15th, 1983, Serial No. 00405Serial: NC-00405 Monastic Theology Series Set 1 of 3 Breath, Don't Know Mind, Intimacy, Sanctuary, Continuous |
Jun 15 1983 |
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July 13th, 1983, Serial No. 00396Serial: NC-00396 Monastic Theology Series Set 1 of 3 Emptiness, Breath, Compassion |
Jul 13 1983 |
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August 24th, 1983, Serial No. 00385Serial: NC-00385 Monastic Theology Series Set 2 of 3 Breath, Pain, Demons, Liberation, Intuition |
Aug 24 1983 |
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Talk to CommunityOSB Cam, Observe, Breath, Harmonizing, Buddhism, Balance |
Sep 13 1983 4 of 4 New Camaldoli Hermitage |
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Talk to CommunitySerial: NC-00595 Yoga. This is a repeat of NC 00450. Corinthinians. Body of the Lord. OSB Cam, Observe, Breath, Harmonizing, Buddhism, Balance |
Sep 13 1983 New Camaldoli Hermitage |
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September 21st, 1983, Serial No. 00388Serial: NC-00388 Monastic Theology Series Set 2 of 3 Precepts, Liberation, Daily Life, Forgiveness, Breath |
Sep 21 1983 |