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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December 12th, 1979, Serial No. 00134 realization, Consciousness, Breath, Oneness, Lineage, Don't Know Mind,... |
Dec 12 1979 |
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December 6th, 1979, Serial No. 00623 Breath, Vinaya, Samadhi, War, Abhidharma |
Dec 06 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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September 5th, 1979, Serial No. 00133 confusion, Hate, Subject-and-Object, Community, Consciousness, Intuition, Beginners,... |
Sep 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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April 5th, 1979, Serial No. 00606 Monkey Mind, Breath, Non-thinking, Posture, Concentration |
Apr 05 1979 |
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March 16th, 1979, Serial No. 00601 Breath, Ordination, Ceremony, Lay Ordination |
Mar 16 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 1st, 1979, Serial No. 00126 Fox, Breath, Bowing, Funeral, Conversation, Nirvana, Discrimination, Hate |
Mar 01 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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February 16th, 1979, Serial No. 00599 Ordinary Mind, Breath, Mindfulness, Love, Samadhi |
Feb 16 1979 |
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December 3rd, 1978, Serial No. 00638 Ego, Concentration, Breath, Death, Joshu |
Dec 03 1978 |
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December 2nd, 1978, Serial No. 00634 Dragons, Breath, Zendo, Sesshin |
Dec 02 1978 |
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October 16th, 1978, Serial No. 00587 Religion, Breath, Dragons, Posture |
Oct 16 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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March 13th, 1978, Serial No. 00573 Practice Period, Rinzai, Breath, heart, Instruction |
Mar 13 1978 |
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March 8th, 1978, Serial No. 00571 Gutei, Concentration, Breath, Obstacles, Tozan |
Mar 08 1978 |
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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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August 19th, 1977, Serial No. 00089 Transmission, Dharma Transmission, Buddha Nature, lecture, realization, Rinzai, soto... |
Aug 19 1977 |
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June 19th, 1976, Serial No. 00037 Joshu, Breath, Sixth Patriarch, Emotions, Religion |
Jun 19 1976 |
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June 16th, 1976, Serial No. 00180 Commitment, Samadhi, Breath, Rinzai |
Jun 16 1976 |
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June 15th, 1976, Serial No. 00025 Commitment, Breath, Samadhi, Rinzai |
Jun 15 1976 |
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December 2nd, 1975, Serial No. 00340 Tozan, Shuso Ceremony, Posture, Hate, Breath |
Dec 02 1975 |
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September 30th, 1975, Serial No. 00311 Posture, Concentration, Faith, Chanting, Breath |
Sep 30 1975 |
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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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August 30th, 1975, Serial No. 00010 Posture, Concentration, Faith, Chanting, Breath |
Aug 30 1975 |
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June 11th, 1975, Serial No. 00005 Concentration, Pain, Breath, Letting Go, Attachment |
Jun 11 1975 |
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March 1975 talk, Serial No. 01130Serial: NC-01130 Retreat Conference by Abbot Edward McCorkle, OCSO, of Holy Cross Abbey in Berryville, Virginia. Prior Bruno Barnhart makes comments. OCSO, Abbot, Compassion, Patience, Anger, Breath |
Mar 1975 1 of 7 New Camaldoli Hermitage |
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June 15th, 1974, Serial No. 00157 Posture, Breath, Sangha, Happiness, Pain |
Jun 15 1974 |
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June 15th, 1974, Serial No. 00506 Posture, Breath, Sangha, Happiness, Pain |
Jun 15 1974 |
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April 1st, 1974, Serial No. 00156 Joshu, Breath, Discrimination |
Apr 01 1974 |
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April 1st, 1974, Serial No. 00263 Joshu, Breath, Discrimination |
Apr 01 1974 |
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February 5th, 1974, Serial No. 00262 Kinhin, Pain, Aspects of Practice, Community, Breath |
Feb 05 1974 |
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January 28th, 1974, Serial No. 00253 Bodhidharma, Mindfulness, Truth, Mahayana, Breath |
Jan 28 1974 |
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January 20th, 1974, Serial No. 00246 Practice Period, Buddha Nature, Breath, Posture, Bodhidharma |
Jan 20 1974 |
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December 9th, 1973, Serial No. 00241 Breath, Avalokiteshvara, Perfect Wisdom, Daily Life, Way-Seeking Mind |
Dec 09 1973 |
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October 21st, 1973, Serial No. 00221 Sixth Patriarch, Perfect Wisdom, Breath, Aspects of Practice, Patience |
Oct 21 1973 |
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October 21st, 1973, Serial No. 00650 Perfect Wisdom, Breath, Sixth Patriarch, Patience, Commitment |
Oct 21 1973 |
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June 13th, 1973, Serial No. 00133 Separation, Practice Period, Breath, Describe, training |
Jun 13 1973 |
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April 1st, 1973, Serial No. 00301 Silence, Balance, soto, Kinhin, Breath |
Apr 01 1973 |
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January 18th, 1973, Serial No. 00082 Way-Seeking Mind, Practice Period, Breath |
Jan 18 1973 |
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December 6th, 1972, Serial No. 00358 Birth-and-Death, Patience, Obstacles, Conversation, Beginners, Suffering, Breath,... |
Dec 06 1972 |
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December 4th, 1972, Serial No. 00499, Side A Buddha Nature, Right Effort, Breath, Non-discrimination, Karma |
Dec 04 1972 |
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December 1st, 1972, Serial No. 00498, Side A Breath, Death, Love |
Dec 01 1972 |
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November 12th, 1972, Serial No. 00350 Attachment, Fasting, Consciousness, Bodhidharma, Funeral, Chanting, Posture, Breath,... |
Nov 12 1972 |
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October 6th, 1972, Serial No. 00482 Practice Period, Posture, Breath, Chanting, Bowing |
Oct 06 1972 |