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Linked Discourses · SN 54.20

  • Linked Discourses 54.20Saṁyutta Nikāya 54.20
  • Chapter Two2. Dutiyavagga

The Ending of DefilementsĀsavakkhayasutta

“Mendicants, when immersion due to mindfulness of breathing is developed and cultivated it leads to the ending of defilements.” …“… Āsavānaṁ khayāya saṁvattati. “And how is immersion due to mindfulness of breathing developed and cultivated so as to lead to giving up the fetters,Kathaṁ bhāvito ca, bhikkhave, ānāpānassatisamādhi kathaṁ bahulīkato saṁyojanappahānāya saṁvattati … uprooting the underlying tendencies,anusayasamugghātāya saṁvattati … completely understanding the course of time,addhānapariññāya saṁvattati … and ending the defilements?āsavānaṁ khayāya saṁvattati?

It’s when a mendicant—gone to a wilderness, or to the root of a tree, or to an empty hut—sits down cross-legged, sets their body straight, and establishes mindfulness in front of them. …Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu araññagato vā rukkhamūlagato vā …pe…

They practice like this: ‘I’ll breathe in observing letting go.’ They practice like this: ‘I’ll breathe out observing letting go.’paṭinissaggānupassī assasissāmīti sikkhati, paṭinissaggānupassī passasissāmīti sikkhati.

That’s how immersion due to mindfulness of breathing is developed and cultivated so as to lead to giving up the fetters,Evaṁ bhāvito kho, bhikkhave, ānāpānassatisamādhi evaṁ bahulīkato saṁyojanappahānāya saṁvattati …pe… uprooting the underlying tendencies,anusayasamugghātāya saṁvattati …pe… completely understanding the course of time,addhānapariññāya saṁvattati …pe… and ending the defilements.”āsavānaṁ khayāya saṁvattatī”ti.

The Linked Discourses on Mindfulness of Breathing, the tenth section.Ānāpānasaṁyuttaṁ dasamaṁ.

Similar passages elsewhere

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  1. SN 54.11 Icchānaṅgala 0.65near 0.1For if anything should be rightly called ‘a noble meditation’, or else ‘a divine meditation’, or else ‘a realized one’s meditation’, it’s immersion due to mindfulness of breathing. For those mendicants who are trainees—w…
  2. SN 54.17 Giving Up the Fetters 0.64near 0.1Linked Discourses 54.17 Chapter Two Giving Up the Fetters “Mendicants, when immersion due to mindfulness of breathing is developed and cultivated it leads to giving up the fetters …”…
  3. SN 54.8 The Simile of the Lamp 0.61near 0.1Linked Discourses 54.8 1. One Thing The Simile of the Lamp “Mendicants, when immersion due to mindfulness of breathing is developed and cultivated it’s very fruitful and beneficial. How so? It’s when a mendicant—gone to…
  4. SN 54.12 In Doubt 0.61near 0.1I know: “I’ll breathe in observing letting go.” I know: “I’ll breathe out observing letting go.” For if anything should be rightly called “noble meditation”, or else “divine meditation”, or else “a realized one’s meditat…
  5. AN 4.41 Ways of Developing Immersion Further 0.59near 0.1This is the way of developing immersion further that leads to gaining knowledge and vision. And what is the way of developing immersion further that leads to mindfulness and awareness? It’s when a mendicant knows feeling…