Saṃyutta Nikāya - The Connected Discourses

Connected Discourses on Breathing: SN54:6 Ariṭṭha

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1 Sāvatthinidānaṃ. Tatra kho bhagavā … pe … etadavoca:  "bhāvetha no tumhe bhikkhave, ānāpānassatin"ti? Evaṃ vutte, āyasmā ariṭṭho bhagavantaṃ etadavoca:  "ahaṃ kho, bhante, bhāvemi ānāpānassatin"ti. "Yathā kathaṃ pana tvaṃ, ariṭṭha, bhāvesi ānāpānassatin"ti? "Atītesu me, bhante, kāmesu kāmacchando pahīno, anāgatesu me kāmesu kāmacchando vigato, ajjhattabahiddhā ca me dhammesu paṭighasaññā suppaṭivinītā. So satova assasissāmi, satova passasissāmi. Evaṃ khvāhaṃ, bhante, bhāvemi ānāpānassatin"ti.

2 "‘Atthesā, ariṭṭha, ānāpānassati, nesā natthī’ti vadāmi. Api ca, ariṭṭha, yathā ānāpānassati vitthārena paripuṇṇā hoti taṃ suṇāhi, sādhukaṃ manasi karohi; bhāsissāmī"ti. "Evaṃ, bhante"ti kho āyasmā ariṭṭho bhagavato paccassosi. Bhagavā etadavoca: 

3 "Kathañca, ariṭṭha, ānāpānassati vitthārena paripuṇṇā hoti? Idha, ariṭṭha, bhikkhu araññagato vā rukkhamūlagato vā suññāgāragato vā nisīdati pallankaṃ ābhujitvā ujuṃ kāyaṃ paṇidhāya parimukhaṃ satiṃ upaṭṭhapetvā. So satova assasati, satova passasati. Dīghaṃ vā assasanto ‘dīghaṃ assasāmī’ti pajānāti … pe … ‘paṭinissaggānupassī assasissāmī’ti sikkhati, ‘paṭinissaggānupassī passasissāmī’ti sikkhati. Evaṃ kho, ariṭṭha, ānāpānassati vitthārena paripuṇṇā hotī"ti.

Chaṭṭhaṃ.