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Saɱyutta Nikāya
5. Mahā-Vagga
54. Ānāpāna Saɱyutta
1. Eka-Dhamma Vagga

The Book of the Kindred Sayings
5. The Great Chapter
54. Kindred Sayings about
In-Breathing and Out-Breathing
1. The One Condition

Sutta 2

Bojjhaṅga Suttaɱ

Limb of Wisdom

Translated by F. L. Woodward
Edited by Mrs. Rhys Davids

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[1][bodh][olds] THUS have I heard:

Once the Exalted One was staying near Sāvatthī
at Jeta Grove,
in Anāthapiṇḍika's Park.

Then the Exalted One said:

"Monks, concentration on in-breathing and our-breathing,
if cultivated and made much of,
is of great fruit,
of great profit.

How cultivated?

Under this rule,
a monk cultivates the limb of wisdom that is mindfulness
accompanied by concentration on in-breathing and out-breathing,
which tends to seclusion,
to dispassion,
to cessation,
that ends in self-surrender.

He cultivates the limb of wisdom that is Norm-investigation,
accompanied by concentration on in-breathing and out-breathing,
which tends to seclusion,
to dispassion,
to cessation,
that ends in self-surrender.

He cultivates the limb of wisdom that is energy,
which tends to seclusion,
to dispassion,
to cessation,
that ends in self-surrender.

He cultivates the limb of wisdom that is zest,
which tends to seclusion,
to dispassion,
to cessation,
that ends in self-surrender.

He cultivates the limb of wisdom that is tranquillity,
which tends to seclusion,
to dispassion,
to cessation,
that ends in self-surrender.

He cultivates the limb of wisdom that is concentration,
which tends to seclusion,
to dispassion,
to cessation,
that ends in self-surrender.

He cultivates the limb of wisdom that is equanimity,
which tends to seclusion,
to dispassion,
to cessation,
that ends in self-surrender.

If thus cultivated and made much of, monks,
the concentration on in-breathing and out-breathing
is of great fruit,
of great profit."


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