Saɱyutta Nikāya
5. Mahā-Vagga
54. Ānāpāna Saɱyutta
2. Ānanda or Dutiya Vagga
The Book of the Kindred Sayings
5. The Great Chapter
54. Kindred Sayings about
In-Breathing and Out-Breathing
2. [Untitled]
Sutta 18
Anusaya Suttaɱ
Tendency[49]
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.
"Monks, intent concentration on in-breathing and out-breathing
conduces to the utter destruction of tendency.
And how cultivated,
how made much of,
does intent concentration on in-breathing and out-breathing
conduces to the utter destruction of tendency?
In this method, monks,
a monk who has gone to the forest
or the foot of a tree
or a lonely place,
sits down cross-legged,
holding the body straight.
Setting mindfulness in front of him,
he breathes in mindfully
and mindfully breathes out.
As he draws in a long breath he knows:
'A long breath I draw in.'
As he breathes out a long breath he knows:
'I breathe out a long breath.'
As he draws in a short breath he knows:
'A short breath I draw in.'
As he breathes out a short breath he knows:
'I breathe out a short breath.'
Thus he makes up his mind (repeating):
'I shall breathe in,
feeling it go through the whole body.
Feeling it go through the whole body
I shall breathe out.
Calming down the bodily aggregate
I shall breathe in.
Calming down the bodily aggregate
I shall breathe out.'
Thus he makes up his mind (repeating):
'Feeling the thrill of zest
I shall breathe in.
Feeling the thrill of zest
I shall breathe out.
Feeling the sense of ease
I shall breathe in.
Feeling the sense of ease
I shall breathe out.'
He makes up his mind (repeating):
'Aware of all mental factors
I shall breathe in.
Aware of all mental factors
I shall breathe out.
Calming down the mental factors
I shall breathe in.
Calming down the mental factors
I shall breathe out.
Aware of mind I shall breathe in.
Aware of mind I shall breathe out.'
He makes up his mind (repeating):
'Gladdening my mind I shall breathe in.
Gladdening my mind I shall breathe out.
Composing my mind I shall breathe in.
Composing my mind I shall breathe out.
Detaching my mind I shall breathe in.
Detaching my mind I shall breathe out.'
He makes up his mind (repeating):
'Contemplating impermanence I shall breathe in.
Contemplating impermanence I shall breathe out.
Contemplating dispassion I shall breathe in.
Contemplating dispassion I shall breathe out.
Contemplating cessation I shall breathe in.
Contemplating cessation I shall breathe out.
Contemplating renunciation I shall breathe in.
Contemplating renunciation I shall breathe out.'
This, monks, is how cultivated,
how made much of,
intent concentration on in-breathing and out-breathing
conduces to the utter destruction of tendency."
[49]Anusayo. Cf. text, p. 60. There are seven of these 'inclinations.'
