Saṁyutta Nikāya:
V. Mahā-Vagga
54. ĀnāpānaSaṁyutta

Kindred Sayings About
In-Breathing and Out-Breathing

1. Ekadhammavaggo

Book 1: The One Condition

Sutta 2

Bojjhango Sutta

Limb of wisdom

 

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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, there is one condition which,
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.'