Saṃyutta Nikāya
5. Mahā-Vagga
54. Ānāpāna Saṃyutta
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 4

Paṭhama Phalā Suttaṃ

Fruits (a)

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?

Monks, under this rule,
a monk who goes to a 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.

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

Monks, if concentration on in-breathing and out-breathing
be thus cultivated,
thus made much of,
one of these two fruits may be looked for:
either realization in this very life,
or, if there be any substrate left,
at any rate the state of non-return."