Saɱyutta Nikāya
5. Mahā-Vagga
54. Ānāpāna Saɱyutta
2. Ānanda or Dutiya Vagga

Connected Discourses on Breathing

Book 2: Ānanda

Sutta 14

Dutiya Ānanda Suttaɱ

Ānanda (2)

Translated from the Pali by Bhikkhu Bodhi

 

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[1][pts][olds] Then the Venerable Ānanda approached the Blessed One, paid homage to him, and sat down to one side. The Blessed One then said to the Venerable Ānanda:

"Ānanda, is there one thing which, when developed and cultivated, fulfils four things? And four things which, when developed and cultivated, fulfil seven things? And seven things which, when developed and cultivated, fulfil two things?"

"Venerable sir, our teachings are rooted in the Blessed One...."

"There is, .Ānanda, one thing which, when developed and cultivated, [334] fulfils four things; and four things which, when developed and cultivated, fulfil seven things; and seven things which, whJn developed and cultivated, fulfil two things.

"And what, Ānanda, is the one thing which, when developed and cultivated, fulfils four things; and the four things which, when developed and cultivated, fulfil seven things; and the seven things which, when developed and cultivated, fulfil two things? Concentration by mindfulness of breathing, Ānanda, is the one thing which, when developed and cultivated, fulfils the four establishments of mindfulness. The four establishments of mindfulness, when developed and cultivated, fulfil the seven factors of enlightenment. The seven factors of enlightenment, when developed and cultivated, fulfil true knowledge and liberation.

"And how, Ānanda, is concentration by mindfulness of breathing developed and cultivated so that it fulfils the four establishments of mindfulness?

"Here, Ānanda, a bhikkhu, having gone to the forest ... (all as in the preceding sutta down to:) ... It is, .Ānanda, when the seven factors of enlightenment are developed and cultivated in this way that they fulfil true knowledge and liberation."