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Linked Discourses 54.20 – Saṁyutta Nikāya 54.20

Chapter Two – 2. Dutiyavagga

SN 54.20 The Ending of Defilements – Āsavakkhayasutta

“Bhikkhū, when samādhi due to mindfulness of breathing is developed and cultivated it leads to the ending of defilements.

“… Āsavānaṁ khayāya saṁvattati.

And how is samādhi due to mindfulness of breathing developed and cultivated so as to lead to giving up the fetters,

Kathaṁ bhāvito ca, bhikkhave, ānāpānassatisamādhi kathaṁ bahulīkato saṁyojanappahānāya saṁvattati …

uprooting the underlying tendencies,

anusayasamugghātāya saṁvattati …

completely understanding the course of time,

addhānapariññāya saṁvattati …

and ending the defilements?

āsavānaṁ khayāya saṁvattati?

It’s when a bhikkhu—gone to a wilderness, or to the root of a tree, or to an empty hut—sits down cross-legged, with their body straight, and focuses their mindfulness right there. …

Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu araññagato vā rukkhamūlagato vā …pe…

They practice like this: ‘I’ll breathe in observing letting go.’ They practice like this: ‘I’ll breathe out observing letting go.’

paṭinissaggānupassī assasissāmīti sikkhati, paṭinissaggānupassī passasissāmīti sikkhati.

That’s how samādhi due to mindfulness of breathing is developed and cultivated so as to lead to giving up the fetters,

Evaṁ bhāvito kho, bhikkhave, ānāpānassatisamādhi evaṁ bahulīkato saṁyojanappahānāya saṁvattati …pe…

uprooting the underlying tendencies,

anusayasamugghātāya saṁvattati …pe…

completely understanding the course of time,

addhānapariññāya saṁvattati …pe…

and ending the defilements.”

āsavānaṁ khayāya saṁvattatī”ti.

Dasamaṁ.

Dutiyo vaggo.

Tassuddānaṁ

Icchānaṅgalaṁ kaṅkheyyaṁ,

ānandā apare duve;

Bhikkhū saṁyojanānusayā,

The Linked Discourses on Mindfulness of Breathing is the tenth section.

addhānaṁ āsavakkhayanti.