Bojjhaṅgasutta

Saṁyutta Nikāya 54.2

Linked Discourses 54.2

1. Ekadhammavagga

1. One Thing

Bojjhaṅgasutta

Awakening Factors

“Ānāpānassati, bhikkhave, bhāvitā bahulīkatā mahapphalā hoti mahānisaṁsā.

“Mendicants, when mindfulness of breathing is developed and cultivated it’s very fruitful and beneficial.

Kathaṁ bhāvitā ca, bhikkhave, ānāpānassati kathaṁ bahulīkatā mahapphalā hoti mahānisaṁsā?

And how is mindfulness of breathing developed and cultivated to be very fruitful and beneficial?

Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu ānāpānassatisahagataṁ satisambojjhaṅgaṁ bhāveti vivekanissitaṁ virāganissitaṁ nirodhanissitaṁ vossaggapariṇāmiṁ,

It’s when a mendicant develops mindfulness of breathing together with the awakening factors of mindfulness,

ānāpānassatisahagataṁ dhammavicayasambojjhaṅgaṁ bhāveti …pe…

investigation of principles, energy, rapture, tranquility, immersion,

ānāpānassatisahagataṁ upekkhāsambojjhaṅgaṁ bhāveti vivekanissitaṁ virāganissitaṁ nirodhanissitaṁ vossaggapariṇāmiṁ.

and equanimity, which rely on seclusion, fading away, and cessation, and ripen as letting go.

Evaṁ bhāvitā kho, bhikkhave, ānāpānassati evaṁ bahulīkatā mahapphalā hoti mahānisaṁsā”ti.

Mindfulness of breathing, when developed and cultivated in this way, is very fruitful and beneficial.”

Dutiyaṁ.