{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn54.1/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn54.1","id":"suttacentral_sn54.1","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn54.1/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Samyutta Nikaya"],"text":"At S\u0101vatth\u012b. \u201cMendicants, when one thing is developed and cultivated it\u2019s very fruitful and beneficial. What one thing? Mindfulness of breathing. And how is mindfulness of breathing developed and cultivated to be very fruitful and beneficial? It\u2019s when a mendicant\u2014gone to a wilderness, or to the root of a tree, or to an empty hut\u2014sits down cross-legged, sets their body straight, and brings mindfulness to the present. Just mindful, they breathe in. Mindful, they breathe out. Breathing in heavily they know: \u2018I\u2019m breathing in heavily.\u2019 Breathing out heavily they know: \u2018I\u2019m breathing out heavily.\u2019 Breathing in lightly they know: \u2018I\u2019m breathing in lightly.\u2019 Breathing out lightly they know: \u2018I\u2019m breathing out lightly.\u2019 They practice like this: \u2018I\u2019ll breathe in experiencing the whole body.\u2019 They practice like this: \u2018I\u2019ll breathe out experiencing the whole body.\u2019 They practice like this: \u2018I\u2019ll breathe in stilling the physical process.\u2019 They practice like this: \u2018I\u2019ll breathe out stilling the physical process.\u2019 They practice like this: \u2018I\u2019ll breathe in experiencing rapture.\u2019 They practice like this: \u2018I\u2019ll breathe out experiencing rapture.\u2019 They practice like this: \u2018I\u2019ll breathe in experiencing bliss.\u2019 They practice like this: \u2018I\u2019ll breathe out experiencing bliss.\u2019 They practice like this: \u2018I\u2019ll breathe in experiencing the mental process.\u2019 They practice like this: \u2018I\u2019ll breathe out experiencing the mental process.\u2019 They practice like this: \u2018I\u2019ll breathe in stilling the mental process.\u2019 They practice like this: \u2018I\u2019ll breathe out stilling the mental process.\u2019 They practice like this: \u2018I\u2019ll breathe in experiencing the mind.\u2019 They practice like this: \u2018I\u2019ll breathe out experiencing the mind.\u2019 They practice like this: \u2018I\u2019ll breathe in gladdening the mind.\u2019 They practice like this: \u2018I\u2019ll breathe out gladdening the mind.\u2019 They practice like this: \u2018I\u2019ll breathe in immersing the mind in sam\u0101dhi.\u2019 They practice like this: \u2018I\u2019ll breathe out immersing the mind in sam\u0101dhi.\u2019 They practice like this: \u2018I\u2019ll breathe in freeing the mind.\u2019 They practice like this: \u2018I\u2019ll breathe out freeing the mind.\u2019 They practice like this: \u2018I\u2019ll breathe in observing impermanence.\u2019 They practice like this: \u2018I\u2019ll breathe out observing impermanence.\u2019 They practice like this: \u2018I\u2019ll breathe in observing fading away.\u2019 They practice like this: \u2018I\u2019ll breathe out observing fading away.\u2019 They practice like this: \u2018I\u2019ll breathe in observing cessation.\u2019 They practice like this: \u2018I\u2019ll breathe out observing cessation.\u2019 They practice like this: \u2018I\u2019ll breathe in observing letting go.\u2019 They practice like this: \u2018I\u2019ll breathe out observing letting go.\u2019 Mindfulness of breathing, when developed and cultivated in this way, is very fruitful and beneficial.\u201d","title":"One Thing","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":411}