{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn54.3/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn54.3","id":"suttacentral_sn54.3","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn54.3/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Samyutta Nikaya"],"text":"\u201cMendicants, when mindfulness of breathing is developed and cultivated it\u2019s very fruitful and beneficial. 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. \u2026 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":"Plain Version","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":105}