{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn54.6/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn54.6","id":"suttacentral_sn54.6","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn54.6/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Samyutta Nikaya"],"text":"At S\u0101vatth\u012b. There the Buddha \u2026 said: \u201cMendicants, do you develop mindfulness of breathing?\u201d When he said this, Venerable Ari\u1e6d\u1e6dha said to him: \u201cSir, I develop mindfulness of breathing.\u201d \u201cBut mendicant, how do you develop it?\u201d \u201cSir, I\u2019ve given up desire for sensual pleasures of the past. I\u2019m rid of desire for sensual pleasures of the future. And I have eliminated perception of aversion regarding phenomena internally and externally. Just mindful, I will breathe in. Mindful, I will breathe out. That\u2019s how I develop mindfulness of breathing.\u201d \u201cThat is mindfulness of breathing, Ari\u1e6d\u1e6dha; I don\u2019t deny it. But as to how mindfulness of breathing is fulfilled in detail, listen and apply your mind well, I will speak.\u201d \u201cYes, sir,\u201d Ari\u1e6d\u1e6dha replied. The Buddha said this: \u201cAnd how is mindfulness of breathing fulfilled in detail? 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 \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 This is how mindfulness of breathing is fulfilled in detail.\u201d","title":"With Ari\u1e6d\u1e6dha","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":223}