{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn54.7/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn54.7","id":"suttacentral_sn54.7","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn54.7/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Samyutta Nikaya"],"text":"At S\u0101vatth\u012b. Now at that time Venerable Mah\u0101kappina was sitting not far from the Buddha, cross-legged, his body set straight, and mindfulness brought to the present. The Buddha saw him, and addressed the mendicants: \u201cMendicants, do you see any perturbation or trembling in that mendicant\u2019s body?\u201d \u201cSir, whenever we see that mendicant meditating\u2014whether in the middle of the Sa\u1e45gha or alone in private\u2014we never see any perturbation or trembling in his body.\u201d \u201cMendicants, when an immersion has been developed and cultivated there\u2019s no perturbation or trembling of the body or mind. That mendicant gets such immersion when he wants, without trouble or difficulty. And what is that immersion? When immersion due to mindfulness of breathing has been developed and cultivated there\u2019s no perturbation or trembling of the body or mind. And how is immersion due to mindfulness of breathing developed and cultivated in such a way? 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 That\u2019s how immersion due to mindfulness of breathing is developed and cultivated so that there\u2019s no perturbation or trembling of the body or mind.\u201d","title":"About Mah\u0101kappina","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":231}