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Here the Buddha explains ānāpānassati and recommands it for various purposes: from abandoning gross impurities, through developing all the eight jhānas. |
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Ānāpānassati-samādhi, bhikkhave, bhāvito bahulīkato mahapphalo hoti mah·ānisaṃso. Kathaṃ bhāvito ca, bhikkhave, ānāpānassati-samādhi kathaṃ bahulīkato mahapphalo hoti mah·ānisaṃso?
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Ānāpānassati-samādhi, bhikkhus, when cultivated and developed, is rich in results and of great profit-fruit. And how, bhikkhus, is ānāpānassati-samādhi cultivated how is it developed to be rich in results, to be of great profit-fruit?
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Evaṃ bhāvito kho, bhikkhave, ānāpānassati-samādhi evaṃ bahulīkato mahapphalo hoti mah·ānisaṃso.
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This is how, bhikkhus, ānāpānassati-samādhi is cultivated and developed to be rich in results, to be of great profit-fruit.
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Aham-pi sudaṃ, bhikkhave, pubb·eva sambodhā an-abhisambuddho bodhisatto·va samāno iminā vihārena bahulaṃ viharāmi. Tassa mayhaṃ, bhikkhave, iminā vihārena bahulaṃ viharato neva kāyo kilamati na cakkhūni; anupādāya ca me āsavehi cittaṃ vimucci.
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I also, bhikkhus, before the sambodhi, when I was a bodhisatta, not a sambuddha, I dwelt abundantly in this same dwelling. Dwelling abundantly in this dwelling, bhikkhus, neither my body was tired nor my eyes; and by absence of clinging, my citta was liberated from the āsavas.
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Tasmātiha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu ce-pi ākaṅkheyya: 'neva me kāyo kilameyya na cakkhūni, anupādāya ca me āsavehi cittaṃ vimucceyyā·ti, ayam-eva ānāpānassati-samādhi sādhukaṃ manasi kātabbo.
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Therefore, bhikkhus, if a bhikkhu wishes: 'may neither my body get tired nor my eyes; and by absence of clinging, may my citta be liberated from the āsavas', he should thoroughly take to heart this same ānāpānassati-samādhi.
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Tasmātiha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu ce-pi ākaṅkheyya: 'ye me gehasitā sarasaṅkappā te pahīyeyyu·nti, ayam-eva ānāpānassati-samādhi sādhukaṃ manasi kātabbo.
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Therefore, bhikkhus, if a bhikkhu wishes: 'may my memories and intentions connected with the family life be abandoned', he should thoroughly take to heart this same ānāpānassati-samādhi.
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Tasmātiha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu ce-pi ākaṅkheyya: 'a-p'paṭikūle paṭikūla-saññī vihareyya·nti, ayam-eva ānāpānassati-samādhi sādhukaṃ manasi kātabbo.
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Therefore, bhikkhus, if a bhikkhu wishes: 'may I remain percipient of loathesomeness in what is not loathesome', he should thoroughly take to heart this same ānāpānassati-samādhi.
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Tasmātiha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu ce-pi ākaṅkheyya: 'paṭikūle a-p'paṭikūla-saññī vihareyya·nti, ayam-eva ānāpānassati-samādhi sādhukaṃ manasi kātabbo.
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Therefore, bhikkhus, if a bhikkhu wishes: 'may I remain percipient of unloathesomeness in what is loathesome', he should thoroughly take to heart this same ānāpānassati-samādhi.
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Tasmātiha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu ce-pi ākaṅkheyya: 'paṭikūleca a-p'paṭikūle ca paṭikūla-saññī vihareyya·nti, ayam-eva ānāpānassati-samādhi sādhukaṃ manasi kātabbo.
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Therefore, bhikkhus, if a bhikkhu wishes: 'may I remain percipient of loathesomeness in what is not loathesome and what is loathesome', he should thoroughly take to heart this same ānāpānassati-samādhi.
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Tasmātiha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu ce-pi ākaṅkheyya: 'paṭikūle ca a-p'paṭikūle ca a-p'paṭikūla-saññī vihareyya·nti, ayam-eva ānāpānassati-samādhi sādhukaṃ manasi kātabbo.
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Therefore, bhikkhus, if a bhikkhu wishes: 'may I remain percipient of unloathesomeness in what is loathesome and what is not loathesome', he should thoroughly take to heart this same ānāpānassati-samādhi.
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Tasmātiha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu ce-pi ākaṅkheyya: 'a-p'paṭikūla-ñca paṭikūla-ñca tad-ubhayaṃ abhinivajjetvā upekkhako vihareyyaṃ sato sampajāno·ti, ayam-eva ānāpānassati-samādhi sādhukaṃ manasi kātabbo.
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Therefore, bhikkhus, if a bhikkhu wishes: 'may I, getting rid of unloathesomeness and loathesomeness, remain upekkhaka, sato and sampajāna', he should thoroughly take to heart this same ānāpānassati-samādhi.
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Therefore, bhikkhus, if a bhikkhu wishes: |
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‘vivicceva kāmehi vivicca akusalehi dhammehi savitakkaṃ savicāraṃ vivekajaṃ pītisukhaṃ paṭhamaṃ jhānaṃ upasampajja vihareyya'·nti, |
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he should thoroughly take to heart this same ānāpānassati-samādhi.
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Therefore, bhikkhus, if a bhikkhu wishes: |
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'vitakkavicārānaṃ vūpasamā ajjhattaṃ sampasādanaṃ cetaso ekodibhāvaṃ avitakkaṃ avicāraṃ samādhijaṃ pītisukhaṃ dutiyaṃ jhānaṃ upasampajja vihareyya·nti, |
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he should thoroughly take to heart this same ānāpānassati-samādhi.
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Therefore, bhikkhus, if a bhikkhu wishes: |
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'pītiyā ca virāgā upekkhako ca vihareyyaṃ sato ca sampajāno, sukhañca kāyena paṭisaṃvedeyyaṃ, yaṃ taṃ ariyā ācikkhanti: "upekkhako satimā sukhavihārī"ti tatiyaṃ jhānaṃ upasampajja vihareyya·nti, |
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he should thoroughly take to heart this same ānāpānassati-samādhi.
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Therefore, bhikkhus, if a bhikkhu wishes: |
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'sukhassa ca pahānā dukkhassa ca pahānā pubbeva somanassadomanassānaṃ atthaṅgamā adukkhamasukhaṃ upekkhāsatipārisuddhiṃ catutthaṃ jhānaṃ upasampajja vihareyya·nti, |
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he should thoroughly take to heart this same ānāpānassati-samādhi.
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Therefore, bhikkhus, if a bhikkhu wishes: |
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'sabbaso rūpasaññānaṃ samatikkamā paṭighasaññānaṃ atthaṅgamā nānattasaññānaṃ amanasikārā ananto ākāsoti ākāsānañcāyatanaṃ upasampajja vihareyya·nti, |
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he should thoroughly take to heart this same ānāpānassati-samādhi.
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Therefore, bhikkhus, if a bhikkhu wishes: |
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'sabbaso ākāsānañcāyatanaṃ samatikkamma anantaṃ viññāṇanti viññāṇañcāyatanaṃ upasampajja vihareyya·nti, |
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he should thoroughly take to heart this same ānāpānassati-samādhi.
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Therefore, bhikkhus, if a bhikkhu wishes: |
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'sabbaso viññāṇañcāyatanaṃ samatikkamma natthi kiñcīti ākiñcaññāyatanaṃ upasampajja vihareyya·nti, |
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he should thoroughly take to heart this same ānāpānassati-samādhi.
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Therefore, bhikkhus, if a bhikkhu wishes: |
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'sabbaso ākiñcaññāyatanaṃ samatikkamma nevasaññānāsaññāyatanaṃ upasampajja vihareyya·nti, |
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he should thoroughly take to heart this same ānāpānassati-samādhi.
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Therefore, bhikkhus, if a bhikkhu wishes: |
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'sabbaso nevasaññānāsaññāyatanaṃ samatikkamma saññāvedayitanirodhaṃ upasampajja vihareyya·nti, |
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he should thoroughly take to heart this same ānāpānassati-samādhi.
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Evaṃ bhāvite kho, bhikkhave, ānāpānassati-samādhimhi evaṃ bahulīkate, sukhaṃ ce vedanaṃ vedayati, sā 'aniccā·ti pajānāti, 'an-ajjhositā·ti pajānāti, 'an-abhinanditā·ti pajānāti; dukkhaṃ ce vedanaṃ vedayati, sā 'aniccā·ti pajānāti, 'an-ajjhositā·ti pajānāti, 'an-abhinanditā·ti pajānāti; adukkhamasukhaṃ ce vedanaṃ vedayati, sā 'aniccā·ti pajānāti, 'an-ajjhositā·ti pajānāti, 'an-abhinanditā·ti pajānāti.
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Thus cultivating, bhikkhus, thus developing ānāpānassati-samādhi, when he experiences a sukha vedanā, he understands: 'it is aniccā', he understands: 'it is not grasped at', he understands: 'it is not relished'. When he experiences a dukkha vedanā, he understands: 'it is aniccā', he understands: 'it is not grasped at', he understands: 'it is not relished'. When he experiences an adukkhamasukha vedanā, he understands: 'it is aniccā', he understands: 'it is not grasped at', he understands: 'it is not relished'.
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Sukhaṃ ce vedanaṃ vedayati, visaṃyutto naṃ vedayati; dukkhaṃ ce vedanaṃ vedayati, visaṃyutto naṃ vedayati; adukkhamasukhaṃ ce vedanaṃ vedayati, visaṃyutto naṃ vedayati. So kāya-pariyantikaṃ vedanaṃ vedayamāno 'kāya-pariyantikaṃ vedanaṃ vedayāmī·ti pajānāti, jīvita-pariyantikaṃ vedanaṃ vedayamāno 'jīvita-pariyantikaṃ vedanaṃ vedayāmī·ti pajānāti, 'kāyassa bhedā uddhaṃ jīvita-pariyādānā idh·eva sabba-vedayitāni an-abhinanditāni sītī-bhavissantī·ti pajānāti.
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When he experiences a sukha vedanā, he experiences it as if separated from it. When he experiences a dukkha vedanā, he experiences it as if separated from it. When he experiences an adukkhamasukha vedanā, he experiences it as if separated from it. When he experiences a vedanā which is limited to the body, he understands: 'I am experiencing a vedanā which is limited to the body'. When he experiences a vedanā which ends with the life, he understands: 'I am experiencing a vedanā which ends with the life'. He understands: 'at the break-up of the body, at the very moment when life ends, all which is experienced here, not being relished, will be appeased'.
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Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, tela·ñca paṭicca, vaṭṭiñca paṭicca tela'p'padīpo jhāyeyya, tass·eva telassa ca vaṭṭiyā ca pariyādānā an-āhāro nibbāyeyya; evam-eva kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhu kāya-pariyantikaṃ vedanaṃ vedayamāno 'kāya-pariyantikaṃ vedanaṃ vedayāmī·ti pajānāti, jīvita-pariyantikaṃ vedanaṃ vedayamāno 'jīvita-pariyantikaṃ vedanaṃ vedayāmī·ti pajānāti, 'kāyassa bhedā uddhaṃ jīvita-pariyādānā idh·eva sabba-vedayitāni an-abhinanditāni sītī-bhavissantī·ti pajānāti·ti.
| Just as, bhikkhus, an oil lamp burns by means of the oil and the wick, and as with the ending of the oil and the wick, being without nourishment, it gets extinguished, in the same way, bhikkhus, when a bhikkhu experiences a vedanā which is limited to the body, he understands: 'I am experiencing a vedanā which is limited to the body'. When he experiences a vedanā which ends with the life, he understands: 'I am experiencing a vedanā which ends with the life'. He understands: 'at the break-up of the body, at the very moment when life ends, all which is experienced here, not being relished, will be appeased'. |
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