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Ariṭṭhasutta

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संयुत्तsaṃ·yut·ta निकायni·kā·ya 54।6

Saṁyutta Nikāya 54.6

Linked Discourses 54.6
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1। एकधम्मवग्गe·ka·dham·ma·vag·ga

1. Ekadhammavagga

1. One Thing
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अरिट्ठसुत्तa·riṭ·ṭha·sut·ta

Ariṭṭhasutta

With Ariṭṭha
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सावत्थिनिदानं।sā·vat·thi·ni·dā·naṃ

Sāvatthinidānaṁ.

At Sāvatthī.
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तत्रtat·ra खोkho भगवाbha·ga·vā …पे…pe एतदवोच:e·ta·da·vo·ca

Tatra kho bhagavā …pe… etadavoca:

There the Buddha … said:
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“भावेथbhā·ve·tha नोno तुम्हेtum·he भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve आनापानस्सतिन्”ति?ā·nā·pā·nas·sa·tin

“bhāvetha no tumhe bhikkhave, ānāpānassatin”ti?

“Mendicants, do you develop mindfulness of breathing?”
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एवंe·vaṃ वुत्ते,vut·te आयस्माā·yas·mā अरिट्ठोa·riṭ·ṭho भगवन्तंbha·ga·van·taṃ एतदवोच:e·ta·da·vo·ca

Evaṁ vutte, āyasmā ariṭṭho bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:

When he said this, Venerable Ariṭṭha said to him:
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“अहंa·haṃ खो,kho भन्ते,bhan·te भावेमिbhā·ve·mi आनापानस्सतिन्”ति।ā·nā·pā·nas·sa·tin

“ahaṁ kho, bhante, bhāvemi ānāpānassatin”ti.

“Sir, I develop mindfulness of breathing.”
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“यथाya·thā कथंka·thaṃ पनpa·na त्वं,tvaṃ अरिट्ठ,a·riṭ·ṭha भावेसिbhā·ve·si आनापानस्सतिन्”ति?ā·nā·pā·nas·sa·tin

“Yathā kathaṁ pana tvaṁ, ariṭṭha, bhāvesi ānāpānassatin”ti?

“But mendicant, how do you develop it?”
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“अतीतेसुa·tī·te·su मे,me भन्ते,bhan·te कामेसुkā·me·su कामच्छन्दोkā·mac·chan·do पहीनो,pa·hī·no अनागतेसुa·nā·ga·te·su मेme कामेसुkā·me·su कामच्छन्दोkā·mac·chan·do विगतो,vi·ga·to अज्झत्तबहिद्धाaj·jhat·ta·ba·hid·dhā चca मेme धम्मेसुdham·me·su पटिघसञ्ञाpa·ṭi·gha·sañ·ñā सुप्पटिविनीता।sup·pa·ṭi·vi·nī·tā

“Atītesu me, bhante, kāmesu kāmacchando pahīno, anāgatesu me kāmesu kāmacchando vigato, ajjhattabahiddhā ca me dhammesu paṭighasaññā suppaṭivinītā.

“Sir, I’ve given up desire for sensual pleasures of the past. I’m rid of desire for sensual pleasures of the future. And I have eliminated perception of aversion regarding phenomena internally and externally.
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सोso सतोवsa·to·va अस्ससिस्सामि,as·sa·sis·sā·mi सतोवsa·to·va पस्ससिस्सामि।pas·sa·sis·sā·mi

So satova assasissāmi, satova passasissāmi.

Just mindful, I will breathe in. Mindful, I will breathe out.
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एवंe·vaṃ ख्वाहं,khvā·haṃ भन्ते,bhan·te भावेमिbhā·ve·mi आनापानस्सतिन्”ति।ā·nā·pā·nas·sa·tin

Evaṁ khvāhaṁ, bhante, bhāvemi ānāpānassatin”ti.

That’s how I develop mindfulness of breathing.”
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“‘अत्थेसा,at·the·sā अरिट्ठ,a·riṭ·ṭha आनापानस्सति,ā·nā·pā·nas·sa·ti नेसाne·sā नत्थी’तिnat·thī वदामि।va·dā·mi

“‘Atthesā, ariṭṭha, ānāpānassati, nesā natthī’ti vadāmi.

“That is mindfulness of breathing, Ariṭṭha; I don’t deny it.
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अपिa·pi च,ca अरिट्ठ,a·riṭ·ṭha यथाya·thā आनापानस्सतिā·nā·pā·nas·sa·ti वित्थारेनvit·thā·re·na परिपुण्णाpa·ri·puṇ·ṇā होतिho·ti

Api ca, ariṭṭha, yathā ānāpānassati vitthārena paripuṇṇā hoti

But as to how mindfulness of breathing is fulfilled in detail,
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तंtaṃ सुणाहि,su·ṇā·hi साधुकंsā·dhu·kaṃ मनसिma·na·si करोहि;ka·ro·hi भासिस्सामी”ति।bhā·sis·sā·mī

taṁ suṇāhi, sādhukaṁ manasi karohi; bhāsissāmī”ti.

listen and apply your mind well, I will speak.”
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“एवं,e·vaṃ भन्ते”तिbhan·te खोkho आयस्माā·yas·mā अरिट्ठोa·riṭ·ṭho भगवतोbha·ga·va·to पच्चस्सोसि।pac·cas·so·si

“Evaṁ, bhante”ti kho āyasmā ariṭṭho bhagavato paccassosi.

“Yes, sir,” Ariṭṭha replied.
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भगवाbha·ga·vā एतदवोच:e·ta·da·vo·ca

Bhagavā etadavoca:

The Buddha said this:
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“कथञ्च,ka·thañ·ca अरिट्ठ,a·riṭ·ṭha आनापानस्सतिā·nā·pā·nas·sa·ti वित्थारेनvit·thā·re·na परिपुण्णाpa·ri·puṇ·ṇā होति?ho·ti

“Kathañca, ariṭṭha, ānāpānassati vitthārena paripuṇṇā hoti?

“And how is mindfulness of breathing fulfilled in detail?
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इध,i·dha अरिट्ठ,a·riṭ·ṭha भिक्खुbhik·khu अरञ्ञगतोa·rañ·ña·ga·to वाvā रुक्खमूलगतोruk·kha·mū·la·ga·to वाvā सुञ्ञागारगतोsuñ·ñā·gā·ra·ga·to वाvā निसीदतिni·sī·da·ti पल्लङ्कंpal·laṅ·kaṃ आभुजित्वाā·bhu·jit·vā उजुंu·juṃ कायंkā·yaṃ पणिधायpa·ṇi·dhā·ya परिमुखंpa·ri·mu·khaṃ सतिंsa·tiṃ उपट्ठपेत्वा।u·paṭ·ṭha·pet·vā

Idha, ariṭṭha, bhikkhu araññagato vā rukkhamūlagato vā suññāgāragato vā nisīdati pallaṅkaṁ ābhujitvā ujuṁ kāyaṁ paṇidhāya parimukhaṁ satiṁ upaṭṭhapetvā.

It’s when a mendicant—gone to a wilderness, or to the root of a tree, or to an empty hut—sits down cross-legged, sets their body straight, and brings mindfulness to the present.
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सोso सतोवsa·to·va अस्ससति,as·sa·sa·ti सतोवsa·to·va पस्ससति।pas·sa·sa·ti

So satova assasati, satova passasati.

Just mindful, they breathe in. Mindful, they breathe out.
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दीघंdī·ghaṃ वाvā अस्ससन्तोas·sa·san·to ‘दीघंdī·ghaṃ अस्ससामी’तिas·sa·sā·mī पजानातिpa·jā·nā·ti …पे…pe

Dīghaṁ vā assasanto ‘dīghaṁ assasāmī’ti pajānāti …pe…

Breathing in heavily they know: ‘I’m breathing in heavily.’ Breathing out heavily they know: ‘I’m breathing out heavily.’ …
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‘पटिनिस्सग्गानुपस्सीpa·ṭi·nis·sag·gā·nu·pas·sī अस्ससिस्सामी’तिas·sa·sis·sā·mī सिक्खति,sik·kha·ti ‘पटिनिस्सग्गानुपस्सीpa·ṭi·nis·sag·gā·nu·pas·sī पस्ससिस्सामी’तिpas·sa·sis·sā·mī सिक्खति।sik·kha·ti

‘paṭinissaggānupassī assasissāmī’ti sikkhati, ‘paṭinissaggānupassī passasissāmī’ti sikkhati.

They practice like this: ‘I’ll breathe in observing letting go.’ They practice like this: ‘I’ll breathe out observing letting go.’
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एवंe·vaṃ खो,kho अरिट्ठ,a·riṭ·ṭha आनापानस्सतिā·nā·pā·nas·sa·ti वित्थारेनvit·thā·re·na परिपुण्णाpa·ri·puṇ·ṇā होती”ति।ho·tī

Evaṁ kho, ariṭṭha, ānāpānassati vitthārena paripuṇṇā hotī”ti.

This is how mindfulness of breathing is fulfilled in detail.”
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छट्ठं।chaṭ·ṭhaṃ

Chaṭṭhaṁ.

(Pāli only)

Sources. Sanskrit: Satyavedaḥ, the New Testament in Sanskrit (Calcutta Baptist Missionaries, 1851; J. Wenger’s revision of W. Carey’s version). Digital text © 2018 SanskritBible.in, via eBible.org, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; changed here: arranged by verse and every word linked to the dictionary (links made automatically). Old Testament Sanskrit: the Old Testament in Sanskrit, Calcutta Baptist Mission Press, 1848–1852 (public domain), read by OCR from the Internet Archive scans of the Boston University School of Theology copy; unproofread, with machine clean-up only. Pāli Canon: Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka Buddhavasse 2500 (based on the Vipassana Research Institute’s Chaṭṭha Saṅgāyana edition), from SuttaCentral bilara-data, CC0; Devanagari and pronunciation made automatically from the Roman text. Pāli English: Bhikkhu Sujato (suttas) and Bhikkhu Brahmali (Vinaya), SuttaCentral, CC0. Pāli word meanings: the Pali Text Society’s Pali-English Dictionary (Rhys Davids & Stede), corrected reprint © The Pali Text Society, CC BY-NC 3.0, digital text from BuddhaDust; word matching automatic. English: King James Version (1769), public domain; words the translators added are in italics. Word meanings and pronunciations: Monier-Williams, Sanskrit–English Dictionary (1872), via this site’s Sanskrit dictionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); English↔Sanskrit word matches made automatically and may need checking.