Āsavakkhayasutta

Suttapiṭaka · Saṁyuttanikāya · Mahāvaggasaṁyutta · Vol. 19 · Section 1410

[1410] "Bhikkhus, concentration through mindfulness of breathing (ānāpānassatisamādhi), when developed and cultivated, leads to the destruction of the taints (āsava)." … (to be expanded in full). "Bhikkhus, when concentration through mindfulness of breathing has been developed in this way, cultivated in this way, it leads to the destruction of the taints." The Second Chapter. Its summary verse (uddāna): Icchānaṅgala, Sakaṃbhiya,¹ And two further ones concerning Ānanda; Two spoken concerning bhikkhus,² The fetter, the underlying tendency, The journey, and the destruction of the taints. The Ānāpāna-saṃyutta is concluded. __________ #¹ M., Yu. read: "... kaṅkheyyaṃ, Ānandā ...". ² M. reads: "bhikkhū saṃyojanānusayā, addhānaṃ āsavakkhayan ti"; Yu. reads: "bhikkhave bhikkhu dve vuttā". The Sotāpatti-saṃyutta _______ The First Chapter: Veḷudvāra

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.