Āsavakkhayasutta

Saṁyutta Nikāya 54.20

Linked Discourses 54.20

2. Dutiyavagga

Chapter Two

Āsavakkhayasutta

The Ending of Defilements

“… Āsavānaṁ khayāya saṁvattati.

“Mendicants, when immersion due to mindfulness of breathing is developed and cultivated it leads to the ending of defilements.” …

Kathaṁ bhāvito ca, bhikkhave, ānāpānassatisamādhi kathaṁ bahulīkato saṁyojanappahānāya saṁvattati …

“And how is immersion due to mindfulness of breathing developed and cultivated so as to lead to giving up the fetters,

anusayasamugghātāya saṁvattati …

uprooting the underlying tendencies,

addhānapariññāya saṁvattati …

completely understanding the course of time,

āsavānaṁ khayāya saṁvattati?

and ending the defilements?

Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu araññagato vā rukkhamūlagato vā …pe…

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 establishes mindfulness in front of them. …

paṭinissaggānupassī assasissāmīti sikkhati, paṭinissaggānupassī passasissāmīti sikkhati.

They practice like this: ‘I’ll breathe in observing letting go.’ They practice like this: ‘I’ll breathe out observing letting go.’

Evaṁ bhāvito kho, bhikkhave, ānāpānassatisamādhi evaṁ bahulīkato saṁyojanappahānāya saṁvattati …pe…

That’s how immersion due to mindfulness of breathing is developed and cultivated so as to lead to giving up the fetters,

anusayasamugghātāya saṁvattati …pe…

uprooting the underlying tendencies,

addhānapariññāya saṁvattati …pe…

completely understanding the course of time,

āsavānaṁ khayāya saṁvattatī”ti.

and ending the defilements.”

Dasamaṁ.

Dutiyo vaggo.

Tassuddānaṁ

Icchānaṅgalaṁ kaṅkheyyaṁ,

ānandā apare duve;

Bhikkhū saṁyojanānusayā,

addhānaṁ āsavakkhayanti.

Ānāpānasaṁyuttaṁ dasamaṁ.

The Linked Discourses on Mindfulness of Breathing, the tenth section.