sn54.10:4.1 “Well then, Ānanda, listen and apply your mind well, I will speak.”
sn54.10:4.2 “Yes, sir,” Ānanda replied.
sn54.10:4.3 The Buddha said this:
sn54.10:4.4 “Ānanda, how is immersion due to mindfulness of breathing developed and cultivated so that it is very fruitful and beneficial?
sn54.10:4.5 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.
sn54.10:4.6 Just mindful, they breathe in. Mindful, they breathe out. …
sn54.10:4.7 They practice like this: ‘I’ll breathe in observing letting go.’ They practice like this: ‘I’ll breathe out observing letting go.’
sn54.10:4.8 That’s how immersion due to mindfulness of breathing, when developed and cultivated, is very fruitful and beneficial.