sn54.20:1.1 “Mendicants, when immersion due to mindfulness of breathing is developed and cultivated it leads to the ending of defilements.” …
sn54.20:1.2 “And how is immersion due to mindfulness of breathing developed and cultivated so as to lead to giving up the fetters,
sn54.20:1.3 uprooting the underlying tendencies,
sn54.20:1.4 completely understanding the course of time,
sn54.20:1.5 and ending the defilements?
sn54.20:1.6 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. …
sn54.20:1.7 They practice like this: ‘I’ll breathe in observing letting go.’ They practice like this: ‘I’ll breathe out observing letting go.’
sn54.20:1.8 That’s how immersion due to mindfulness of breathing is developed and cultivated so as to lead to giving up the fetters,
sn54.20:1.9 uprooting the underlying tendencies,
sn54.20:1.10 completely understanding the course of time,
sn54.20:1.11 and ending the defilements.”