Ariṭṭhasutta

sn54.6:1.1 At Sāvatthī.

sn54.6:1.2 There the Buddha … said:

sn54.6:1.3 “Mendicants, do you develop mindfulness of breathing?”

sn54.6:1.4 When he said this, Venerable Ariṭṭha said to him:

sn54.6:1.5 “Sir, I develop mindfulness of breathing.”

sn54.6:1.6 “But mendicant, how do you develop it?”

sn54.6:1.7 “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.

sn54.6:1.8 Just mindful, I will breathe in. Mindful, I will breathe out.

sn54.6:1.9 That’s how I develop mindfulness of breathing.”