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"[1]
Now, on whatever occasion a monk breathing in long discerns that he is
breathing in long; or breathing out long, discerns that he is breathing out
long; or breathing in short, discerns that he is breathing in short; or
breathing out short, discerns that he is breathing out short; trains himself to
breathe in... &... out sensitive to the entire body; trains himself to
breathe in... &... out calming the bodily processes: On that occasion the
monk remains focused on the body in & of itself -- ardent, alert, &
mindful -- subduing greed & distress with reference to the world. I tell
you, monks, that this -- the in-&-out breath -- is classed as a body among
bodies, which is why the monk on that occasion remains focused on the body in
& of itself -- ardent, alert, & mindful -- putting aside greed &
distress with reference to the world.
"[2]
On whatever occasion a monk trains himself to breathe in... &... out
sensitive to rapture; trains himself to breathe in... &... out sensitive to
pleasure; trains himself to breathe in... &... out sensitive to mental
processes; trains himself to breathe in... &... out calming mental
processes: On that occasion the monk remains focused on feelings in & of
themselves -- ardent, alert, & mindful -- subduing greed & distress
with reference to the world. I tell you, monks, that this -- close attention to
in-&-out breaths -- is classed as a feeling among feelings, which is why
the monk on that occasion remains focused on feelings in & of themselves --
ardent, alert, & mindful -- putting aside greed & distress with
reference to the world.
"[3]
On whatever occasion a monk trains himself to breathe in... &... out
sensitive to the mind; trains himself to breathe in... &... out satisfying
the mind; trains himself to breathe in... &... out steadying the mind;
trains himself to breathe in... &... out releasing the mind: On that
occasion the monk remains focused on the mind in & of itself -- ardent,
alert, & mindful -- subduing greed & distress with reference to the
world. I don't say that there is mindfulness of in-&-out breathing in one
of confused mindfulness and no alertness, which is why the monk on that
occasion remains focused on the mind in & of itself -- ardent, alert, &
mindful -- putting aside greed & distress with reference to the world.
"[4]
On whatever occasion a monk trains himself to breathe in... &... out
focusing on inconstancy; trains himself to breathe in... &... out focusing
on dispassion; trains himself to breathe in... &... out focusing on
cessation; trains himself to breathe in... &... out focusing on relinquishment:
On that occasion the monk remains focused on mental qualities in & of
themselves -- ardent, alert, & mindful -- subduing greed & distress
with reference to the world. He who sees clearly with discernment the
abandoning of greed & distress is one who oversees with equanimity, which
is why the monk on that occasion remains focused on mental qualities in &
of themselves -- ardent, alert, & mindful -- putting aside greed &
distress with reference to the world.
"This
is how mindfulness of in-&-out breathing is developed & pursued so as
to bring the four frames of reference to their culmination.
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