“Mendicants, when mindfulness of breathing is developed and cultivated it’s very fruitful and beneficial. “Ānāpānassati, bhikkhave, bhāvitā bahulīkatā mahapphalā hoti mahānisaṁsā. And how is mindfulness of breathing developed and cultivated to be very fruitful and beneficial? Kathaṁ bhāvitā ca, bhikkhave, ānāpānassati kathaṁ bahulīkatā mahapphalā hoti mahānisaṁsā?

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 their presence. Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu araññagato vā rukkhamūlagato vā suññāgāragato vā nisīdati pallaṅkaṁ ābhujitvā ujuṁ kāyaṁ paṇidhāya parimukhaṁ satiṁ upaṭṭhapetvā.

Just mindful, they breathe in. Mindful, they breathe out. … So satova assasati, satova passasati …pe…

They practice like this: ‘I’ll breathe in observing letting go.’ They practice like this: ‘I’ll breathe out observing letting go.’ ‘paṭinissaggānupassī assasissāmī’ti sikkhati, ‘paṭinissaggānupassī passasissāmī’ti sikkhati.

Mindfulness of breathing, when developed and cultivated in this way, is very fruitful and beneficial. Evaṁ bhāvitā kho, bhikkhave, ānāpānassati evaṁ bahulīkatā mahapphalā hoti mahānisaṁsā.

When mindfulness of breathing is developed and cultivated in this way you can expect seven fruits and benefits. Evaṁ bhāvitāya kho, bhikkhave, ānāpānassatiyā evaṁ bahulīkatāya satta phalā sattānisaṁsā pāṭikaṅkhā. What seven? Katame satta phalā sattānisaṁsā? You attain enlightenment early on in this very life. Diṭṭheva dhamme paṭikacca aññaṁ ārādheti; no ce diṭṭheva dhamme paṭikacca aññaṁ ārādheti. If not, you attain enlightenment at the time of death. Atha maraṇakāle aññaṁ ārādheti; no ce diṭṭheva dhamme paṭikacca aññaṁ ārādheti, no ce maraṇakāle aññaṁ ārādheti. If not, with the ending of the five lower fetters you’re extinguished in between one life and the next … Atha pañcannaṁ orambhāgiyānaṁ saṁyojanānaṁ parikkhayā antarāparinibbāyī hoti … you’re extinguished upon landing … upahaccaparinibbāyī hoti … you’re extinguished without extra effort … asaṅkhāraparinibbāyī hoti … you’re extinguished with extra effort … sasaṅkhāraparinibbāyī hoti … you head upstream, going to the Akaniṭṭha realm … uddhaṁsoto hoti akaniṭṭhagāmī—When mindfulness of breathing is developed and cultivated in this way you can expect these seven fruits and benefits.” evaṁ bhāvitāya kho, bhikkhave, ānāpānassatiyā evaṁ bahulīkatāya ime satta phalā sattānisaṁsā pāṭikaṅkhā”ti.

Pañcamaṁ.