Not given — continuing directly from SN 54.16's own setting
Speaker
The Buddha (implied)
Form
A single compressed sentence, the first of a four-item series closing this vagga
Length
<1 minute to read
Northern parallel
No individual parallel confirmed by this project's own check
Significance
★★ — brief in its own written form, opening a four-item series of named benefits that SN 54.20 restates together in full
Why this discourse
Confirmed by direct reading, this discourse states a single claim, compressed via “…pe…”: mindfulness of breathing, developed and cultivated, “leads to giving up the fetters” (saṁyojanappahāna) — the first of four named benefits this project has confirmed form a single series, continuing through SN 54.18 and SN 54.19 before all four are restated together in full at this vagga's own closing discourse, SN 54.20.
Reading guide
The first of a four-item series
This project's own direct confirmation, from reading ahead to SN 54.20's own closing uddāna: this discourse opens a series of four named benefits — giving up the fetters, uprooting the underlying tendencies, completely understanding the course of time, and ending the defilements — each stated separately and briefly here, then restated together with the full formula at SN 54.20.
The ten fetters, not spelled out here
This discourse's own compressed claim does not itself enumerate the ten fetters (saṁyojana) traditionally bound to the four stages of awakening; only the bare claim that mindfulness of breathing leads to their abandonment is given, with no further detail in this file.
Key terms
ānāpānassatisamādhi bhāvito bahulīkato — “immersion due to mindfulness of breathing, developed and cultivated” — the recurring cause named across this entire four-item series
saṁyojanappahāna — “giving up the fetters” — this discourse's own named benefit, the first of four in this series
saṁyojana — “fetter” — one of the ten traditional bonds tying beings to continued existence, not itself enumerated in this brief discourse
…pe… — the elision marking, standing in for the full formula given in complete form only at this series' own closing discourse, SN 54.20
sattamaṁ — “seventh” — this discourse's own closing ordinal, confirming its position as the seventh discourse of Vagga 2
The text
Every genuinely translated fragment given in the consulted English source. Translation: Bhikkhu Sujato (CC0, SuttaCentral).
§1“Mendicants, when immersion due to mindfulness of breathing is developed and cultivated it leads to giving up the fetters …”
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Self-check quiz
3 questions. Click an answer to see immediate feedback. No score is recorded — this is for your own checking.
Question 1 of 3
What benefit does this discourse claim mindfulness of breathing leads to?
Correct: A. Confirmed by direct reading — this discourse's own single, named claim.
Question 2 of 3
What does this project's own confirmation, from reading ahead to SN 54.20, establish about this discourse?
Correct: A. Confirmed by direct reading of SN 54.20's own closing formula, which restates all four benefits together.
Question 3 of 3
Does this discourse itself enumerate the ten traditional fetters?
Correct: A. Confirmed by direct reading — a bare claim, without enumeration.
