Not given — continuing directly from SN 54.17's own setting
Speaker
The Buddha (implied)
Form
A single compressed sentence, the second of a four-item series
Length
<1 minute to read
Northern parallel
No individual parallel confirmed by this project's own check
Significance
★★ — brief in its own written form, continuing the series opened at SN 54.17
Why this discourse
Confirmed by direct reading, this discourse continues the four-item series opened at SN 54.17: mindfulness of breathing, developed and cultivated, “leads to uprooting the underlying tendencies” (anusayasamugghāta) — the second of four named benefits, again compressed via “…pe…” and later restated in full at SN 54.20.
Reading guide
The anusaya, familiar from elsewhere in the canon
This project's own background note: the “underlying tendencies” (anusaya) are a classic sevenfold list of latent defilements — sensual desire, hostility, views, doubt, conceit, desire to be reborn, and ignorance — not themselves enumerated in this brief discourse, which states only the bare claim that mindfulness of breathing uproots them.
Uprooting, not merely giving up
This project's own direct comparison: where SN 54.17's own claim used “giving up” (pahāna), this discourse's own verb is stronger — “uprooting” (samugghāta) — matching the same distinction between temporary suppression and permanent removal already confirmed at SN 54.12's own treatment of the five hindrances.
Key terms
ānāpānassatisamādhi bhāvito bahulīkato — “immersion due to mindfulness of breathing, developed and cultivated” — the recurring cause named across this entire four-item series
anusayasamugghāta — “uprooting the underlying tendencies” — this discourse's own named benefit, the second of four in this series
anusaya — “underlying tendency” — the classic sevenfold list of latent defilements, not itself enumerated in this brief discourse
samugghāta — “uprooting” — a stronger term than SN 54.17's own “giving up,” implying permanent removal rather than temporary suppression
aṭṭhamaṁ — “eighth” — this discourse's own closing ordinal, confirming its position as the eighth 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 uprooting the underlying tendencies …”
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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
How does this discourse's own verb differ from SN 54.17's own, per this project's own comparison?
Correct: A. Confirmed by direct comparison, matching the pahāna/samugghāta distinction already noted at SN 54.12.
Question 3 of 3
What are the "underlying tendencies" (anusaya), as background to this discourse's own claim?
Correct: A. This project's own background note — not enumerated in this brief discourse itself.
