Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c7.553

v1.c7.553

**Ānāpānasati Sutta.**—Preached at **Sāvatthi** on **Komudī**, the full-moon day of the fourth month. The monks had gathered together to see the Buddha and eminent disciples had been busy instructing their pupils in the various attainments.¹ Seing them thus assembled, the Buddha was pleased with their demeanour and described how in the confraternity of monks were to be found men of various degrees of attainment. Some of them practised the cultivation of mindfulness by breathing exercises and the Buddha proceeded to explain how it was done. Such mindfulness leads to the development of the four *satipaṭṭhānas*, and these, in turn, to the seven *bojjhaṅgas*. Through them one attains deliverance through understanding.² 1. **Ānisamsa Vagga.**—The tenth chapter of the *Chakka Nipāta* of the *Anguttara Nikāya*. It consists of eleven suttas on various subjects.¹