VI. 安那般那念導向涅槃 Mindfulness of Breathing Leads to Nibbāna

VI. Mindfulness of Breathing Leads to Nibbāna

VI. 安那般那念導向涅槃

Ānāpānasati bhikkhave bhāvitā bahulīkatā cattāro satipaṭṭhāne paripūrenti. Cattāro satipaṭṭhānā bhāvitā bahulīkatā satta bojjhaṅge paripūrenti. Satta bojjhaṅgā bhāvitā bahulīkatā vijjā vimuttiṃ paripūrenti. (Ānāpānasati Sutta, MN 118)

O bhikkhus! If mindfulness of breathing is cultivated and developed many times for a lengthy period, the four foundations of mindfulness are fulfilled and perfected. If the four foundations of mindfulness are cultivated and developed many times for a lengthy period, the seven factors of enlightenment are fulfilled and perfected. If the seven factors of enlightenment are cultivated and developed many times for a lengthy period, knowledge and deliverance are fulfilled and perfected.

諸比丘！修習、廣修出入息念者，令圓滿四念處。修習、廣修四念處者，令圓滿七覺支。修習、廣修七覺支者，令圓滿明與解脫。(中部第118經，《安那般那念經》)

Here, knowledge (vijjā) means the four path knowledges (magga-ñāṇa), and deliverance (vimutti) the four fruition knowledges (phala-ñāṇa). The essential meaning is that if mindfulness of breathing is practised assiduously for days and months, the work of the four foundations of mindfulness, the seven factors of enlightenment, and knowledge and deliverance is automatically accomplished. The four foundations of mindfulness, the seven factors of enlightenment, and knowledge and deliverance comprise the thirty-seven aids to enlightenment (bodhipakkhiya-dhammā), and hence it means that the thirty-seven aids to enlightenment are automatically accomplished. This ends the exposition of the prefatory section of the Ānāpānasati Sutta.

這里，明 (vijjā) 表示四道智 (magga-ñāṇa)，解脫 (vimutti) 表示四果智(phala-ñāṇa)。基本含義是，如果日復一日月復一月勤奮修習安那般那念，就能自動圓滿四念處、七覺支、明、和解脫。四念處、七覺支、明、和解脫包含了三十七菩提分 (bodhipakkhiya-dhammā)，因此這意味著自動圓滿了三十七菩提分。《安那般那念經》的序文節解釋到此。