VI. Mindfulness of Breathing Leads to Nibbāna

VI. 安那般那念导向涅槃

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.

诸比丘！修习、广修出入息念者，令圆满四念处。修习、广修四念处者，令圆满七觉支。修习、广修七觉支者，令圆满明与解脱。(中部第118经，《安那般那念经》)

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.

这里，明 (vijjā) 表示四道智 (magga-ñāṇa)，解脱 (vimutti) 表示四果智(phala-ñāṇa)。基本含义是，如果日复一日月复一月勤奋修习安那般那念，就能自动圆满四念处、七觉支、明、和解脱。四念处、七觉支、明、和解脱包含了三十七菩提分 (bodhipakkhiya-dhammā)，因此这意味着自动圆满了三十七菩提分。《安那般那念经》的序文节解释到此。