ânàpànasatisuttaü (MN 118)
The Discourse about Mindfulness while Breathing

Edited & Translated by ânandajoti Bhikkhu
(September 2008)

 

Preface

Primary Texts

BJT: ørã Laükan edition, from the Buddha Jayanti Tripitaka Series, Volume XII (Colombo, 1974/2517, reprinted with corrections 2005).

PTS: European edition, Majjhima-nikàya, Vol. III, (London 1899, reprinted Oxford, 1994).

Thai: Thai edition, as found on Budsir for Windows CD-ROM (version 2.0, Bangkok, 1996).

ChS: Burmese edition as found on the Chaññha Saïgàyana CD-ROM (version 3, Igaturi, no date but = 1999).

Commentaries

Pñs: Pañisambhidàmagga, (London, 1905 & 1907, reprinted Oxford, 1979).

Comm: Mahàparinibbànasuttavaõõanà, as found on the Chaññha Saïgàyana CD-ROM (version 3, Igatpuri, no date, but = 1999).

Vism: Visuddhimagga, as found on the Chaññha Saïgàyana CD-ROM (version 3, Igatpuri, no date, but = 1999).

Translations

MLD: Middle Length Discourse of the Buddha, translated by Bhikkhu ¥àõamoli and Bhikkhu Bodhi (Wisdom Publications, 2001).

PD: The Path of Discrimination, translated by Ven. ¥àõamoli (Oxford 1991).

PP: The Path of Purification, translated by Ven. ¥àõamoli (Kandy, reprinted Taipei 2005).

Note

In writing up the notes to this translation I have preferred to rely on the Canonical Pañisambhidàmagga wherever possible, and I have only used the commentarial aparratus where the former was lacking.

The intention has been to provide sufficient notes to explain my choice of readings and translation, and to expand on the doctrinal import of the discourse. The doctrinal notes need, however, to be supplemented by the notes to my translation of other discourses elsewhere on this website.

ânandajoti Bhikkhu
October, 2008

 

last updated: October 2008