Anapanasati Sutta
E949717
The Anapanasati Sutta is a foundational Buddhist discourse in which the Buddha teaches mindfulness of breathing as a complete path to meditation, insight, and liberation.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Anapanasati Sutta canonical | 2 |
| Discourse on Mindfulness of Breathing | 1 |
| Ānāpānassati Sutta | 1 |
| ānāpānasati | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11826415 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Anapanasati Sutta Context triple: [Vipassana, basedOn, Anapanasati Sutta]
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A.
Satipatthana Sutta
Satipatthana Sutta is a foundational Buddhist discourse that systematically outlines the practice of mindfulness meditation through four primary domains: body, feelings, mind, and mental phenomena.
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B.
Rāhulovāda Sutta
Rāhulovāda Sutta is a Buddhist discourse in the Pali Canon in which the Buddha gives ethical and meditative instruction to his son Rāhula.
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C.
Buddhist Fire Sermon (Ādittapariyāya Sutta)
The Buddhist Fire Sermon (Ādittapariyāya Sutta) is a foundational discourse of the Buddha that uses the metaphor of fire to teach the impermanence and unsatisfactoriness of sensory experience and the path to liberation through dispassion.
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D.
Saṃdhinirmocana Sūtra
The Saṃdhinirmocana Sūtra is a foundational Mahāyāna Buddhist scripture that systematically expounds Yogācāra doctrines such as consciousness-only, the three natures, and the three turnings of the Dharma wheel.
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E.
Pannavana-sutra
The Pannavana-sutra is a Jain canonical text known for its systematic classification and detailed descriptions of various forms of life and existence.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Anapanasati Sutta Target entity description: The Anapanasati Sutta is a foundational Buddhist discourse in which the Buddha teaches mindfulness of breathing as a complete path to meditation, insight, and liberation.
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A.
Satipatthana Sutta
Satipatthana Sutta is a foundational Buddhist discourse that systematically outlines the practice of mindfulness meditation through four primary domains: body, feelings, mind, and mental phenomena.
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B.
Rāhulovāda Sutta
Rāhulovāda Sutta is a Buddhist discourse in the Pali Canon in which the Buddha gives ethical and meditative instruction to his son Rāhula.
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C.
Buddhist Fire Sermon (Ādittapariyāya Sutta)
The Buddhist Fire Sermon (Ādittapariyāya Sutta) is a foundational discourse of the Buddha that uses the metaphor of fire to teach the impermanence and unsatisfactoriness of sensory experience and the path to liberation through dispassion.
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D.
Saṃdhinirmocana Sūtra
The Saṃdhinirmocana Sūtra is a foundational Mahāyāna Buddhist scripture that systematically expounds Yogācāra doctrines such as consciousness-only, the three natures, and the three turnings of the Dharma wheel.
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E.
Pannavana-sutra
The Pannavana-sutra is a Jain canonical text known for its systematic classification and detailed descriptions of various forms of life and existence.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Buddhist sutta
ⓘ
Pali Canon text ⓘ Theravada scripture ⓘ discourse of the Buddha ⓘ |
| aimsAt |
insight
ⓘ
liberation ⓘ |
| associatedWithPractice |
samatha meditation
ⓘ
vipassanā meditation ⓘ |
| attributedTo |
Gautama Buddha
ⓘ
linked to:
Buddha
|
| audience | bhikkhus ⓘ |
| canonicalNumbering | MN 118 ⓘ |
| category | meditation instruction ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
breath as meditation object
ⓘ
mindfulness (sati) ⓘ |
| collection |
Sutta Piṭaka
ⓘ
linked to:
Sutta Pitaka
|
| contains | sixteen steps of mindfulness of breathing ⓘ |
| describes | complete path of meditation ⓘ |
| describesOutcome |
abandoning of defilements
ⓘ
realization of Nibbāna ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
continuous awareness of inhalation and exhalation
ⓘ
development of concentration (samādhi) ⓘ development of wisdom (paññā) ⓘ direct experiential practice ⓘ |
| explains |
how mindfulness of breathing fulfills the Noble Eightfold Path
ⓘ
how mindfulness of breathing fulfills the four establishments of mindfulness ⓘ |
| firstTetradFocus | body ⓘ |
| fourthTetradFocus | dhammas ⓘ |
| genre | didactic discourse ⓘ |
| hasEnglishTitle |
Discourse on Mindfulness of Breathing
ⓘ
linked to:
Anapanasati Sutta
|
| hasTitleInPali |
Ānāpānassati Sutta
ⓘ
linked to:
Anapanasati Sutta
|
| influenced |
later Theravāda meditation manuals
ⓘ
modern mindfulness of breathing practices ⓘ |
| links | mindfulness of breathing with the seven factors of enlightenment ⓘ |
| organizesPracticeInto | four tetrads ⓘ |
| partOf |
Majjhima Nikāya
ⓘ
linked to:
Sutta Pitaka
|
| preservedIn |
Pali Canon
ⓘ
linked to:
the Pali Canon
|
| relatesTo |
Four Foundations of Mindfulness
ⓘ
Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta ⓘ
linked to:
Satipatthana Sutta
|
| religiousContext | Buddhism ⓘ |
| scripturalLanguage | Pali ⓘ |
| secondTetradFocus | feelings ⓘ |
| setting |
Jetavana Monastery
ⓘ
Sāvatthī ⓘ
linked to:
Śrāvastī
|
| teaches |
mindfulness of breathing
ⓘ
ānāpānasati ⓘ
linked to:
Anapanasati Sutta
|
| thirdTetradFocus | mind ⓘ |
| tradition |
Theravāda Buddhism
ⓘ
linked to:
Theravada
|
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Subject: Anapanasati Sutta Description of subject: The Anapanasati Sutta is a foundational Buddhist discourse in which the Buddha teaches mindfulness of breathing as a complete path to meditation, insight, and liberation.
Referenced by (5)
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linked to: Anapanasati Sutta
linked to: Anapanasati Sutta