Numbered Discourses 5.98

10. With Kakudha

In the Wilderness

“Bhikkhus, a bhikkhu practicing mindfulness of breathing who has five things will soon penetrate the unshakable. What five? It’s when a bhikkhu has few requirements and duties, and is unburdensome and contented with life’s necessities. They eat little, not devoted to filling their stomach. They are rarely drowsy, and are dedicated to wakefulness. They live in the wilderness, in remote lodgings. They review the extent of their mind’s freedom. A bhikkhu practicing mindfulness of breathing who has these five things will soon penetrate the unshakable.”