Ānāpānasati Sutta
SUTTA NO. 118 IN MAJJHIMA NIKAYA
Anapanasati sutta; Anāpānasati Sutta; Sutra on the Full Awareness of Breathing; Anapanasati Sutta
The Ānāpānasati Sutta (Pāli) or Ānāpānasmṛti Sūtra (Sanskrit), "Breath-Mindfulness Discourse," Majjhima Nikaya 118, is a discourse that details the Buddha's instruction on using awareness of the breath (anapana) as an initial focus for meditation.