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Linked Discourses · SN 47.24

  • Linked Discourses 47.24Saṁyutta Nikāya 47.24
  • 3. Ethics and Duration3. Sīlaṭṭhitivagga

Plain VersionSuddhasutta

At Sāvatthī.Sāvatthinidānaṁ.

“Mendicants, there are these four kinds of mindfulness meditation.“Cattārome, bhikkhave, satipaṭṭhānā. What four?Katame cattāro? It’s when a mendicant meditates by observing an aspect of the body—keen, aware, and mindful, rid of covetousness and displeasure for the world.Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu kāye kāyānupassī viharati ātāpī sampajāno satimā, vineyya loke abhijjhādomanassaṁ; They meditate observing an aspect of feelings …vedanāsu …pe… mind …citte …pe… principles—keen, aware, and mindful, rid of covetousness and displeasure for the world.dhammesu dhammānupassī viharati ātāpī sampajāno satimā, vineyya loke abhijjhādomanassaṁ.

These are the four kinds of mindfulness meditation.”Ime kho, bhikkhave, cattāro satipaṭṭhānā”ti.

Similar passages elsewhere

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  1. MN 51 With Kandaraka 0.87near 0.1And in this mendicant Saṅgha there are trainee mendicants who are consistently ethical, living consistently, alert, living alertly. They meditate with their minds firmly established in the four kinds of mindfulness medit…
  2. SN 47.36 Enlightenment 0.87near 0.1Linked Discourses 47.36 4. Not Learned From Anyone Else Enlightenment “Mendicants, there are these four kinds of mindfulness meditation. What four? It’s when a mendicant meditates by observing an aspect of the body—keen,…
  3. SN 47.32 Fading Away 0.80near 0.1Linked Discourses 47.32 4. Not Learned From Anyone Else Fading Away “Mendicants, these four kinds of mindfulness meditation, when developed and cultivated, lead solely to disillusionment, dispassion, cessation, peace, in…
  4. MN 10 Mindfulness Meditation 0.74near 0.1Middle Discourses 10 Mindfulness Meditation So I have heard. At one time the Buddha was staying in the land of the Kurus, near the Kuru town named Kammāsadamma. There the Buddha addressed the mendicants, “Mendicants!” “V…
  5. SN 47.17 Noble 0.74near 0.1Linked Discourses 47.17 2. At Nāḷandā Noble “Mendicants, when these four kinds of mindfulness meditation are developed and cultivated they are noble and emancipating, and bring one who practices them to the complete endi…