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Linked Discourses · SN 52.5

  • Linked Discourses 52.5Saṁyutta Nikāya 52.5
  • 1. In Private1. Rahogatavagga

At Thorny Wood (2nd)Dutiyakaṇḍakīsutta

At Sāketa.Sāketanidānaṁ. Sāriputta said to Anuruddha:Ekamantaṁ nisinno kho āyasmā sāriputto āyasmantaṁ anuruddhaṁ etadavoca:

“Reverend Anuruddha, what things should a mendicant who is an adept enter and remain in?”“asekhenāvuso anuruddha, bhikkhunā katame dhammā upasampajja vihātabbā”ti?

“Reverend Sāriputta, a mendicant who is an adept should enter and remain in the four kinds of mindfulness meditation.“Asekhenāvuso sāriputta, bhikkhunā cattāro satipaṭṭhānā upasampajja vihātabbā. 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.Idhāvuso, 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— A mendicant who is an adept should enter and remain in these four kinds of mindfulness meditation.”asekhenāvuso sāriputta, bhikkhunā ime cattāro satipaṭṭhānā upasampajja vihātabbā”ti.

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  3. MN 51 With Kandaraka 0.55near 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…
  4. SN 52.9 In Ambapālī’s Mango Grove 0.54near 0.1Linked Discourses 52.9 1. In Private In Ambapālī’s Mango Grove At one time the venerables Anuruddha and Sāriputta were staying near Vesālī in Ambapālī’s Mango Grove. Then in the late afternoon, Sāriputta came out of retr…
  5. SN 35.120 Sāriputta and the Protégé 0.53near 0.1Linked Discourses 35.120 12. The World and the Kinds of Sensual Stimulation Sāriputta and the Protégé At one time Venerable Sāriputta was staying near Sāvatthī in Jeta’s Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika’s monastery. Then a certain m…