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Aṅguttara Nikāya - The Numerical Discourses

1: The Book of the Ones

576–582

1“One thing, mendicants, when developed and cultivated leads to great urgency … great benefit … great sanctuary … mindfulness and awareness … gaining knowledge and vision … blissful meditation in the present life … the realization of the fruit of knowledge and freedom. What one thing? Mindfulness of the body. This one thing, when developed and cultivated, leads to great urgency … great benefit … great sanctuary … mindfulness and awareness … gaining knowledge and vision … a happy abiding in the present life … the realization of the fruit of knowledge and freedom.”

1"Ekadhammo, bhikkhave, bhāvito bahulīkato mahato saṁvegāya saṁvattati … mahato atthāya saṁvattati … mahato yogakkhemāya saṁvattati … satisampajaññāya saṁvattati … ñāṇadassanappaṭilābhāya saṁvattati … diṭṭhadhammasukhavihārāya saṁvattati … vijjāvimuttiphalasacchikiriyāya saṁvattati. Katamo ekadhammo? Kāyagatā sati. Ayaṁ kho, bhikkhave, ekadhammo bhāvito bahulīkato mahato saṁvegāya saṁvattati … mahato atthāya saṁvattati … mahato yogakkhemāya saṁvattati … satisampajaññāya saṁvattati … ñāṇadassanappaṭilābhāya saṁvattati … diṭṭhadhammasukhavihārāya saṁvattati … vijjāvimuttiphalasacchikiriyāya saṁvattatī"ti.