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Aṅguttara Nikāya - The Numerical Discourses

9: The Book of the Nines

VII. Mindfulness Meditation — AN 9.68: Places of Rebirth

1“Mendicants, there are five destinations. What five? Hell, the animal realm, the ghost realm, humanity, and the gods. These are the five destinations.

2To give up these five destinations you should develop the four kinds of mindfulness meditation. …”

1"Pañcimā, bhikkhave, gatiyo. Katamā pañca? Nirayo, tiracchānayoni, pettivisayo, manussā, devā – imā kho, bhikkhave, pañca gatiyo.

2Imāsaṁ kho, bhikkhave, pañcannaṁ gatīnaṁ pahānāya … pe … ime cattāro satipaṭṭhānā bhāvetabbā"ti.

Chaṭṭhaṁ.