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47. Satipaṭṭhānasaṁyutta: On Mindfulness Meditation

IV. Not Learned From Anyone Else — SN 47.40: Analysis

1“Mendicants, I will teach you mindfulness meditation, the development of mindfulness meditation, and the practice that leads to the development of mindfulness meditation. Listen …

And what is mindfulness meditation? It’s when a mendicant meditates by observing an aspect of the body — keen, aware, and mindful, rid of desire and aversion for the world. They meditate observing an aspect of feelings … mind … principles — keen, aware, and mindful, rid of desire and aversion for the world. This is called mindfulness meditation.

2And what is the development of mindfulness meditation? It’s when a mendicant meditates observing the body as liable to originate, as liable to vanish, and as liable to originate and vanish — keen, aware, and mindful, rid of desire and aversion for the world. They observe feelings … mind … principles as liable to originate, as liable to vanish, and as liable to originate and vanish — keen, aware, and mindful, rid of desire and aversion for the world. This is called the development of mindfulness meditation.

3And what is the practice that leads to the development of mindfulness meditation? It is simply this noble eightfold path, that is: right view, right thought, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right immersion. This is called the practice that leads to the development of mindfulness meditation.”

1"Satipaṭṭhānañca vo, bhikkhave, desessāmi satipaṭṭhānabhāvanañca satipaṭṭhānabhāvanāgāminiñca paṭipadāṁ. Taṁ suṇātha.

Katamañca, bhikkhave, satipaṭṭhānaṁ? Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu kāye kāyānupassī vihārati ātāpī sampajāno satimā, vineyya loke abhijjhā­domanassaṁ; vedanāsu vedanānupassī vihārati … pe … citte cittānupassī vihārati … pe … dhammesu dhammānupassī vihārati ātāpī sampajāno satimā, vineyya loke abhijjhā­domanassaṁ. Idaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, satipaṭṭhānaṁ.

2Katamā ca, bhikkhave, satipaṭṭhānabhāvanā? Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu samudayadhammānupassī kāyasmiṁ vihārati, vayadhammānupassī kāyasmiṁ vihārati, samudayavayadhammānupassī kāyasmiṁ vihārati, ātāpī sampajāno satimā, vineyya loke abhijjhā­domanassaṁ. Samudayadhammānupassī vedanāsu vihārati … pe … samudayadhammānupassī citte vihārati … pe … samudayadhammānupassī dhammesu vihārati, vayadhammānupassī dhammesu vihārati, samudayavayadhammānupassī dhammesu vihārati, ātāpī sampajāno satimā, vineyya loke abhijjhā­domanassaṁ. Ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, satipaṭṭhānabhāvanā.

3Katamā ca, bhikkhave, satipaṭṭhānabhāvanāgāminī paṭipadā? Ayameva ariyo aṭṭhangiko maggo, seyyathidaṁ – sammādiṭṭhi, sammāsankappo, sammāvācā, sammākammanto, sammāājīvo, sammāvāyāmo, sammāsati, sammāsamādhi. Ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, satipaṭṭhānabhāvanāgāminī paṭipadā"ti.

Dasamaṁ.
Ananussutavaggo catuttho.

4Ananussutaṁ virāgo,
viraddho bhāvanā sati;
Aññā chandaṁ pariññāya,
bhāvanā vibhangena cāti.