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AN 6.117PTS AN 3.4491 min read

Observing the Body

Kāyānupassīsutta

Things that enable or obstruct meditation on the body.

Translated by Bhikkhu Sujato · Pāli: Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka · Public domain (CC0) via SuttaCentral

  • 0.1Aṅguttara Nikāya 6.117Numbered Discourses 6.117
  • 0.212. Sāmaññavagga12. The Ascetic Life

0.3KāyānupassīsuttaObserving the Body

1.1“Cha, bhikkhave, dhamme appahāya abhabbo kāye kāyānupassī viharituṁ.“Mendicants, without giving up these six qualities you can’t meditate observing an aspect of the body.1.2Katame cha?What six?1.3Kammārāmataṁ, bhassārāmataṁ, niddārāmataṁ, saṅgaṇikārāmataṁ, indriyesu aguttadvārataṁ, bhojane amattaññutaṁ.Relishing work, talk, sleep, and company, not guarding the sense doors, and eating too much.1.4Ime kho, bhikkhave, cha dhamme appahāya abhabbo kāye kāyānupassī viharituṁ.Without giving up these six qualities you can’t meditate observing an aspect of the body.

2.1PTS 3.450Cha, bhikkhave, dhamme pahāya bhabbo kāye kāyānupassī viharituṁ.But after giving up these six qualities you can meditate observing an aspect of the body.2.2Katame cha?What six?2.3Kammārāmataṁ, bhassārāmataṁ, niddārāmataṁ, saṅgaṇikārāmataṁ, indriyesu aguttadvārataṁ, bhojane amattaññutaṁ.Relishing work, talk, sleep, and company, not guarding the sense doors, and eating too much.2.4Ime kho, bhikkhave, cha dhamme pahāya bhabbo kāye kāyānupassī viharitun”ti.After giving up these six qualities you can meditate observing an aspect of the body.”

2.5Paṭhamaṁ.