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AN 9.63PTS AN 4.457Sikkhādubbalya1 min read

Weaknesses in Training and Mindfulness Meditation

Sikkhādubbalyasutta

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

  • 0.1Aṅguttara Nikāya 9.63Numbered Discourses 9.63
  • 0.27. Satipaṭṭhānavagga7. Mindfulness Meditation

0.3SikkhādubbalyasuttaWeaknesses in Training and Mindfulness Meditation

1.1“Pañcimāni, bhikkhave, sikkhādubbalyāni.“Mendicants, there are these five weaknesses when you’re training.1.2Katamāni pañca?What five?1.3Pāṇātipāto, adinnādānaṁ, kāmesumicchācāro, musāvādo, surāmerayamajjapamādaṭṭhānaṁ—Killing living creatures, stealing, sexual misconduct, lying, and intoxicants of beer, wine, and liquor.1.4imāni kho, bhikkhave, pañca sikkhādubbalyāni.These are the five weaknesses when you’re training.

2.1Imesaṁ kho, bhikkhave, pañcannaṁ sikkhādubbalyānaṁ pahānāya cattāro satipaṭṭhānā bhāvetabbā.To give up these five weaknesses in your training you should develop the four kinds of mindfulness meditation.2.2Katame cattāro?What four?2.3Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu kāye kāyānupassī viharati ātāpī sampajāno satimā vineyya loke abhijjhādomanassaṁ;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.2.4vedanāsu …pe…They meditate observing an aspect of feelings …2.5citte …They meditate observing an aspect of the mind …2.6dhammesu dhammānupassī viharati ātāpī sampajāno satimā vineyya loke abhijjhādomanassaṁ.They meditate observing an aspect of principles—keen, aware, and mindful, rid of covetousness and displeasure for the world.2.7Imesaṁ kho, bhikkhave, pañcannaṁ sikkhādubbalyānaṁ pahānāya ime cattāro satipaṭṭhānā bhāvetabbā”ti.To give up those five weaknesses in your training you should develop these four kinds of mindfulness meditation.”

2.8Paṭhamaṁ.