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SN 47.28PTS SN 5.1751 min read

The World

Lokasutta

Anuruddha claims to have developed the various direct knowledges by practicing the four kinds of mindfulness meditation.

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

  • 0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 47.28Linked Discourses 47.28
  • 0.23. Sīlaṭṭhitivagga3. Ethics and Duration

0.3LokasuttaThe World

1.1PTS 5.176Taṁyeva nidānaṁ.The same setting.1.2Ekamantaṁ nisinno kho āyasmā sāriputto āyasmantaṁ anuruddhaṁ etadavoca:1.3“katamesaṁ, āvuso anuruddha, dhammānaṁ bhāvitattā bahulīkatattā mahābhiññataṁ patto”ti?“Reverend Anuruddha, what things have you developed and cultivated to attain great direct knowledge?”

1.4“Catunnaṁ, āvuso, satipaṭṭhānānaṁ bhāvitattā bahulīkatattā mahābhiññataṁ patto.“Reverend, I attained great direct knowledge by developing and cultivating the four kinds of mindfulness meditation.

2.1Katamesaṁ catunnaṁ?What four?2.2Idhāhaṁ, āvuso, kāye kāyānupassī viharāmi ātāpī sampajāno satimā, vineyya loke abhijjhādomanassaṁ;It’s when I meditate observing an aspect of the body—keen, aware, and mindful, rid of covetousness and displeasure for the world.2.3vedanāsu …pe…I meditate observing an aspect of feelings …2.4citte …pe…mind …2.5dhammesu dhammānupassī viharāmi ātāpī sampajāno satimā, vineyya loke abhijjhādomanassaṁ.principles—keen, aware, and mindful, rid of covetousness and displeasure for the world.2.6Imesaṁ khvāhaṁ, āvuso, catunnaṁ satipaṭṭhānānaṁ bhāvitattā bahulīkatattā mahābhiññataṁ patto.I attained great direct knowledge by developing and cultivating these four kinds of mindfulness meditation.

2.7Imesañca panāhaṁ, āvuso, catunnaṁ satipaṭṭhānānaṁ bhāvitattā bahulīkatattā sahassaṁ lokaṁ abhijānāmī”ti.And it’s because of developing and cultivating these four kinds of mindfulness meditation that I directly know the thousandfold galaxy.”

2.8Aṭṭhamaṁ.