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SN 47.36PTS SN 5.1811 min read

Enlightenment

Aññāsutta

When the four kinds of mindfulness meditation are developed, perfection or non-return may be expected.

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

  • 0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 47.36Linked Discourses 47.36
  • 0.24. Ananussutavagga4. Not Learned From Anyone Else

0.3AññāsuttaEnlightenment

1.1“Cattārome, bhikkhave, satipaṭṭhānā.“Mendicants, there are these four kinds of mindfulness meditation.1.2Katame cattāro?What four?1.3Idha, 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.1.4vedanāsu …pe…They meditate observing an aspect of feelings …1.5citte …pe…mind …1.6dhammesu dhammānupassī viharati ātāpī sampajāno satimā, vineyya loke abhijjhādomanassaṁ.principles—keen, aware, and mindful, rid of covetousness and displeasure for the world.1.7Ime kho, bhikkhave, cattāro satipaṭṭhānā.These are the four kinds of mindfulness meditation.

1.8Imesaṁ kho, bhikkhave, catunnaṁ satipaṭṭhānānaṁ bhāvitattā bahulīkatattā dvinnaṁ phalānaṁ aññataraṁ phalaṁ pāṭikaṅkhaṁ—Because of developing and cultivating these four kinds of mindfulness meditation, one of two results can be expected:11.9diṭṭheva dhamme aññā, sati vā upādisese anāgāmitā”ti.enlightenment in this very life, or if there’s residue left behind, non-return.”

1.10Chaṭṭhaṁ.

Translator’s notes

  1. This was expanded in the Satipaṭṭhānasutta at MN 10:46.1.

    ↩ sn47.36:1.8