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SN 47.41PTS SN 5.1841 min read

Freedom From Death

Amatasutta

Develop the four kinds of mindfulness meditation, don’t let the deathless be lost.

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

  • 0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 47.41Linked Discourses 47.41
  • 0.25. Amatavagga5. Freedom From Death

0.3AmatasuttaFreedom From Death

1.1Sāvatthinidānaṁ.At Sāvatthī.

1.2“Catūsu, bhikkhave, satipaṭṭhānesu suppatiṭṭhitacittā viharatha.“Mendicants, you should meditate with your mind firmly established in the four kinds of mindfulness meditation.1.3Mā vo amataṁ panassa.Don’t let freedom from death be lost on you.11.4Katamesu catūsu?What four?1.5Idha, 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.1.6vedanāsu …pe…They meditate observing an aspect of feelings …1.7citte …pe…mind …1.8dhammesu dhammānupassī viharati ātāpī sampajāno satimā, vineyya loke abhijjhādomanassaṁ.principles—keen, aware, and mindful, rid of covetousness and displeasure for the world.1.9Imesu, bhikkhave, catūsu satipaṭṭhānesu suppatiṭṭhitacittā viharatha.You should meditate with your mind firmly established in the four kinds of mindfulness meditation.1.10Mā vo amataṁ panassā”ti.Don’t let freedom from death be lost on you.”

1.11Paṭhamaṁ.

Translator’s notes

  1. Mā takes the aorist panassa (from panassati).

    ↩ sn47.41:1.3