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Numbered Discourses 4.274 – Aṅguttara Nikāya 4.274

28. Abbreviated Texts Beginning with Greed – 28. Rāgapeyyāla

AN 4.274 Mindfulness Meditation – Satipaṭṭhānasutta

 

1.1

“For insight into greed, four things should be developed.

“Rāgassa, bhikkhave, abhiññāya cattāro dhammā bhāvetabbā.

1.2

What four?

Katame cattāro?

1.3

Firstly, a bhikkhu meditates by observing an aspect of the body—keen, aware, and mindful, rid of desire and aversion for the world.

Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu kāye kāyānupassī viharati ātāpī sampajāno satimā vineyya loke abhijjhādomanassaṁ;

1.4

They meditate observing an aspect of feelings … mind … dhamma—keen, aware, and mindful, rid of desire and aversion for the world.

vedanāsu …pe… citte …pe… dhammesu dhammānupassī viharati ātāpī sampajāno satimā vineyya loke abhijjhādomanassaṁ.

1.5

For insight into greed, these four things should be developed.”

Rāgassa, bhikkhave, abhiññāya ime cattāro dhammā bhāvetabbā”ti.

1.6

 

Paṭhamaṁ.