AN 9.68 Places of Rebirth – Gatisutta

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AN 9.68 Places of Rebirth – Gatisutta

Numbered Discourses 9.68 – Aṅguttara Nikāya 9.68

7. Mindfulness Meditation – 7. Satipaṭṭhānavagga

AN 9.68 Places of Rebirth – Gatisutta

 

1.1

Bhikkhū, there are five destinations.

“Pañcimā, bhikkhave, gatiyo.

1.2

What five?

Katamā pañca?

1.3

Hell, the animal realm, the ghost realm, humanity, and the gods.

Nirayo, tiracchānayoni, pettivisayo, manussā, devā—

1.4

These are the five destinations.

imā kho, bhikkhave, pañca gatiyo.

2.1

To give up these five destinations you should develop the four kinds of mindfulness meditation. …”

Imāsaṁ kho, bhikkhave, pañcannaṁ gatīnaṁ pahānāya …pe… ime cattāro satipaṭṭhānā bhāvetabbā”ti.

2.2

Chaṭṭhaṁ.