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Linked Discourses 47.5 – Saṁyutta Nikāya 47.5

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SN 47.5 A Heap of the Unskillful – Akusalarāsisutta

 

At Sāvatthī.

Sāvatthinidānaṁ.

There the Buddha said:

Tatra kho bhagavā etadavoca:

“Rightly speaking, bhikkhū, you’d call these five hindrances a ‘heap of the unskillful’.

“‘akusalarāsī’ti, bhikkhave, vadamāno pañca nīvaraṇe sammā vadamāno vadeyya.

For these five hindrances are entirely a heap of the unskillful.

Kevalo hāyaṁ, bhikkhave, akusalarāsi, yadidaṁ—pañca nīvaraṇā.

What five?

Katame pañca?

The hindrances of sensual desire, ill will, dullness and drowsiness, restlessness and remorse, and doubt.

Kāmacchandanīvaraṇaṁ, byāpādanīvaraṇaṁ, thinamiddhanīvaraṇaṁ, uddhaccakukkuccanīvaraṇaṁ, vicikicchānīvaraṇaṁ.

Rightly speaking, you’d call these five hindrances a ‘heap of the unskillful’.

‘Akusalarāsī’ti, bhikkhave, vadamāno ime pañca nīvaraṇe sammā vadamāno vadeyya.

For these five hindrances are entirely a heap of the unskillful.

Kevalo hāyaṁ, bhikkhave, akusalarāsi, yadidaṁ—pañca nīvaraṇā.

Rightly speaking, you’d call these four kinds of mindfulness meditation a ‘heap of the skillful’.

‘Kusalarāsī’ti, bhikkhave, vadamāno cattāro satipaṭṭhāne sammā vadamāno vadeyya.

For these four kinds of mindfulness meditation are entirely a heap of the skillful.

Kevalo hāyaṁ, bhikkhave, kusalarāsi, yadidaṁ—cattāro satipaṭṭhānā.

What four?

Katame cattāro?

It’s when 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;

They meditate observing an aspect of feelings …

vedanāsu …pe…

They meditate observing an aspect of the mind …

citte …pe…

They meditate observing an aspect of principles—keen, aware, and mindful, rid of desire and aversion for the world.

dhammesu dhammānupassī viharati ātāpī sampajāno satimā, vineyya loke abhijjhādomanassaṁ.

Rightly speaking, you’d call these four kinds of mindfulness meditation a ‘heap of the skillful’.

‘Kusalarāsī’ti, bhikkhave, vadamāno ime cattāro satipaṭṭhāne sammā vadamāno vadeyya.

For these four kinds of mindfulness meditation are entirely a heap of the skillful.”

Kevalo hāyaṁ, bhikkhave, kusalarāsi, yadidaṁ—cattāro satipaṭṭhānā”ti.