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Linked Discourses 47.45 – Saṁyutta Nikāya 47.45

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SN 47.45 A Heap of the Skillful – Kusalarāsisutta

 

“Rightly speaking, bhikkhū, 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…

mind …

citte …pe…

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.