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Connected Discourses on the Establishments of Mindfulness: SN47:43 The Path

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1 Sāvatthinidānaṃ. Tatra kho bhagavā bhikkhū āmantesi:  "ekamidāhaṃ, bhikkhave, samayaṃ uruvelāyaṃ viharāmi najjā nerañjarāya tīre ajapālanigrodhe paṭhamābhisambuddho. Tassa mayhaṃ, bhikkhave, rahogatassa paṭisallīnassa evaṃ cetaso parivitakko udapādi:  ‘ekāyanvāyaṃ maggo sattānaṃ visuddhiyā sokaparidevānaṃ samatikkamāya dukkhadomanassānaṃ atthangamāya ñāyassa adhigamāya nibbānassa sacchikiriyāya, yadidaṃ – cattāro satipaṭṭhānā.

2 Katame cattāro? Kāye vā bhikkhu kāyānupassī vihareyya ātāpī sampajāno satimā, vineyya loke abhijjhādomanassaṃ; vedanāsu vā bhikkhu vedanānupassī vihareyya … pe … citte vā bhikkhu cittānupassī vihareyya … pe … dhammesu vā bhikkhu dhammānupassī vihareyya ātāpī sampajāno satimā, vineyya loke abhijjhādomanassaṃ. Ekāyanvāyaṃ maggo sattānaṃ visuddhiyā sokaparidevānaṃ samatikkamāya dukkhadomanassānaṃ atthangamāya ñāyassa adhigamāya nibbānassa sacchikiriyāya, yadidaṃ – cattāro satipaṭṭhānā’ti.

3 Atha kho, bhikkhave, brahmā sahampati mama cetasā cetoparivitakkamaññāya – seyyathāpi nāma balavā puriso samiñjitaṃ vā bāhaṃ pasāreyya, pasāritaṃ vā bāhaṃ samiñjeyya; evameva – brahmaloke antarahito mama purato pāturahosi. Atha kho, bhikkhave, brahmā sahampati ekaṃsaṃ uttarāsangaṃ karitvā yenāhaṃ tenañjaliṃ paṇāmetvā maṃ etadavoca:  ‘evametaṃ, bhagavā, evametaṃ, sugata. Ekāyanvāyaṃ, bhante, maggo sattānaṃ visuddhiyā sokaparidevānaṃ samatikkamāya dukkhadomanassānaṃ atthangamāya ñāyassa adhigamāya nibbānassa sacchikiriyāya, yadidaṃ – cattāro satipaṭṭhānā.

4 Katame cattāro? Kāye vā, bhante, bhikkhu kāyānupassī vihareyya ātāpī sampajāno satimā, vineyya loke abhijjhādomanassaṃ; vedanāsu vā … pe … citte vā … pe … dhammesu vā, bhante, bhikkhu dhammānupassī vihareyya ātāpī sampajāno satimā, vineyya loke abhijjhādomanassaṃ. Ekāyanvāyaṃ, bhante, maggo sattānaṃ visuddhiyā sokaparidevānaṃ samatikkamāya dukkhadomanassānaṃ atthangamāya ñāyassa adhigamāya nibbānassa sacchikiriyāya, yadidaṃ – cattāro satipaṭṭhānā’ti.

5 Idamavoca, bhikkhave, brahmā sahampati. Idaṃ vatvā athāparaṃ etadavoca: 

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