Mahasatipatthanasutta 1.1-12
Mahāsatipaṭṭhānasutta 1.1-12
- Language
- Pāli
1.1
Evaṃ me sutaṃ—
So I have heard.
1.2
ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā kurūsu viharati kammāsadhammaṃ nāma kurūnaṃ nigamo.
At one time the Buddha was staying in the land of the Kurus, near the Kuru town named Kammāsadamma.
1.3
Tatra kho bhagavā bhikkhū āmantesi:
There the Buddha addressed the mendicants,
1.4
“bhikkhavo”ti.
“Mendicants!”
1.5
“Bhaddante”ti te bhikkhū bhagavato paccassosuṃ.
“Venerable sir,” they replied.
1.6
Bhagavā etadavoca:
The Buddha said this:
1.7
“Ekāyano ayaṃ, bhikkhave, maggo sattānaṃ visuddhiyā, sokaparidevānaṃ samatikkamāya dukkhadomanassānaṃ atthaṅgamāya ñāyassa adhigamāya nibbānassa sacchikiriyāya, yadidaṃ cattāro satipaṭṭhānā.
“Mendicants, the four kinds of mindfulness meditation are the path to convergence. They are in order to purify sentient beings, to get past sorrow and crying, to make an end of pain and sadness, to discover the system, and to realize extinguishment.
1.8
Katame cattāro?
What four?
1.9
Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu kāye kāyānupassī viharati ātāpī sampajāno satimā vineyya loke abhijjhādomanassaṃ,
It’s when a mendicant meditates by observing an aspect of the body—keen, aware, and mindful, rid of covetousness and displeasure for the world.
1.10
vedanāsu vedanānupassī viharati ātāpī sampajāno satimā vineyya loke abhijjhādomanassaṃ,
They meditate observing an aspect of feelings—keen, aware, and mindful, rid of covetousness and displeasure for the world.
1.11
citte cittānupassī viharati ātāpī sampajāno satimā vineyya loke abhijjhādomanassaṃ,
They meditate observing an aspect of the mind—keen, aware, and mindful, rid of covetousness and displeasure for the world.
1.12
dhammesu dhammānupassī viharati ātāpī sampajāno satimā vineyya loke abhijjhādomanassaṃ.
They meditate observing an aspect of principles—keen, aware, and mindful, rid of covetousness and displeasure for the world.
Translations (5)
- Большое наставление о способах установления памятования — Russian
- Dugi govor o temeljima svesnosti — sr
- Die längere Lehrrede über Achtsamkeitsmeditation — German
- The Longer Discourse on Mindfulness Meditation — English
- Большое наставление об установлении памятования — Russian
Commentaries (1)
- Sumaṅgalavilāsinī — Buddhaghosa, Pāli
Linked texts (3)
- 增壹阿含經 — Classical Chinese
- 中阿含經 — Classical Chinese
- Satipaṭṭhānasutta — Pāli