[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [The Pāli Canon](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada) › [Basket of Discourses](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp) › [Dīghanikāya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha) › [Mahasatipatthanasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.22) › 1.1-12 # Mahasatipatthanasutta 1.1-12 Mahāsatipaṭṭhānasutta 1.1-12 - **Language:** Pāli ### [1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.22.1.1) Evaṃ me sutaṃ— > So I have heard. > — The Longer Discourse on Mindfulness Meditation ### [1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.22.1.2) 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. > — The Longer Discourse on Mindfulness Meditation ### [1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.22.1.3) Tatra kho bhagavā bhikkhū āmantesi: > There the Buddha addressed the mendicants, > — The Longer Discourse on Mindfulness Meditation ### [1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.22.1.4) “bhikkhavo”ti. > “Mendicants!” > — The Longer Discourse on Mindfulness Meditation ### [1.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.22.1.5) “Bhaddante”ti te bhikkhū bhagavato paccassosuṃ. > “Venerable sir,” they replied. > — The Longer Discourse on Mindfulness Meditation ### [1.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.22.1.6) Bhagavā etadavoca: > The Buddha said this: > — The Longer Discourse on Mindfulness Meditation ### [1.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.22.1.7) “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. > — The Longer Discourse on Mindfulness Meditation ### [1.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.22.1.8) Katame cattāro? > What four? > — The Longer Discourse on Mindfulness Meditation ### [1.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.22.1.9) 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. > — The Longer Discourse on Mindfulness Meditation ### [1.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.22.1.10) 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. > — The Longer Discourse on Mindfulness Meditation ### [1.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.22.1.11) 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. > — The Longer Discourse on Mindfulness Meditation ### [1.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.22.1.12) 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. > — The Longer Discourse on Mindfulness Meditation ## Translations (5) - [Большое наставление о способах установления памятования](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.22~ru-khantibalo.1.1) — Russian - [Dugi govor o temeljima svesnosti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.22~sr-brankokovacevic.1.1) — sr - [Die längere Lehrrede über Achtsamkeitsmeditation](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.22~de-sabbamitta.1.1) — German - [The Longer Discourse on Mindfulness Meditation](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.22~en-sujato.1.1) — English - [Большое наставление об установлении памятования](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.22~ru-o.1.1) — Russian ## Commentaries (1) - [Sumaṅgalavilāsinī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha!sumangalavilasini.22.373) — Buddhaghosa, Pāli ## Linked texts (3) - [增壹阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.ekottaragama*zh-sanghadeva.12.1.3) — Classical Chinese - [中阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.madhyamagama*zh-sanghadeva.98.2) — Classical Chinese - [Satipaṭṭhānasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.10.1.2) — Pāli --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.22.1.1-12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.22.1.1-12) · Pramāṇa