Mahasatipatthanasutta 11.1-14
Mahāsatipaṭṭhānasutta 11.1-14
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- Pāli
11.1
Kathañca pana, bhikkhave, bhikkhu vedanāsu vedanānupassī viharati?
And how does a mendicant meditate observing an aspect of feelings?
11.2
Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu sukhaṃ vā vedanaṃ vedayamāno ‘sukhaṃ vedanaṃ vedayāmī’ti pajānāti.
It’s when a mendicant who feels a pleasant feeling knows: ‘I feel a pleasant feeling.’
11.3
Dukkhaṃ vā vedanaṃ vedayamāno ‘dukkhaṃ vedanaṃ vedayāmī’ti pajānāti.
When they feel a painful feeling, they know: ‘I feel a painful feeling.’
11.4
Adukkhamasukhaṃ vā vedanaṃ vedayamāno ‘adukkhamasukhaṃ vedanaṃ vedayāmī’ti pajānāti.
When they feel a neutral feeling, they know: ‘I feel a neutral feeling.’
11.5
Sāmisaṃ vā sukhaṃ vedanaṃ vedayamāno ‘sāmisaṃ sukhaṃ vedanaṃ vedayāmī’ti pajānāti.
When they feel a pleasant feeling of the flesh, they know: ‘I feel a pleasant feeling of the flesh.’
11.6
Nirāmisaṃ vā sukhaṃ vedanaṃ vedayamāno ‘nirāmisaṃ sukhaṃ vedanaṃ vedayāmī’ti pajānāti.
When they feel a pleasant feeling not of the flesh, they know: ‘I feel a pleasant feeling not of the flesh.’
11.7
Sāmisaṃ vā dukkhaṃ vedanaṃ vedayamāno ‘sāmisaṃ dukkhaṃ vedanaṃ vedayāmī’ti pajānāti.
When they feel a painful feeling of the flesh, they know: ‘I feel a painful feeling of the flesh.’
11.8
Nirāmisaṃ vā dukkhaṃ vedanaṃ vedayamāno ‘nirāmisaṃ dukkhaṃ vedanaṃ vedayāmī’ti pajānāti.
When they feel a painful feeling not of the flesh, they know: ‘I feel a painful feeling not of the flesh.’
11.9
Sāmisaṃ vā adukkhamasukhaṃ vedanaṃ vedayamāno ‘sāmisaṃ adukkhamasukhaṃ vedanaṃ vedayāmī’ti pajānāti.
When they feel a neutral feeling of the flesh, they know: ‘I feel a neutral feeling of the flesh.’
11.10
Nirāmisaṃ vā adukkhamasukhaṃ vedanaṃ vedayamāno ‘nirāmisaṃ adukkhamasukhaṃ vedanaṃ vedayāmī’ti pajānāti.
When they feel a neutral feeling not of the flesh, they know: ‘I feel a neutral feeling not of the flesh.’
11.11
Iti ajjhattaṃ vā vedanāsu vedanānupassī viharati, bahiddhā vā vedanāsu vedanānupassī viharati, ajjhattabahiddhā vā vedanāsu vedanānupassī viharati.
And so they meditate observing an aspect of feelings internally, externally, and both internally and externally.
11.12
Samudayadhammānupassī vā vedanāsu viharati, vayadhammānupassī vā vedanāsu viharati, samudayavayadhammānupassī vā vedanāsu viharati.
With respect to feelings, they meditate observing the liability to originate, to vanish, and to originate and vanish.
11.13
‘Atthi vedanā’ti vā panassa sati paccupaṭṭhitā hoti yāvadeva ñāṇamattāya paṭissatimattāya anissito ca viharati, na ca kiñci loke upādiyati.
Or mindfulness is established that feelings exist, to the extent necessary for knowledge and mindfulness. They meditate independent, not grasping at anything in the world.
11.14
Evampi kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhu vedanāsu vedanānupassī viharati.
That’s how a mendicant meditates by observing an aspect of feelings.
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 (4)
- Satipaṭṭhānasutta — Pāli
- Vibhaṅga — Pāli
- 增壹阿含經 — Classical Chinese
- 中阿含經 — Classical Chinese