[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) › 11.1-14 # Mahasatipatthanasutta 11.1-14 Mahāsatipaṭṭhānasutta 11.1-14 - **Language:** Pāli ### [11.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.22.11.1) Kathañca pana, bhikkhave, bhikkhu vedanāsu vedanānupassī viharati? > And how does a mendicant meditate observing an aspect of feelings? > — The Longer Discourse on Mindfulness Meditation ### [11.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.22.11.2) 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.’ > — The Longer Discourse on Mindfulness Meditation ### [11.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.22.11.3) Dukkhaṃ vā vedanaṃ vedayamāno ‘dukkhaṃ vedanaṃ vedayāmī’ti pajānāti. > When they feel a painful feeling, they know: ‘I feel a painful feeling.’ > — The Longer Discourse on Mindfulness Meditation ### [11.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.22.11.4) Adukkhamasukhaṃ vā vedanaṃ vedayamāno ‘adukkhamasukhaṃ vedanaṃ vedayāmī’ti pajānāti. > When they feel a neutral feeling, they know: ‘I feel a neutral feeling.’ > — The Longer Discourse on Mindfulness Meditation ### [11.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.22.11.5) 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.’ > — The Longer Discourse on Mindfulness Meditation ### [11.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.22.11.6) 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.’ > — The Longer Discourse on Mindfulness Meditation ### [11.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.22.11.7) 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.’ > — The Longer Discourse on Mindfulness Meditation ### [11.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.22.11.8) 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.’ > — The Longer Discourse on Mindfulness Meditation ### [11.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.22.11.9) 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.’ > — The Longer Discourse on Mindfulness Meditation ### [11.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.22.11.10) 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.’ > — The Longer Discourse on Mindfulness Meditation ### [11.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.22.11.11) 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. > — The Longer Discourse on Mindfulness Meditation ### [11.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.22.11.12) 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. > — The Longer Discourse on Mindfulness Meditation ### [11.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.22.11.13) ‘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. > — The Longer Discourse on Mindfulness Meditation ### [11.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.22.11.14) Evampi kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhu vedanāsu vedanānupassī viharati. > That’s how a mendicant meditates by observing an aspect of feelings. > — 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.11.1) — Russian - [Dugi govor o temeljima svesnosti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.22~sr-brankokovacevic.11.1) — sr - [Die längere Lehrrede über Achtsamkeitsmeditation](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.22~de-sabbamitta.11.1) — German - [The Longer Discourse on Mindfulness Meditation](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.22~en-sujato.11.1) — English - [Большое наставление об установлении памятования](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.22~ru-o.11.1) — Russian ## Commentaries (1) - [Sumaṅgalavilāsinī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha!sumangalavilasini.22.380) — Buddhaghosa, Pāli ## Linked texts (4) - [Satipaṭṭhānasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.10.32.2) — Pāli - [Vibhaṅga](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.ap.vibhanga.7.12.2) — Pāli - [增壹阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.ekottaragama*zh-sanghadeva.12.1.16) — Classical Chinese - [中阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.madhyamagama*zh-sanghadeva.98.19) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.22.11.1-14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.22.11.1-14) · Pramāṇa