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# Mahasatipatthanasutta 2.8

Mahāsatipaṭṭhānasutta 2.8

- **Language:** Pāli

### [2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.22.2.8)

Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, dakkho bhamakāro vā bhamakārantevāsī vā dīghaṃ vā añchanto ‘dīghaṃ añchāmī’ti pajānāti, rassaṃ vā añchanto ‘rassaṃ añchāmī’ti pajānāti;

> It’s like a deft lathe-turner or lathe-turner’s apprentice. When drawing a long pull they know: ‘I’m drawing a long pull,’ and when drawing a short pull they know: ‘I’m drawing a short pull.’  
> — The Longer Discourse on Mindfulness Meditation

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## Translations (5)

- [Большое наставление о способах установления памятования](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.22~ru-khantibalo.2.8) — Russian
- [Dugi govor o temeljima svesnosti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.22~sr-brankokovacevic.2.8) — sr
- [Die längere Lehrrede über Achtsamkeitsmeditation](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.22~de-sabbamitta.2.8) — German
- [The Longer Discourse on Mindfulness Meditation](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.22~en-sujato.2.8) — English
- [Большое наставление об установлении памятования](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.22~ru-o.2.8) — Russian

## Linked texts (2)

- [中阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.madhyamagama*zh-sanghadeva.98.7) — Classical Chinese
- [Satipaṭṭhānasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.10.4.8) — Pāli

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