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> And what is right view? > — The Longer Discourse on Mindfulness Meditation ### [21.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.22.21.5) Yaṃ kho, bhikkhave, dukkhe ñāṇaṃ, dukkhasamudaye ñāṇaṃ, dukkhanirodhe ñāṇaṃ, dukkhanirodhagāminiyā paṭipadāya ñāṇaṃ. > Knowing about suffering, the origin of suffering, the cessation of suffering, and the practice that leads to the cessation of suffering. > — The Longer Discourse on Mindfulness Meditation ### [21.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.22.21.6) Ayaṃ vuccati, bhikkhave, sammādiṭṭhi. > This is called right view. > — The Longer Discourse on Mindfulness Meditation ### [21.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.22.21.7) Katamo ca, bhikkhave, sammāsaṅkappo? > And what is right purpose? > — The Longer Discourse on Mindfulness Meditation ### [21.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.22.21.8) Nekkhammasaṅkappo abyāpādasaṅkappo avihiṃsāsaṅkappo. > Purposes of renunciation, good will, and harmlessness. > — The Longer Discourse on Mindfulness Meditation ### [21.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.22.21.9) Ayaṃ vuccati, bhikkhave, sammāsaṅkappo. > This is called right purpose. > — The Longer Discourse on Mindfulness Meditation ### [21.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.22.21.10) Katamā ca, bhikkhave, sammāvācā? > And what is right speech? > — The Longer Discourse on Mindfulness Meditation ### [21.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.22.21.11) Musāvādā veramaṇī pisuṇāya vācāya veramaṇī pharusāya vācāya veramaṇī samphappalāpā veramaṇī. > Refraining from lying, backbiting, harsh speech, and talking nonsense. > — The Longer Discourse on Mindfulness Meditation ### [21.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.22.21.12) Ayaṃ vuccati, bhikkhave, sammāvācā. > This is called right speech. > — The Longer Discourse on Mindfulness Meditation ### [21.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.22.21.13) Katamo ca, bhikkhave, sammākammanto? > And what is right action? > — The Longer Discourse on Mindfulness Meditation ### [21.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.22.21.14) Pāṇātipātā veramaṇī adinnādānā veramaṇī kāmesumicchācārā veramaṇī. > Refraining from killing living creatures, stealing, and sexual misconduct. > — The Longer Discourse on Mindfulness Meditation ### [21.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.22.21.15) Ayaṃ vuccati, bhikkhave, sammākammanto. > This is called right action. > — The Longer Discourse on Mindfulness Meditation ### [21.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.22.21.16) Katamo ca, bhikkhave, sammāājīvo? > And what is right livelihood? > — The Longer Discourse on Mindfulness Meditation ### [21.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.22.21.17) Idha, bhikkhave, ariyasāvako micchāājīvaṃ pahāya sammāājīvena jīvitaṃ kappeti. > It’s when a noble disciple gives up wrong livelihood and earns a living by right livelihood. > — The Longer Discourse on Mindfulness Meditation ### [21.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.22.21.18) Ayaṃ vuccati, bhikkhave, sammāājīvo. > This is called right livelihood. > — The Longer Discourse on Mindfulness Meditation ### [21.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.22.21.19) Katamo ca, bhikkhave, sammāvāyāmo? > And what is right effort? > — The Longer Discourse on Mindfulness Meditation ### [21.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.22.21.20) Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu anuppannānaṃ pāpakānaṃ akusalānaṃ dhammānaṃ anuppādāya chandaṃ janeti vāyamati vīriyaṃ ārabhati cittaṃ paggaṇhāti padahati; > It’s when a mendicant generates enthusiasm, tries, makes an effort, exerts the mind, and strives so that bad, unskillful qualities don’t arise. > — The Longer Discourse on Mindfulness Meditation ### [21.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.22.21.21) uppannānaṃ pāpakānaṃ akusalānaṃ dhammānaṃ pahānāya chandaṃ janeti vāyamati vīriyaṃ ārabhati cittaṃ paggaṇhāti padahati; > They generate enthusiasm, try, make an effort, exert the mind, and strive so that bad, unskillful qualities that have arisen are given up. > — The Longer Discourse on Mindfulness Meditation ### [21.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.22.21.22) anuppannānaṃ kusalānaṃ dhammānaṃ uppādāya chandaṃ janeti vāyamati vīriyaṃ ārabhati cittaṃ paggaṇhāti padahati; > They generate enthusiasm, try, make an effort, exert the mind, and strive so that skillful qualities arise. > — The Longer Discourse on Mindfulness Meditation ### [21.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.22.21.23) uppannānaṃ kusalānaṃ dhammānaṃ ṭhitiyā asammosāya bhiyyobhāvāya vepullāya bhāvanāya pāripūriyā chandaṃ janeti vāyamati vīriyaṃ ārabhati cittaṃ paggaṇhāti padahati. > They generate enthusiasm, try, make an effort, exert the mind, and strive so that skillful qualities that have arisen remain, are not lost, but increase, mature, and are fully developed. > — The Longer Discourse on Mindfulness Meditation ### [21.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.22.21.24) Ayaṃ vuccati, bhikkhave, sammāvāyāmo. > This is called right effort. > — The Longer Discourse on Mindfulness Meditation ### [21.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.22.21.25) Katamā ca, bhikkhave, sammāsati? > And what is right mindfulness? > — The Longer Discourse on Mindfulness Meditation ### [21.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.22.21.26) 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 ### [21.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.22.21.27) 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 ### [21.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.22.21.28) 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 ### [21.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.22.21.29) 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 ### [21.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.22.21.30) Ayaṃ vuccati, bhikkhave, sammāsati. > This is called right mindfulness. > — The Longer Discourse on Mindfulness Meditation ### [21.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.22.21.31) Katamo ca, bhikkhave, sammāsamādhi? > And what is right immersion? > — The Longer Discourse on Mindfulness Meditation ### [21.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.22.21.32) Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu vivicceva kāmehi vivicca akusalehi dhammehi savitakkaṃ savicāraṃ vivekajaṃ pītisukhaṃ paṭhamaṃ jhānaṃ upasampajja viharati. > It’s when a mendicant, quite secluded from sensual pleasures, secluded from unskillful qualities, enters and remains in the first absorption, which has the rapture and bliss born of seclusion, while placing the mind and keeping it connected. > — The Longer Discourse on Mindfulness Meditation ### [21.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.22.21.33) Vitakkavicārānaṃ vūpasamā ajjhattaṃ sampasādanaṃ cetaso ekodibhāvaṃ avitakkaṃ avicāraṃ samādhijaṃ pītisukhaṃ dutiyaṃ jhānaṃ upasampajja viharati. > As the placing of the mind and keeping it connected are stilled, they enter and remain in the second absorption, which has the rapture and bliss born of immersion, with internal clarity and mind at one, without placing the mind and keeping it connected. > — The Longer Discourse on Mindfulness Meditation ### [21.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.22.21.34) Pītiyā ca virāgā upekkhako ca viharati, sato ca sampajāno, sukhañca kāyena paṭisaṃvedeti, yaṃ taṃ ariyā ācikkhanti ‘upekkhako satimā sukhavihārī’ti tatiyaṃ jhānaṃ upasampajja viharati. > And with the fading away of rapture, they enter and remain in the third absorption, where they meditate with equanimity, mindful and aware, experiencing for themselves the bliss of which the noble ones declare, ‘Equanimous and mindful, one meditates in bliss.’ > — The Longer Discourse on Mindfulness Meditation ### [21.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.22.21.35) Sukhassa ca pahānā dukkhassa ca pahānā pubbeva somanassadomanassānaṃ atthaṅgamā adukkhamasukhaṃ upekkhāsatipārisuddhiṃ catutthaṃ jhānaṃ upasampajja viharati. > With the giving up of pleasure and pain and the disappearance of former happiness and sadness, they enter and remain in the fourth absorption, without pleasure or pain, with pure equanimity and mindfulness. > — The Longer Discourse on Mindfulness Meditation ### [21.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.22.21.36) Ayaṃ vuccati, bhikkhave, sammāsamādhi. > This is called right immersion. > — The Longer Discourse on Mindfulness Meditation ### [21.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.22.21.37) Idaṃ vuccati, bhikkhave, dukkhanirodhagāminī paṭipadā ariyasaccaṃ. > This is called the noble truth of the practice that leads to the cessation of suffering. > — The Longer Discourse on Mindfulness Meditation ### [21.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.22.21.38) Iti ajjhattaṃ vā dhammesu dhammānupassī viharati, bahiddhā vā dhammesu dhammānupassī viharati, ajjhattabahiddhā vā dhammesu dhammānupassī viharati. > And so they meditate observing an aspect of principles internally, externally, and both internally and externally. > — The Longer Discourse on Mindfulness Meditation ### [21.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.22.21.39) Samudayadhammānupassī vā dhammesu viharati, vayadhammānupassī vā dhammesu viharati, samudayavayadhammānupassī vā dhammesu viharati. > They meditate observing, with respect to the principles, the liability to originate, to vanish, and to originate and vanish. > — The Longer Discourse on Mindfulness Meditation ### [21.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.22.21.40) ‘Atthi dhammā’ti vā panassa sati paccupaṭṭhitā hoti yāvadeva ñāṇamattāya paṭissatimattāya anissito ca viharati, na ca kiñci loke upādiyati. > Or mindfulness is established that principles 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 ### [21.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.22.21.41) Evampi kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhu dhammesu dhammānupassī viharati catūsu ariyasaccesu. > That’s how a mendicant meditates by observing an aspect of principles with respect to the four noble truths. > — 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.21.1) — Russian - [Dugi govor o temeljima svesnosti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.22~sr-brankokovacevic.21.1) — sr - [Die längere Lehrrede über Achtsamkeitsmeditation](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.22~de-sabbamitta.21.1) — German - [The Longer Discourse on Mindfulness Meditation](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.22~en-sujato.21.1) — English - [Большое наставление об установлении памятования](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.22~ru-o.21.1) — Russian ## Commentaries (1) - [Sumaṅgalavilāsinī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha!sumangalavilasini.22.402) — Buddhaghosa, Pāli ## Linked texts (3) - [Paṭisambhidāmagga](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.patisambhidamagga.1.1.199.2) — Pāli - [Vibhaṅga](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.ap.vibhanga.11.6.2) — Pāli - [增壹阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.ekottaragama*zh-sanghadeva.12.1.21) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.22.21.1-41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.22.21.1-41) · Pramāṇa