[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) › 6.1-7 # Mahasatipatthanasutta 6.1-7 Mahāsatipaṭṭhānasutta 6.1-7 - **Language:** Pāli ### [6.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.22.6.1) Puna caparaṃ, bhikkhave, bhikkhu imameva kāyaṃ yathāṭhitaṃ yathāpaṇihitaṃ dhātuso paccavekkhati: > Furthermore, a mendicant examines their own body, whatever its placement or posture, according to the elements: > — The Longer Discourse on Mindfulness Meditation ### [6.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.22.6.2) ‘atthi imasmiṃ kāye pathavīdhātu āpodhātu tejodhātu vāyodhātū’ti. > ‘In this body there is the earth element, the water element, the fire element, and the air element.’ > — The Longer Discourse on Mindfulness Meditation ### [6.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.22.6.3) Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, dakkho goghātako vā goghātakantevāsī vā gāviṃ vadhitvā catumahāpathe bilaso vibhajitvā nisinno assa; > It’s as if a deft butcher or butcher’s apprentice were to kill a cow and sit down at the crossroads with the meat cut into chops. > — The Longer Discourse on Mindfulness Meditation ### [6.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.22.6.4) evameva kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhu imameva kāyaṃ yathāṭhitaṃ yathāpaṇihitaṃ dhātuso paccavekkhati: ### [6.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.22.6.5) ‘atthi imasmiṃ kāye pathavīdhātu āpodhātu tejodhātu vāyodhātū’ti. ### [6.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.22.6.6) Iti ajjhattaṃ vā kāye kāyānupassī viharati …pe… > And so they meditate observing an aspect of the body internally … > — The Longer Discourse on Mindfulness Meditation ### [6.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.22.6.7) Evampi kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhu kāye kāyānupassī viharati. > That too is how a mendicant meditates by observing an aspect of the body. > — 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.6.1) — Russian - [Dugi govor o temeljima svesnosti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.22~sr-brankokovacevic.6.1) — sr - [Die längere Lehrrede über Achtsamkeitsmeditation](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.22~de-sabbamitta.6.1) — German - [The Longer Discourse on Mindfulness Meditation](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.22~en-sujato.6.1) — English - [Большое наставление об установлении памятования](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.22~ru-o.6.1) — Russian ## Commentaries (1) - [Sumaṅgalavilāsinī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha!sumangalavilasini.22.378) — Buddhaghosa, Pāli ## Linked texts (4) - [增壹阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.ekottaragama*zh-sanghadeva.12.1.9) — Classical Chinese - [中阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.madhyamagama*zh-sanghadeva.98.15) — Classical Chinese - [Satipaṭṭhānasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.10.12.3) — Pāli - [Kāyagatāsatisutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.119.8.3) — Pāli --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.22.6.1-7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.22.6.1-7) · Pramāṇa