Mahasatipatthanasutta 11: 2. Observing the Feelings
The Longer Discourse on Mindfulness Meditation 11
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2. Observing the Feelings
11.1
And how does a mendicant meditate observing an aspect of feelings?
11.2
It’s when a mendicant who feels a pleasant feeling knows: ‘I feel a pleasant feeling.’
11.3
When they feel a painful feeling, they know: ‘I feel a painful feeling.’
11.4
When they feel a neutral feeling, they know: ‘I feel a neutral feeling.’
11.5
When they feel a pleasant feeling of the flesh, they know: ‘I feel a pleasant feeling of the flesh.’
11.6
When they feel a pleasant feeling not of the flesh, they know: ‘I feel a pleasant feeling not of the flesh.’
11.7
When they feel a painful feeling of the flesh, they know: ‘I feel a painful feeling of the flesh.’
11.8
When they feel a painful feeling not of the flesh, they know: ‘I feel a painful feeling not of the flesh.’
11.9
When they feel a neutral feeling of the flesh, they know: ‘I feel a neutral feeling of the flesh.’
11.10
When they feel a neutral feeling not of the flesh, they know: ‘I feel a neutral feeling not of the flesh.’
11.11
And so they meditate observing an aspect of feelings internally, externally, and both internally and externally.
11.12
With respect to feelings, they meditate observing the liability to originate, to vanish, and to originate and vanish.
11.13
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
That’s how a mendicant meditates by observing an aspect of feelings.
Translations (4)
- Большое наставление об установлении памятования — Russian
- Большое наставление о способах установления памятования — Russian
- Dugi govor o temeljima svesnosti — sr
- Die längere Lehrrede über Achtsamkeitsmeditation — German
Commentaries (1)
- Sumaṅgalavilāsinī — Buddhaghosa, Pāli
Linked texts (1)
- Mahāsatipaṭṭhānasutta — Pāli