Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c31.2181

v2.c31.2181

Mahāsatipatthāna Sutta.—Preached at Kammāssadamma in the Kuru country. The Buddha tells the monks that the one and only path leading to Nibbāna is that of the Four Bases of Mindfulness. These, in brief, are the four ways of directing the mind to the impurities and the impermanency of body: (1) kāya, physical structure and activities; (2) vedanā, the emotional nature, first as bare feeling, then as having ethical implications; (3) citta, conscious life or intelligence, considered under ethical aspects; (4) dhamma, considered under the five hindrances; the five groups (khandhas), the six spheres of sense, the seven bojjhaṅgas, and the four Ariyan Truths.¹