Saṁyutta Nikāya 47.4 1.

Sāla Discourse

Ambapālivagga Sālasutta Ekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā kosalesu viharati sālāya brāhmaṇagāme.

At one time, the Blessed One was staying in the Kosala country, in the brahmin village of Sālā.

Tatra kho bhagavā bhikkhū āmantesi …pe…

There the Blessed One addressed the disciples …

etadavoca: “Ye te, bhikkhave, bhikkhū navā acirapabbajitā adhunāgatā imaṁ dhammavinayaṁ, te vo, bhikkhave, bhikkhū catunnaṁ satipaṭṭhānānaṁ bhāvanāya samādapetabbā nivesetabbā patiṭṭhāpetabbā.

and said this:

Disciples, those disciples who are new, recently gone forth, newly come to this Dhamma and Discipline, should be encouraged, settled, and established by you in the development of the four dwellings of mindfulness.

Katamesaṁ catunnaṁ?

What four?

Etha tumhe, āvuso, kāye kāyānupassino viharatha ātāpino sampajānā ekodibhūtā vippasannacittā samāhitā ekaggacittā, kāyassa yathābhūtaṁ ñāṇāya; vedanāsu vedanānupassino viharatha ātāpino sampajānā ekodibhūtā vippasannacittā samāhitā ekaggacittā, vedanānaṁ yathābhūtaṁ ñāṇāya; citte cittānupassino viharatha ātāpino sampajānā ekodibhūtā vippasannacittā samāhitā ekaggacittā, cittassa yathābhūtaṁ ñāṇāya; dhammesu dhammānupassino viharatha ātāpino sampajānā ekodibhūtā vippasannacittā samāhitā ekaggacittā, dhammānaṁ yathābhūtaṁ ñāṇāya.

Come, friends, dwell contemplating the body in the body, ardent, clearly knowing, unified, with concentrated one-pointed mind, in order to know the body as it really is; dwell contemplating feelings in feelings, ardent, clearly knowing, unified, with concentrated one-pointed mind, in order to know feelings as they really are; dwell contemplating the mind in the mind, ardent, clearly knowing, unified, with concentrated one-pointed mind, in order to know the mind as it really is; dwell contemplating phenomena in phenomena, ardent, clearly knowing, unified, with concentrated one-pointed mind, in order to know phenomena as they really are.

Yepi te, bhikkhave, bhikkhū sekhā appattamānasā anuttaraṁ yogakkhemaṁ patthayamānā viharanti, tepi kāye kāyānupassino viharanti ātāpino sampajānā ekodibhūtā vippasannacittā samāhitā ekaggacittā, kāyassa pariññāya; vedanāsu vedanānupassino viharanti ātāpino sampajānā ekodibhūtā vippasannacittā samāhitā ekaggacittā, vedanānaṁ pariññāya; citte cittānupassino viharanti ātāpino sampajānā ekodibhūtā vippasannacittā samāhitā ekaggacittā, cittassa pariññāya; dhammesu dhammānupassino viharanti ātāpino sampajānā ekodibhūtā vippasannacittā samāhitā ekaggacittā, dhammānaṁ pariññāya.

Those disciples, too, who are trainees, not yet attained to their minds ideal, but who live aspiring to the supreme security from bondage, also dwell contemplating the body in the body, ardent, clearly knowing, unified, with concentrated one-pointed mind, in order to fully know the body; dwell contemplating feelings in feelings, ardent, clearly knowing, unified, with concentrated one-pointed mind, in order to fully know feelings; dwell contemplating the mind in the mind, ardent, clearly knowing, unified, with concentrated one-pointed mind, in order to fully know the mind; dwell contemplating phenomena in phenomena, ardent, clearly knowing, unified, with concentrated one-pointed mind, in order to fully know phenomena.

Yepi te, bhikkhave, bhikkhū arahanto khīṇāsavā vusitavanto katakaraṇīyā ohitabhārā anuppattasadatthā parikkhīṇabhavasaṁyojanā sammadaññāvimuttā, tepi kāye kāyānupassino viharanti ātāpino sampajānā ekodibhūtā vippasannacittā samāhitā ekaggacittā, kāyena visaṁyuttā; vedanāsu vedanānupassino viharanti ātāpino sampajānā ekodibhūtā vippasannacittā samāhitā ekaggacittā, vedanāhi visaṁyuttā; citte cittānupassino viharanti ātāpino sampajānā ekodibhūtā vippasannacittā samāhitā ekaggacittā, cittena visaṁyuttā; dhammesu dhammānupassino viharanti ātāpino sampajānā ekodibhūtā vippasannacittā samāhitā ekaggacittā, dhammehi visaṁyuttā.

Those disciples, too, who are arahants, with taints destroyed, who have lived the holy life, done what had to be done, laid down the burden, reached their own goal, destroyed the fetters of being, and are completely liberated through final knowing, also dwell contemplating the body in the body, ardent, clearly knowing, unified, with concentrated one-pointed mind, detached from the body; dwell contemplating feelings in feelings, ardent, clearly knowing, unified, with concentrated one-pointed mind, detached from feelings; dwell contemplating the mind in the mind, ardent, clearly knowing, unified, with concentrated one-pointed mind, detached from the mind; They dwell attending the phenomena in the phenomena, ardent, fully aware, unified, with clear mind, concentrated, with one-pointed mind, detached from phenomena.

Yepi te, bhikkhave, bhikkhū navā acirapabbajitā adhunāgatā imaṁ dhammavinayaṁ, te vo, bhikkhave, bhikkhū imesaṁ catunnaṁ satipaṭṭhānānaṁ bhāvanāya samādapetabbā nivesetabbā patiṭṭhāpetabbā”ti. Catutthaṁ.

Disciples, those disciples who are new, recently gone forth, newly come to this Dhamma and Discipline, those disciples, you should encourage, settle, and establish in the development of these four dwellings of mindfulness.