{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn47.4/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn47.4","id":"suttacentral_sn47.4","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn47.4/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Samyutta Nikaya"],"text":"At one time the Buddha was staying in the land of the Kosalans near the brahmin village of S\u0101l\u0101. There the Buddha addressed the mendicants: \u201cMendicants, those mendicants who are junior\u2014recently gone forth, newly come to this teaching and training\u2014should be encouraged, supported, and established by you in the four kinds of mindfulness meditation. What four? Please, reverends, meditate observing an aspect of the body\u2014keen, aware, at one, with minds that are clear, immersed and unified in sam\u0101dhi, so as to truly know the body. Meditate observing an aspect of feelings\u2014keen, aware, at one, with minds that are clear, immersed and unified in sam\u0101dhi, so as to truly know feelings. Meditate observing an aspect of the mind\u2014keen, aware, at one, with minds that are clear, immersed and unified in sam\u0101dhi, so as to truly know the mind. Meditate observing an aspect of principles\u2014keen, aware, at one, with minds that are clear, immersed and unified in sam\u0101dhi, so as to truly know principles. Those mendicants who are trainees\u2014who haven\u2019t achieved their heart\u2019s desire, but live aspiring to the supreme sanctuary from the yoke\u2014also meditate observing an aspect of the body\u2014keen, aware, at one, with minds that are clear, immersed and unified in sam\u0101dhi, so as to fully understand the body. They meditate observing an aspect of feelings\u2014keen, aware, at one, with minds that are clear, immersed and unified in sam\u0101dhi, so as to fully understand feelings. They meditate observing an aspect of the mind\u2014keen, aware, at one, with minds that are clear, immersed and unified in sam\u0101dhi, so as to fully understand the mind. They meditate observing an aspect of principles\u2014keen, aware, at one, with minds that are clear, immersed and unified in sam\u0101dhi, so as to fully understand principles. Those mendicants who are perfected\u2014who have ended the defilements, completed the spiritual journey, done what had to be done, laid down the burden, achieved their own goal, utterly ended the fetter of continued existence, and are rightly freed through enlightenment\u2014also meditate observing an aspect of the body\u2014keen, aware, at one, with minds that are clear, immersed and unified in sam\u0101dhi, detached from the body. They meditate observing an aspect of feelings\u2014keen, aware, at one, with minds that are clear, immersed and unified in sam\u0101dhi, detached from feelings. They meditate observing an aspect of the mind\u2014keen, aware, at one, with minds that are clear, immersed and unified in sam\u0101dhi, detached from the mind. They meditate observing an aspect of principles\u2014keen, aware, at one, with minds that are clear, immersed and unified in sam\u0101dhi, detached from principles. Those mendicants who are junior\u2014recently gone forth, newly come to this teaching and training\u2014should be encouraged, supported, and established by you in these four kinds of mindfulness meditation.\u201d","title":"At S\u0101l\u0101","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":452}