{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn47.40/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn47.40","id":"suttacentral_sn47.40","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn47.40/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Samyutta Nikaya"],"text":"\u201cMendicants, I will teach you mindfulness meditation, the development of mindfulness meditation, and the practice that leads to the development of mindfulness meditation. Listen \u2026 And what is mindfulness meditation? It\u2019s when a mendicant meditates by observing an aspect of the body\u2014keen, aware, and mindful, rid of covetousness and displeasure for the world. They meditate observing an aspect of feelings \u2026 mind \u2026 principles\u2014keen, aware, and mindful, rid of covetousness and displeasure for the world. This is called mindfulness meditation. And what is the development of mindfulness meditation? It\u2019s when a mendicant, with respect to the body, meditates observing the liability to originate, to vanish, and to originate and vanish\u2014keen, aware, and mindful, rid of covetousness and displeasure for the world. With respect to feelings \u2026 mind \u2026 principles, they meditate observing the liability to originate, to vanish, and to originate and vanish\u2014keen, aware, and mindful, rid of covetousness and displeasure for the world. This is called the development of mindfulness meditation. And what is the practice that leads to the development of mindfulness meditation? It is simply this noble eightfold path, that is: right view, right purpose, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right immersion. This is called the practice that leads to the development of mindfulness meditation.\u201d","title":"Analysis","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":214}