{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn47.43/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn47.43","id":"suttacentral_sn47.43","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn47.43/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Samyutta Nikaya"],"text":"At S\u0101vatth\u012b. There the Buddha addressed the mendicants: \u201cMendicants, this one time, when I was first awakened, I was staying in Uruvel\u0101 at the goatherd\u2019s banyan tree on the bank of the Nera\u00f1jar\u0101 River. As I was in private retreat this thought came to mind: \u2018The four kinds of mindfulness meditation are the path to convergence. They are in order to purify sentient beings, to get past sorrow and crying, to make an end of pain and sadness, to discover the system, and to realize extinguishment. What four? A mendicant would meditate observing an aspect of the body\u2014keen, aware, and mindful, rid of covetousness and displeasure for the world. Or they\u2019d meditate observing an aspect of feelings \u2026 or mind \u2026 or principles\u2014keen, aware, and mindful, rid of covetousness and displeasure for the world. The four kinds of mindfulness meditation are the path to convergence. They are in order to purify sentient beings, to get past sorrow and crying, to make an end of pain and sadness, to discover the system, and to realize extinguishment.\u2019 And then the divinity Sahampati, knowing my train of thought, as easily as a strong person would extend or contract their arm, vanished from the realm of divinity and reappeared in front of me. He arranged his robe over one shoulder, raised his joined palms toward me, and said: \u2018That\u2019s so true, Blessed One! That\u2019s so true, Holy One! Sir, the four kinds of mindfulness meditation are the path to convergence. They are in order to purify sentient beings, to get past sorrow and crying, to make an end of pain and sadness, to discover the system, and to realize extinguishment. What four? A mendicant would meditate observing an aspect of the body\u2014keen, aware, and mindful, rid of covetousness and displeasure for the world. Or they\u2019d meditate observing an aspect of feelings \u2026 or mind \u2026 or principles\u2014keen, aware, and mindful, rid of covetousness and displeasure for the world. The four kinds of mindfulness meditation are the path to convergence. They are in order to purify sentient beings, to get past sorrow and crying, to make an end of pain and sadness, to discover the system, and to realize extinguishment.\u2019 That is what the divinity Sahampati said. Then he went on to say: \u2018The compassionate one, <j>who sees the ending of rebirth, understands the path to convergence. By this path people crossed over before, will cross over, and are crossing over.\u2019\u201d","title":"The Path","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":406}