{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn47.48/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn47.48","id":"suttacentral_sn47.48","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn47.48/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Samyutta Nikaya"],"text":"\u201cMendicants, those for whom you have sympathy, and those worth listening to\u2014friends and colleagues, relatives and family\u2014should be encouraged, supported, and established by you in the development of the four kinds of mindfulness meditation. What four? 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. Those for whom you have sympathy, and those worth listening to\u2014friends and colleagues, relatives and family\u2014should be encouraged, supported, and established by you in the development of the four kinds of mindfulness meditation.\u201d","title":"Friends","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":114}