{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn52.1/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn52.1","id":"suttacentral_sn52.1","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn52.1/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Samyutta Nikaya"],"text":"So I have heard. At one time Venerable Anuruddha was staying near S\u0101vatth\u012b in Jeta\u2019s Grove, An\u0101thapi\u1e47\u1e0dika\u2019s monastery. Then as Anuruddha was in private retreat this thought came to his mind: \u201cWhoever has missed out on these four kinds of mindfulness meditation has missed out on the noble path to the complete ending of suffering. Whoever has undertaken these four kinds of mindfulness meditation has undertaken the noble path to the complete ending of suffering.\u201d Then Venerable Mah\u0101moggall\u0101na knew what Venerable Anuruddha was thinking. As easily as a strong person would extend or contract their arm, he reappeared in front of Anuruddha, and said to him: \u201cReverend Anuruddha, how do you define the undertaking of the four kinds of mindfulness meditation by a mendicant?\u201d \u201cReverend, it\u2019s when a mendicant, with respect to the body internally, 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 the body externally, 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. With respect to the body internally and externally, 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. If they wish: \u2018May I meditate perceiving the repulsive in the unrepulsive,\u2019 that\u2019s what they do. If they wish: \u2018May I meditate perceiving the unrepulsive in the repulsive,\u2019 that\u2019s what they do. If they wish: \u2018May I meditate perceiving the repulsive in the unrepulsive and the repulsive,\u2019 that\u2019s what they do. If they wish: \u2018May I meditate perceiving the unrepulsive in the repulsive and the unrepulsive,\u2019 that\u2019s what they do. If they wish: \u2018May I meditate staying equanimous, mindful and aware, shunning both the repulsive and the unrepulsive,\u2019 that\u2019s what they do. With respect to feelings internally \u2026 externally \u2026 internally and externally, they meditate observing the liability to originate, to vanish, and to originate and vanish \u2026 With respect to the mind internally \u2026 externally \u2026 internally and externally, they meditate observing the liability to originate, to vanish, and to originate and vanish \u2026 With respect to principles internally \u2026 externally \u2026 internally and externally, they meditate observing the liability to originate, to vanish, and to originate and vanish \u2026 If they wish: \u2018May I meditate perceiving the repulsive in the unrepulsive,\u2019 that\u2019s what they do. \u2026 If they wish: \u2018May I meditate staying equanimous, mindful and aware, ignoring both the repulsive and the unrepulsive,\u2019 that\u2019s what they do. That\u2019s how to define the undertaking of the four kinds of mindfulness meditation by a mendicant.\u201d","title":"In Private (1st)","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":449}