Numbered Discourses 4.274

1. Abbreviated Texts Beginning with Greed

Mindfulness Meditation

“For insight into greed, four things should be developed.

What four?

Firstly, a mendicant meditates by observing an aspect of the body—keen, aware, and mindful, rid of covetousness and displeasure for the world.

They meditate observing an aspect of feelings … mind … principles—keen, aware, and mindful, rid of covetousness and displeasure for the world.

For insight into greed, these four things should be developed.”