Nikaya

Where Suffering Subsides

Linked Discourses 47.24

  1. Ethics and Duration

Plain Version

At Sāvatthī.

“Mendicants, there are these four kinds of mindfulness meditation.

What four?

It’s when 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.

These are the four kinds of mindfulness meditation.”