Nikaya

Where Suffering Subsides

Linked Discourses 47.39

  1. Not Learned From Anyone Else

Development

“Mendicants, I will teach you the development of the four kinds of mindfulness meditation.

Listen …

And what is the development of the four kinds of mindfulness meditation?

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.

This is the development of the four kinds of mindfulness meditation.”