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Saṃyutta Nikāya
5. Mahā-Vagga
47. Sati-Paṭṭhāna Saṃyutta
4. Anussuta Vagga

Sutta 37

Chanda Suttaṃ

Wishing

Translated from the Pāḷi
by
Michael M. Olds

 


 

[1][pts][bodh][than] I Hear Tell:

Once upon a time Bhagava,
Sāvatthi-town revisiting, Anāthapiṇḍika's Jeta-forest park.

"Four, beggars, are the settings-up of Mind.

What four?

Here, beggars, a beggar,
lives in the body over-seeing the body,
ardent,
self-aware,
minding,
removing worldly wants and disappointments.

As he lives in the body over-seeing the body
he lets go of wishing.

Wishing having been let go
he has made real the deathless.

Here, beggars, a beggar,
lives in sensation over-seeing sensations,
ardent,
self-aware,
minding,
removing worldly wants and disappointments.

As he lives in sensation over-seeing sensations
he lets go of wishing.

Wishing having been let go
he has made real the deathless.

Here, beggars, a beggar,
lives in the heart over-seeing mental states,
ardent,
self-aware,
minding,
removing worldly wants and disappointments.

As he lives in the heart over-seeing mental states
he lets go of wishing.

Wishing having been let go
he has made real the deathless.

Here, beggars, a beggar,
lives in the Dhamma[1] over-seeing the Dhamma,
ardent,
self-aware,
minding,
removing worldly wants and disappointments.

As he lives in the Dhamma over-seeing the Dhamma
he lets go of wishing.

Wishing having been let go
he has made real the deathless.

These, beggars, are the four settings-up of mind."

 


 

Pāḷi Olds Woodward Bhk. Thanissaro Bhk. Bodhi
chandaṃ wishing desire to do desire desire
satipaṭṭhānā settings up of mind station of mind establishings of mindfulness establishments of mindfulness
sampajāno self-aware composed alert clearly comprehending
kāye kāyānupassī viharati lives in the body over-seeing the body abides in body contemplating body remains focused on the body in and of itself dwells contemplating the body in the body
vedanā sensation feelings feelings feelings
cittā heart/mental states mind/mind mind mind
dhammā Dhamma mind-states mental qualities phenomena

 

[1]Dhamma. See SN 5.47.35 Olds footnote 1

 


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