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