Saṁyutta Nikāya 52.7
Translators: sujato
Linked Discourses 52.7
1. Rahogatavagga
1. In Private
Taṇhākkhayasutta
The Ending of Craving
Sāvatthinidānaṁ.
At Sāvatthī.
Tatra kho āyasmā anuruddho bhikkhū āmantesi:
There Venerable Anuruddha addressed the mendicants:
“āvuso bhikkhavo”ti.
“Reverends, mendicants!”
“Āvuso”ti kho te bhikkhū āyasmato anuruddhassa paccassosuṁ.
“Reverend,” they replied.
Āyasmā anuruddho etadavoca:
Anuruddha said this:
“Cattārome, āvuso, satipaṭṭhānā bhāvitā bahulīkatā taṇhākkhayāya saṁvattanti.
“Reverends, when these four kinds of mindfulness meditation are developed and cultivated they lead to the ending of craving.
Katame cattāro?
What four?
Idhāvuso, bhikkhu kāye kāyānupassī viharati …pe…
It’s when a mendicant meditates by observing an aspect of the body …
vedanāsu …pe…
feelings …
citte …pe…
mind …
dhammesu dhammānupassī viharati ātāpī sampajāno satimā, vineyya loke abhijjhādomanassaṁ—
principles—keen, aware, and mindful, rid of covetousness and displeasure for the world.
ime kho, āvuso, cattāro satipaṭṭhānā bhāvitā bahulīkatā taṇhākkhayāya saṁvattantī”ti.
When these four kinds of mindfulness meditation are developed and cultivated they lead to the ending of craving.”
Sattamaṁ.