Saṁyutta Nikāya — Discursos Conectados — 47.1 — In Ambapālī’s Mango Grove

1So I have heard. At one time the Buddha was staying near Vesālī in Ambapālī’s Mango Grove. There the Buddha addressed the mendicants, “Mendicants!”

2“Venerable sir,” they replied. The Buddha said this:

3“Mendicants, the four kinds of mindfulness meditation are the path to convergence. They are in order to purify sentient beings, to get past sorrow and crying, to make an end of pain and sadness, to discover the system, and to realize extinguishment. What four?

4It’s when a mendicant meditates by observing an aspect of the body—keen, aware, and mindful, rid of covetousness and displeasure for the world.

5They meditate observing an aspect of feelings—keen, aware, and mindful, rid of covetousness and displeasure for the world.

6They meditate observing an aspect of the mind—keen, aware, and mindful, rid of covetousness and displeasure for the world.

7They meditate observing an aspect of principles—keen, aware, and mindful, rid of covetousness and displeasure for the world.

8The four kinds of mindfulness meditation are the path to convergence. They are in order to purify sentient beings, to get past sorrow and crying, to make an end of pain and sadness, to discover the system, and to realize extinguishment.”

9That is what the Buddha said. Satisfied, the mendicants approved what the Buddha said.