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The Foundations Of Mindfulness

Mahasatipatthana Sutta

Introductory


Thus have I heard. Once the Lord was staying among the Kurus. There is a market-town of theirs called Kammasadhamma. And there the Lord addressed the monks: "Monks!" "Lord", they replied, and the Lord said:

"There is, monks, this one way

  1. for the purification of beings,

  2. for the overcoming of sorrow and distress,

  3. for the disappearance of pain and sadness,

  4. for the gaining of the right path,

  5. for the realisation of Nibbāna.
That is to say the four foundations of mindfulness.
What are the four?

  1. Here, monks, a monk abides contemplating body as body, ardent, clearly aware and mindful, having put aside hankering and fretting for the world.

  2. Here, monks, a monk abides contemplating feelings as feelings, ardent, clearly aware and mindful, having put aside hankering and fretting for the world.

  3. Here, monks, a monk abides contemplating mind as mind, ardent, clearly aware and mindful, having put aside hankering and fretting for the world.

  4. Here, monks, a monk abides contemplating mind-objects as mind-objects, ardent, clearly aware and mindful, having put aside hankering and fretting for the world.

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