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The Foundations Of Mindfulness

Mahasatipatthana Sutta

The Five Aggregates


Again, monks, a monk abides contemplating mind-objects as mind-objects in respect of the five aggregates of grasping.

How does he do so?

Here, a monk thinks:

Such is form,
such the arising of form,
such the disappearance of form;

Such is feeling,
such the arising of feeling,
such the disappearance of feeling;

Such is perception,
such the arising of perception,
such the disappearance of perception;

Such is mental formations,
such the arising of mental formations,
such the disappearance of mental formations;

Such is consciousness,
such the arising of consciousness,
such the disappearance of consciousness.



(Insight)

So he abides contemplating mind-objects as mind-objects internally,
contemplating mind-objects as mind-objects externally,
contemplating mind-objects as mind-objects both internally and externally.

He abides contemplating arising phenomena in the mind-objects,
He abides contemplating vanishing phenomena in the mind-objects,
He abides contemplating both arising and vanishing phenomena in the mind-objects.

Or else, mindfulness that "there is a mind-object" is present to him
just to the extent necessary for the knowledge and awareness.
And he abides independent, not clinging to anything in the world.
And that, monks, is how a monk abides contemplating mind-objects as mind-objects.



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