SN47:41 The Deathless
- DG BB TBW © Translated from the Pali by Bhikkhu Bodhi. (More copyright information)
1At Sāvatthī. "Bhikkhus, dwell with your minds well established in the four establishments of mindfulness. Do not let the Deathless be lost on you. [n.179] Mā vo amataṁ panassa. Spk offers no help, but I take panassa to be an aorist of panassati. Woodward has apparently understood it as pan’ assa and translates, "But let not that be to you the Deathless" (KS 5:161). But pana here would be syntactically out of place.
"In what four? Here, bhikkhus, a bhikkhu dwells contemplating the body in the body … feelings in feelings … mind in mind … phenomena in phenomena, ardent, clearly comprehending, mindful, having removed covetousness and displeasure in regard to the world. Dwell, bhikkhus, with your minds well established in these four establishments of mindfulness. Do not let the Deathless be lost on you."
1Sāvatthinidānaṁ. "Catūsu, bhikkhave, satipaṭṭhānesu suppatiṭṭhitacittā vihāratha. Mā vo amataṁ panassa.
Katamesu catūsu? Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu kāye kāyānupassī vihārati ātāpī sampajāno satimā, vineyya loke abhijjhādomanassaṁ; vedanāsu … pe … citte … pe … dhammesu dhammānupassī vihārati ātāpī sampajāno satimā, vineyya loke abhijjhādomanassaṁ. Imesu, bhikkhave, catūsu satipaṭṭhānesu suppatiṭṭhitacittā vihāratha. Mā vo amataṁ panassā"ti.
Paṭhamaṁ.
