Satipaṭṭhāna: A Theravāda Heart Sutta – Stop Frontin’! Come Back to the Back | Ajahn Kovilo

Clear Mountain Monastery Project

In this session, Ajahn Kovilo examines the refrain from the Foundations of Mindfulness Sutta (https://suttacentral.net/dn22/en/sujato?lang=en) in light of the slang-based meditation instructions: "Stop Frontin'!"

That refrain is as follows:

Katamā ca, bhikkhave, sammāsati?

“And what, bhikkhus is Right Mindfulness?

(1) Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu kāye kāyānupassī viharati

Here, bhikkhus, a bhikkhu abides contemplating the body as a body,

Ātāpī sampajāno satimā,

Ardent, fully aware, and mindful,

Vineyya loke abhijjhā-domanassaṁ

Having put away covetousness and grief for the world.

(2) Vedanāsu vedanānupassī viharati

One abides contemplating feelings as feelings,

Ātāpī sampajāno satimā,

Ardent, fully aware, and mindful,

Vineyya loke abhijjhā-domanassaṁ

Having put away covetousness and grief for the world.

(3) Citte cittānupassī viharati

One abides contemplating mind as mind,

Ātāpī sampajāno satimā,

Ardent, fully aware, and mindful,

Vineyya loke abhijjhā-domanassaṁ

Having put away covetousness and grief for the world.

(4) Dhammesu dhammānupassī viharati

One abides contemplating mind-objects as mind-objects

Ātāpī sampajāno satimā,

Ardent, fully aware, and mindful,

Vineyya loke abhijjhā-domanassaṁ

Having put away covetousness and grief for the world.

Ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, sammāsati.

This, bhikkhus, is called Right Mindfulness.

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