• Numbered Discourses 9.68 Aį¹…guttara Nikāya 9.68
  • 7. Mindfulness Meditation 7. Satipaį¹­į¹­hānavagga

Places of Rebirth Gatisutta

ā€œMendicants, there are five destinations. ā€œPaƱcimā, bhikkhave, gatiyo. What five? Katamā paƱca? Hell, the animal realm, the ghost realm, humanity, and the gods. Nirayo, tiracchānayoni, pettivisayo, manussā, devā—These are the five destinations. imā kho, bhikkhave, paƱca gatiyo.

To give up these five destinations you should develop the four kinds of mindfulness meditation. ā€¦ā€ Imāsaṁ kho, bhikkhave, paƱcannaṁ gatÄ«naṁ pahānāya …pe… ime cattāro satipaį¹­į¹­hānā bhāvetabbÄā€ti.

Chaṭṭhaṁ.