• Linked Discourses 47.48 Saṁyutta Nikāya 47.48
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Friends Mittasutta

ā€œMendicants, those for whom you have sympathy, and those worth listening to—friends and colleagues, relatives and family—should be encouraged, supported, and established in the development of the four kinds of mindfulness meditation. ā€œYe, bhikkhave, anukampeyyātha, ye ca kho sotabbaṁ maƱƱeyyuṁ mittā vā amaccā vā ƱātÄ« vā sālohitā vā, te vo, bhikkhave, catunnaṁ satipaį¹­į¹­hānānaṁ bhāvanāya samādapetabbā nivesetabbā patiį¹­į¹­hāpetabbā.

What four? Katamesaṁ, catunnaṁ? It’s when a mendicant meditates by observing an aspect of the body—keen, aware, and mindful, rid of covetousness and displeasure for the world. Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu kāye kāyānupassÄ« viharati ātāpÄ« sampajāno satimā, vineyya loke abhijjhādomanassaṁ; They meditate observing an aspect of feelings … vedanāsu …pe… mind … citte …pe… principles—keen, aware, and mindful, rid of covetousness and displeasure for the world. dhammesu dhammānupassÄ« viharati ātāpÄ« sampajāno satimā, vineyya loke abhijjhādomanassaṁ.

Those for whom you have sympathy, and those worth listening to—friends and colleagues, relatives and family—should be encouraged, supported, and established in the development of the four kinds of mindfulness meditation.ā€ Ye, bhikkhave, anukampeyyātha, ye ca sotabbaṁ maƱƱeyyuṁ mittā vā amaccā vā ƱātÄ« vā sālohitā vā, te vo, bhikkhave, imesaṁ catunnaṁ satipaį¹­į¹­hānānaṁ bhāvanāya samādapetabbā nivesetabbā patiį¹­į¹­hāpetabbÄā€ti.

Aṭṭhamaṁ.