Analysis

“Mendicants, I will teach you mindfulnesssatiAtención plena, memoria, poderes de referencia y retención. En algunos contextos, la palabra sati cuando se usa sola cubre también la alerta (sampajañña).Ver en el glosario meditation, the development of mindfulness meditation, and the practice that leads to the development of mindfulness meditation.*Compare the structure of SN 51.19.Listen …

“Satipaṭṭhānañca vo, bhikkhave, desessāmi satipaṭṭhānabhāvanañca satipaṭṭhānabhāvanāgāminiñca paṭipadaṁ. Taṁ suṇātha.

“Mendicants, I will teach you mindfulness meditation, the development of mindfulness meditation, and the practice that leads to the development of mindfulness meditation.*Compare the structure of SN 51.19.“Satipaṭṭhānañca vo, bhikkhave, desessāmi satipaṭṭhānabhāvanañca satipaṭṭhānabhāvanāgāminiñca paṭipadaṁ. Listen …Taṁ suṇātha.

And what is mindfulness meditation?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.They meditate observing an aspect of feelings …mind …principles—keen, aware, and mindful, rid of covetousness and displeasure for the world.This is called mindfulness meditation.

Katamañca, bhikkhave, satipaṭṭhānaṁ? Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu kāye kāyānupassī viharati ātāpī sampajāno satimā, vineyya loke abhijjhādomanassaṁ; vedanāsu vedanānupassī viharati …pe… citte cittānupassī viharati …pe… dhammesu dhammānupassī viharati ātāpī sampajāno satimā, vineyya loke abhijjhādomanassaṁ. Idaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, satipaṭṭhānaṁ.

And what is mindfulness meditation?Katamañca, bhikkhave, satipaṭṭhānaṁ? 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 kāyānupassī viharati ātāpī sampajāno satimā, vineyya loke abhijjhādomanassaṁ; They meditate observing an aspect of feelings …vedanāsu vedanānupassī viharati …pe… mind …citte cittānupassī viharati …pe… principles—keen, aware, and mindful, rid of covetousness and displeasure for the world.dhammesu dhammānupassī viharati ātāpī sampajāno satimā, vineyya loke abhijjhādomanassaṁ. This is called mindfulness meditation.Idaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, satipaṭṭhānaṁ.

And what is the development of mindfulness meditation?*The term “development” shows that this takes the basic practice further.It’s when a mendicant, with respect to the body, meditates observing the liability to originate, to vanish, and to originate and vanish—keen, aware, and mindful, rid of covetousness and displeasure for the world.*This teaching on origination and vanishing is also found in DN 22:2.12, MN 10:5.2, and SN 52.1:3.1. It is explained in the Samudayasutta at SN 47.42. | The phrase samudayadhamma (“liable to originate”) is found elsewhere as the realization of stream-entry (SN 56.11:11.2), and as a noble one’s discernment of the five aggregates (SN 22.126:2.1). Since both these speak of noble realization, it is reasonable to assume the current passage does too. The suffix -dhamma indicates that this is not merely observing rise and fall, but is understanding the nature of things as dependently originated. | Grammatically, samudayadhamma would normally be read as an adjective, but here it seems necessary to construe it as a noun (“liability to originate”), a construction also used at SN 23.21. Bodhi also construes it as a noun: “nature of origination”.With respect to feelings …mind …principles, they meditate observing the liability to originate, to vanish, and to originate and vanish—keen, aware, and mindful, rid of covetousness and displeasure for the world.This is called the development of mindfulness meditation.

Katamā ca, bhikkhave, satipaṭṭhānabhāvanā? Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu samudayadhammānupassī kāyasmiṁ viharati, vayadhammānupassī kāyasmiṁ viharati, samudayavayadhammānupassī kāyasmiṁ viharati, ātāpī sampajāno satimā, vineyya loke abhijjhādomanassaṁ. Samudayadhammānupassī vedanāsu viharati …pe… samudayadhammānupassī citte viharati …pe… samudayadhammānupassī dhammesu viharati, vayadhammānupassī dhammesu viharati, samudayavayadhammānupassī dhammesu viharati, ātāpī sampajāno satimā, vineyya loke abhijjhādomanassaṁ. Ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, satipaṭṭhānabhāvanā.

And what is the development of mindfulness meditation?*The term “development” shows that this takes the basic practice further.Katamā ca, bhikkhave, satipaṭṭhānabhāvanā? It’s when a mendicant, with respect to the body, meditates observing the liability to originate, to vanish, and to originate and vanish—keen, aware, and mindful, rid of covetousness and displeasure for the world.*This teaching on origination and vanishing is also found in DN 22:2.12, MN 10:5.2, and SN 52.1:3.1. It is explained in the Samudayasutta at SN 47.42. | The phrase samudayadhamma (“liable to originate”) is found elsewhere as the realization of stream-entry (SN 56.11:11.2), and as a noble one’s discernment of the five aggregates (SN 22.126:2.1). Since both these speak of noble realization, it is reasonable to assume the current passage does too. The suffix -dhamma indicates that this is not merely observing rise and fall, but is understanding the nature of things as dependently originated. | Grammatically, samudayadhamma would normally be read as an adjective, but here it seems necessary to construe it as a noun (“liability to originate”), a construction also used at SN 23.21. Bodhi also construes it as a noun: “nature of origination”.Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu samudayadhammānupassī kāyasmiṁ viharati, vayadhammānupassī kāyasmiṁ viharati, samudayavayadhammānupassī kāyasmiṁ viharati, ātāpī sampajāno satimā, vineyya loke abhijjhādomanassaṁ. With respect to feelings …Samudayadhammānupassī vedanāsu viharati …pe… mind …samudayadhammānupassī citte viharati …pe… principles, they meditate observing the liability to originate, to vanish, and to originate and vanish—keen, aware, and mindful, rid of covetousness and displeasure for the world.samudayadhammānupassī dhammesu viharati, vayadhammānupassī dhammesu viharati, samudayavayadhammānupassī dhammesu viharati, ātāpī sampajāno satimā, vineyya loke abhijjhādomanassaṁ. This is called the development of mindfulness meditation.Ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, satipaṭṭhānabhāvanā.

And what is the practice that leads to the development of mindfulness meditation?It is simply this noble eightfold path, that is:right view, right purpose, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right immersion.This is called the practice that leads to the development of mindfulness meditation.”

Katamā ca, bhikkhave, satipaṭṭhānabhāvanāgāminī paṭipadā? Ayameva ariyo aṭṭhaṅgiko maggo, seyyathidaṁ—sammādiṭṭhi, sammāsaṅkappo, sammāvācā, sammākammanto, sammāājīvo, sammāvāyāmo, sammāsati, sammāsamādhi. Ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, satipaṭṭhānabhāvanāgāminī paṭipadā”ti.

And what is the practice that leads to the development of mindfulness meditation?Katamā ca, bhikkhave, satipaṭṭhānabhāvanāgāminī paṭipadā? It is simply this noble eightfold path, that is:Ayameva ariyo aṭṭhaṅgiko maggo, seyyathidaṁ—right view, right purpose, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right immersion.sammādiṭṭhi, sammāsaṅkappo, sammāvācā, sammākammanto, sammāājīvo, sammāvāyāmo, sammāsati, sammāsamādhi. This is called the practice that leads to the development of mindfulness meditation.”Ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, satipaṭṭhānabhāvanāgāminī paṭipadā”ti.