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Ud 3.5 With Mahāmoggallāna

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Ud 3.5 - With Mahāmoggallāna
Translated by Bhikkhu Sujato
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Heartfelt Sayings 3.5
With Mahāmoggallāna
So I have heard. At one time the Buddha was staying near Sāvatthī in Jeta’s Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika’s monastery. Now at that time Venerable Mahāmoggallāna was sitting not far from the Buddha, cross-legged, with his body straight and mindfulness of the body well-established in himself. The Buddha saw him meditating there.
Then, understanding this matter, on that occasion the Buddha expressed this heartfelt sentiment:
“With mindfulness of the body established,
restrained in the six fields of contact,
a mendicant always immersed in samādhi
would know extinguishment in themselves.”