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# SN 47.41 Amata Sutta (The Deathless) SN 47.41

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    SN 47.41
    Saṁyutta Nikāya
    The Connected Discourses

    Mahāvagga Saṁyutta
    (The Great Section of the Connected Discourses)
    Satipaṭṭhāna Saṁyutta
    (Connected Discourses on the Four Bases of Mindfulness)
    Amata Vagga
    (The Section on The Deathless)

    Amata Sutta
    “The Deathless”

    Translated by Bhikkhu Candana
    Copyright © Bhikkhu Candana 2024

    Once, while in Sāvatthi, The Blessed One addressed the Bhikkhus by saying:

    “Bhikkhus, you should develop the mind by diligently practicing the Four Bases of Mindfulness
    (Satipaṭṭhāna).

    “Do not let this rare opportunity of beating and overcoming death, once and for all, pass you by!
    “And what are these four?
    “Here, Bhikkhus, you must dedicate yourself to meditating while being fully attentive and aware
    of the body; carefully staying with the body, by observing whatever you detect to be the most
    pronounced bodily sensation that is occurring, at the time. Do this, as you train yourself ardently
    but without having any thoughts or attitudes of either longing or resentment towards the world.
    “Also, Bhikkhus, you must dedicate yourself to meditating while being fully attentive and aware
    of feelings; carefully staying with whatever feeling you detect to be the most pronounced feeling
    occurring at the time, mindful of it in all its transitions and everchanging states. Do this, as you
    train yourself ardently but without having any thoughts or attitudes of either longing or
    resentment towards the world.
    “Also, Bhikkhus, you must dedicate yourself to meditating while being fully attentive and aware
    of whatever state that is occurring in the Heart (Citta), carefully staying with whatever you detect
    to be the most pronounced state taking place at the time, within the Citta, remaining mindful of it

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    in all its transitions and everchanging states. Do this, as you train yourself ardently but without
    having any thoughts or attitudes of either longing or resentment towards the world.
    “And, Bhikkhus, you must dedicate yourself to meditating while being fully attentive and aware
    of whatever mental phenomena, idea or state (dhamma), along with the experiences that are
    occurring at the time; carefully staying with whatever you detect to be the most pronounced
    mental phenomenon or idea you experience, mindful of them in all their transitions and
    everchanging states. Do this, as you train yourself enthusiastically but without having any
    thoughts or attitudes of either longing or resentment towards the world.

    “Therefore, Bhikkhus, you must develop the mind by diligently practicing the Four Bases of
    Mindfulness. For in doing so, you will not let this rare opportunity of beating and overcoming
    death, once and for all, pass you by!”

    Sādhu

    Sādhu

    Sādhu

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