Mahaparinibbanasuttam (DN 16) - Ancient Buddhist Texts

The Second Chapter for Recitation - 71
[15: Ambapālī Gaṇikā] 99
[The Courtesan Ambapālī]
Atha kho Bhagavā Nādike yathābhirantaṁ viharitvā,
Then the Gracious One, after living near Nādika for as long as he liked,
āyasmantaṁ Ānandaṁ āmantesi:
addressed venerable Ānanda, (saying):
“Āyām’ Ānanda yena Vesālī tenupasaṅkamissāmā.” ti
“Come Ānanda let us approach Vesālī.”
“Evaṁ Bhante,” ti kho āyasmā Ānando Bhagavato paccassosi.
“Very well, reverend Sir,” venerable Ānanda replied to the Gracious One.
Atha kho Bhagavā mahatā bhikkhusaṅghena saddhiṁ yena Vesālī tad-avasari.
Then the Gracious One together with a great Community of monks arrived at Vesālī.
Tatra sudaṁ Bhagavā Vesāliyaṁ viharati Ambapālivane.
There the Gracious One lived near Vesālī in Ambapālī’s Wood.
Tatra kho Bhagavā bhikkhū āmantesi:
There the Gracious One addressed the monks, (saying):
“Sato bhikkhave bhikkhu vihareyya sampajāno ayaṁ vo amhākaṁ anusāsanī.
“Mindfully and with full awareness, monks, a monk should live, this is our advice to
you. 100
Kathañ-ca bhikkhave bhikkhu sato hoti?
And how, monks, is a monk mindful? 101
Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu kāye kāyānupassī viharati,
Here, monks, a monk dwells contemplating (the nature of) the body in the body,
ātāpī sampajāno satimā, vineyya loke abhijjhādomanassaṁ;
ardent, fully aware, and mindful, after removing avarice and sorrow regarding the
world;
99 cf. Satisuttaṁ SN 47:2; and Bhesajjakkhandakaṁ: Ambapālīvatthu, Licchavīvatthu Vin.
Mhv.1.231-233.
100 Comm: sato bhikkhave ti Bhagavā Ambapālidassane satipaccupaṭṭhānatthaṁ visesato idha
satipaṭṭhānadesanaṁ ārabhi; mindful, monks, the Gracious One began the teaching of
mindfulness specially here, so that they would be attending to mindfulness when they saw
Ambapālī.
101 What follows is the summary of the ways of attending to mindfulness (satipaṭṭhāna), a
translation of which is found elsewhere on this website.