The Discourse about the Great Emancipation

The Second Chapter for Recitation
And how, monks, is a monk mindful? 62
Here, monks, a monk dwells contemplating (the nature of) the body in
the body, ardent, fully aware, and mindful, after removing avarice and
sorrow regarding the world; he dwells contemplating (the nature of)
feelings in feelings, ardent, fully aware, and mindful, after removing
avarice and sorrow regarding the world; he dwells contemplating (the
nature of) the mind in the mind, ardent, fully aware, and mindful,
after removing avarice and sorrow regarding the world; he dwells
contemplating (the nature of) things in (various) things, ardent, fully
aware, and mindful, after removing avarice and sorrow regarding the
world.
Thus, monks, a monk is mindful. And how, monks, does a monk have
full awareness? 63
Here, monks, a monk in going forwards, in going back, is one who
practises with full awareness, in looking ahead, or in looking around,
he is one who practises with full awareness, in bending or in
stretching, he is one who practises with full awareness, in bearing his
double-robe, bowl, and (other) robes, he is one who practises with full
awareness, in eating, in drinking, in chewing, in tasting, he is one who
62 What follows is the summary of the ways of attending to mindfulness
(satipaṭṭhāna), a translation of which is found elsewhere on this website.
63 This now forms of section in the Satipaṭṭhānasutta.
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