Kayagatasatisuttam, the Discourse about Mindfulness related to the Body

The Discourse about Mindfulness related to the Body - 32
‘aggiṁ abhinibbattessāmi tejo pātukarissāmī’ ti,
(thinking): ‘I will kindle a fire, I will make heat’,
taṁ kim-maññatha bhikkhave api nu so puriso,
what do you think, monks, that person,
amuṁ allaṁ kaṭṭhaṁ sasnehaṁ uttarāraṇiṁ ādāya
after taking that upper kindling-stick to that moist piece of wood still having sap,
abhimatthento aggiṁ abhinibbatteyya tejo pātukareyyā?” ti.
while rubbing it might he kindle a fire, might he make heat?”
“No hetaṁ Bhante.”
“Certainly not, reverend Sir.”
“Evam-eva kho bhikkhave yassa kassaci kāyagatāsati bhāvitā bahulīkatā
“Just so, monks, for whoever mindfulness related to the body is developed and has
been made much of
na tassa labhati Māro otāraṁ, na tassa labhati Māro ārammaṇaṁ.
Māra does not find an opening in him, Māra does not get an opportunity with him.
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Seyyathā pi bhikkhave udakamaṇiko pūro udakassa
Just as if, monks, there was a water jar full of water,
samatittiko kākapeyyo, ādhāre ṭhapito,
so brimful that a crow could drink from it, placed on a stand,
atha puriso āgaccheyya, udakabhāraṁ ādāya,
and a person would come after taking a load of water,
taṁ kim-maññatha bhikkhave api nu so puriso
what do you think, monks, would that person
labhetha udakassa nikkhepanan?”-ti
be able to pour water into it?”
“No hetaṁ Bhante.”
“Certainly not, reverend Sir.”
“Evam-eva kho bhikkhave yassa kassaci kāyagatāsati bhāvitā bahulīkatā
“Just so, monks, for whoever mindfulness related to the body is developed and has
been made much of
na tassa labhati Māro otāraṁ, na tassa labhati Māro ārammaṇaṁ.
Māra does not find an opening in him, Māra does not get an opportunity with him.