Saɱyutta Nikāya
5. Mahā-Vagga
47. Sati-Paṭṭhāna Saɱyutta
5. Amata Vagga
The Connected Discourses of the Buddha
The Great Book,
47: Connected Discourses on the Establisments of Mindfulness
V. The Deathless
Sutta 48
Mittā Suttaɱ
Friends
Translated by Bhikkhu Bodhi
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"Bhikkhus, those for whom you have compassion and who think you should be heeded — whether friends or colleagues, relatives or kinsmen — these you should exhort, settle, and establish in the development of the four establishments of mindfulness.
"What four?
Here, bhikkhu, a bhikkhu dwells contemplating the body in the body ... feelings in feelings ... mind in mind ... phenomena in phenomena, ardent, clearly comprehending, mindful, having removed covetousness and displeasure in regard to the world.
"Bhikkhus, those for whom you have compassion ... these you should exhort, settle, and establish in the development of these four establishments of mindfulness."
