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Kusalarāsisutta

Pāli in Devanagari; under each word its Roman pronunciation, syllable by syllable (ṃ = nasal hum). Tap a Pāli word for its meaning (PTS Pāli-English Dictionary); tap again to open it in the Pāli dictionary.

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संयुत्तsaṃ·yut·ta निकायni·kā·ya 47।45

Saṁyutta Nikāya 47.45

Linked Discourses 47.45
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5। अमतवग्गa·ma·ta·vag·ga

5. Amatavagga

5. Freedom From Death
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कुसलरासिसुत्तku·sa·la·rā·si·sut·ta

Kusalarāsisutta

A Heap of the Skillful
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“‘कुसलरासी’ति,ku·sa·la·rā·sī भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve वदमानोva·da·mā·no चत्तारोcat·tā·ro सतिपट्ठानेsa·ti·paṭ·ṭhā·ne सम्माsam·mā वदमानोva·da·mā·no वदेय्य।va·dey·ya

“‘Kusalarāsī’ti, bhikkhave, vadamāno cattāro satipaṭṭhāne sammā vadamāno vadeyya.

“Rightly speaking, mendicants, you’d call these four kinds of mindfulness meditation a ‘heap of the skillful’.
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केवलोke·va·lo हायं,hā·yaṃ भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve कुसलरासि,ku·sa·la·rā·si यदिदं—चत्तारोya·di·daṃ सतिपट्ठाना।sa·ti·paṭ·ṭhā·nā

Kevalo hāyaṁ, bhikkhave, kusalarāsi, yadidaṁ—cattāro satipaṭṭhānā.

For these four kinds of mindfulness meditation are entirely a heap of the skillful.
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कतमेka·ta·me चत्तारो?cat·tā·ro

Katame cattāro?

What four?
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इध,i·dha भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve भिक्खुbhik·khu कायेkā·ye कायानुपस्सीkā·yā·nu·pas·sī विहरतिvi·ha·ra·ti आतापीā·tā·pī सम्पजानोsam·pa·jā·no सतिमा,sa·ti·mā विनेय्यvi·ney·ya लोकेlo·ke अभिज्झादोमनस्सं;a·bhij·jhā·do·ma·nas·saṃ

Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu kāye kāyānupassī viharati ātāpī sampajāno satimā, vineyya loke abhijjhādomanassaṁ;

It’s when a mendicant meditates by observing an aspect of the body—keen, aware, and mindful, rid of covetousness and displeasure for the world.
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वेदनासुve·da·nā·su …पे…pe

vedanāsu …pe…

They meditate observing an aspect of feelings …
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चित्तेcit·te …पे…pe

citte …pe…

mind …
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धम्मेसुdham·me·su धम्मानुपस्सीdham·mā·nu·pas·sī विहरतिvi·ha·ra·ti आतापीā·tā·pī सम्पजानोsam·pa·jā·no सतिमा,sa·ti·mā विनेय्यvi·ney·ya लोकेlo·ke अभिज्झादोमनस्सं।a·bhij·jhā·do·ma·nas·saṃ

dhammesu dhammānupassī viharati ātāpī sampajāno satimā, vineyya loke abhijjhādomanassaṁ.

principles—keen, aware, and mindful, rid of covetousness and displeasure for the world.
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‘कुसलरासी’ति,ku·sa·la·rā·sī भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve वदमानोva·da·mā·no इमेi·me चत्तारोcat·tā·ro सतिपट्ठानेsa·ti·paṭ·ṭhā·ne सम्माsam·mā वदमानोva·da·mā·no वदेय्य।va·dey·ya

‘Kusalarāsī’ti, bhikkhave, vadamāno ime cattāro satipaṭṭhāne sammā vadamāno vadeyya.

Rightly speaking, you’d call these four kinds of mindfulness meditation a ‘heap of the skillful’.
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केवलोke·va·lo हायं,hā·yaṃ भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve कुसलरासि,ku·sa·la·rā·si यदिदं—चत्तारोya·di·daṃ सतिपट्ठाना”ति।sa·ti·paṭ·ṭhā·nā

Kevalo hāyaṁ, bhikkhave, kusalarāsi, yadidaṁ—cattāro satipaṭṭhānā”ti.

For these four kinds of mindfulness meditation are entirely a heap of the skillful.”
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पञ्चमं।pañ·ca·maṃ

Pañcamaṁ.

(Pāli only)

Sources. Sanskrit: Satyavedaḥ, the New Testament in Sanskrit (Calcutta Baptist Missionaries, 1851; J. Wenger’s revision of W. Carey’s version). Digital text © 2018 SanskritBible.in, via eBible.org, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; changed here: arranged by verse and every word linked to the dictionary (links made automatically). Old Testament Sanskrit: the Old Testament in Sanskrit, Calcutta Baptist Mission Press, 1848–1852 (public domain), read by OCR from the Internet Archive scans of the Boston University School of Theology copy; unproofread, with machine clean-up only. Pāli Canon: Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka Buddhavasse 2500 (based on the Vipassana Research Institute’s Chaṭṭha Saṅgāyana edition), from SuttaCentral bilara-data, CC0; Devanagari and pronunciation made automatically from the Roman text. Pāli English: Bhikkhu Sujato (suttas) and Bhikkhu Brahmali (Vinaya), SuttaCentral, CC0. Pāli word meanings: the Pali Text Society’s Pali-English Dictionary (Rhys Davids & Stede), corrected reprint © The Pali Text Society, CC BY-NC 3.0, digital text from BuddhaDust; word matching automatic. English: King James Version (1769), public domain; words the translators added are in italics. Word meanings and pronunciations: Monier-Williams, Sanskrit–English Dictionary (1872), via this site’s Sanskrit dictionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); English↔Sanskrit word matches made automatically and may need checking.