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Mental suffering, Unpleasant and painful feeling born of mental contact, Unpleasant and painful feeling born of mental contact – This is called "displeasure." Thus, this covetousness and this displeasure In this world are removed, Fully removed, Appeased, Calmed, Subsided, Gone to an end, Completely gone to an end, Put away, Thoroughly put away, Dried up, Completely dried up, Made an end of. Therefore, it is said, "having removed covetousness and displeasure in the world." Exposition of the contemplation of phenomena. Division according to the Suttanta. 2. Division according to the Abhidhamma. 3. The four foundations of mindfulness – Here, a monk dwells observing the body in the body, dwells observing feelings in feelings, dwells observing mind in mind, dwells observing mental phenomena in mental phenomena. And how does a monk dwell observing the body in the body? Here, a monk, at the time when he develops supramundane jhāna, leading to liberation, tending to decrease (defilements), for abandoning wrong views, for attaining the first stage (of awakening), having secluded himself from sensual pleasures... he enters and dwells in the first jhāna, with painful practice, with slow insight, observing the body in the body. That which at that time is mindfulness, recollection, right mindfulness, the mindfulness enlightenment factor, a factor of the path, included in the path – this is called "the foundation of mindfulness". The remaining phenomena are associated with the foundation of mindfulness. And how does a monk dwell observing feelings in feelings? Here, a monk, at the time when he develops supramundane jhāna, leading to liberation, tending to decrease (defilements), for abandoning wrong views, for attaining the first stage (of awakening), having secluded himself from sensual pleasures... he enters and dwells in the first jhāna, with painful practice, with slow insight, observing feelings in feelings. That which at that time is mindfulness, recollection, right mindfulness, the mindfulness enlightenment factor, a factor of the path, included in the path – this is called "the foundation of mindfulness". The remaining phenomena are associated with the foundation of mindfulness. And how does a monk dwell observing mind in mind? Here, a monk, at the time when he develops supramundane jhāna, leading to liberation, tending to decrease (defilements), for abandoning wrong views, for attaining the first stage (of awakening), having secluded himself from sensual pleasures... he enters and dwells in the first jhāna, with painful practice, with slow insight, observing mind in mind. That which at that time is mindfulness, recollection, right mindfulness, the mindfulness enlightenment factor, a factor of the path, included in the path – this is called "the foundation of mindfulness". The remaining phenomena are associated with the foundation of mindfulness. And how does a monk dwell observing mental phenomena in mental phenomena? Here, a monk, at the time when he develops supramundane jhāna, leading to liberation, tending to decrease (defilements), for abandoning wrong views, for attaining the first stage (of awakening), having secluded himself from sensual pleasures... he enters and dwells in the first jhāna, with painful practice, with slow insight, observing mental phenomena in mental phenomena... develops leading to liberation, leading to non-accumulation, for abandoning wrong views, for attaining the first stage. Secluded from sensual pleasures... and so on... he abides having entered the first jhana, with painful practice, with slow insight, contemplating phenomena in phenomena. Whatever mindfulness, recollection, right mindfulness, the enlightenment factor of mindfulness, a factor of the path, included in the path, at that time – this is called "foundation of mindfulness." The remaining phenomena are associated with the foundation of mindfulness. What is the foundation of mindfulness there? Here, a monk, at the time he develops supramundane jhana, leading to liberation, leading to non-accumulation, for abandoning wrong views, for attaining the first stage. Secluded from sensual pleasures... and so on... he abides having entered the first jhana, with painful practice, with slow insight, contemplating phenomena in phenomena. Whatever mindfulness, recollection, right mindfulness, the enlightenment factor of mindfulness, a factor of the path, included in the path, at that time – this is called "foundation of mindfulness." The remaining phenomena are associated with the foundation of mindfulness. Four foundations of mindfulness: Here, a monk abides contemplating the body in the body, contemplating feelings in feelings, contemplating mind in mind, contemplating phenomena in phenomena. And how does a monk abide contemplating the body in the body? Here, a monk, at the time he develops supramundane jhana, leading to liberation, leading to non-accumulation, for abandoning wrong views, for attaining the first stage. Secluded from sensual pleasures... and so on... he abides having entered the first jhana, with painful practice, with slow insight. At that time there is contact... and so on... there is non-distraction. These phenomena are wholesome. Due to the doing and developing of that very supramundane wholesome jhana, as a result, secluded from sensual pleasures... and so on... he abides having entered the first jhana, with painful practice, with slow insight, contemplating the body in the body as empty. Whatever mindfulness, recollection, right mindfulness, the enlightenment factor of mindfulness, a factor of the path, included in the path, at that time – this is called "foundation of mindfulness." The remaining phenomena are associated with the foundation of mindfulness. associated with mindfulness. 382. And how, monk, does a monk dwell contemplating feelings in feelings? Here, monk, at the time when one develops a supramundane jhana, leading to liberation, leading to the fading away, for the abandoning of wrong views, for the attainment of the first stage, quite secluded from sensual pleasures... ...one enters and dwells in the first jhana, with painful practice and slow direct knowledge, at that time there is contact... ...there is non-distraction. These states are wholesome. Because of the doing and developing of that same supramundane wholesome jhana, as a result, quite secluded from sensual pleasures... ...one enters and dwells in the first jhana, with painful practice and slow direct knowledge, contemplating feelings in feelings as empty, that mindfulness, recollection, right mindfulness, the mindfulness enlightenment factor, a factor of the path, included in the path, at that time – this is called "mindfulness foundation." The remaining states are associated with mindfulness foundation. 383. And how, monk, does a monk dwell contemplating mind in mind? Here, monk, at the time when one develops a supramundane jhana, leading to liberation, leading to the fading away, for the abandoning of wrong views, for the attainment of the first stage, quite secluded from sensual pleasures... ...one enters and dwells in the first jhana, with painful practice and slow direct knowledge, at that time there is contact... ...there is non-distraction. These states are wholesome. Because of the doing and developing of that same supramundane wholesome jhana, as a result, quite secluded from sensual pleasures... ...one enters and dwells in the first jhana, with painful practice and slow direct knowledge, contemplating mind in mind as empty, that mindfulness, recollection, right mindfulness, the mindfulness enlightenment factor, a factor of the path, included in the path, at that time – this is called "mindfulness foundation." The remaining states are associated with mindfulness foundation. 384. And how, monk, does a monk dwell contemplating mental states in mental states? Here, monk, at the time when one develops a supramundane jhana, leading to liberation, leading to the fading away, for the abandoning of wrong views, for the attainment of the first stage, quite secluded from sensual pleasures... ...one enters the first jhana... attains and dwells with difficult practice, slow insight. At that time there is contact…and so on…undistractedness. These states are wholesome. As a result of the making and developing of that same supramundane wholesome jhana, having quite secluded from sensual pleasures…and so on… attains and dwells in the first jhana, with difficult practice, slow insight, contemplating states as empty among states. Whatever mindfulness, recollection, right mindfulness, the mindfulness enlightenment factor, a factor of the path, included in the path, there is at that time – this is called ‘‘foundations of mindfulness’’. The remaining states are associated with the foundations of mindfulness. 385. What, in that case, is the foundation of mindfulness? Here, a monk, at the time he develops a supramundane jhana, leading to liberation, leading to the decline (of defilements), for the abandoning of wrong views, for the attainment of the first stage, having quite secluded from sensual pleasures…and so on… attains and dwells in the first jhana, with difficult practice, slow insight. At that time there is contact…and so on…undistractedness. These states are wholesome. As a result of the making and developing of that same supramundane wholesome jhana, having quite secluded from sensual pleasures…and so on… attains and dwells in the first jhana, with difficult practice, slow insight, as empty. Whatever mindfulness, recollection, right mindfulness, the mindfulness enlightenment factor, a factor of the path, included in the path, there is at that time – this is called ‘‘foundations of mindfulness’’. The remaining states are associated with the foundations of mindfulness. The Abhidhamma Analysis. 3. The Question Section 386. There are four foundations of mindfulness –