Mindful

Linked Discourses 47.44

5. Freedom From Death

Mindful

“Mendicants, a mendicant should live mindfully.

This is my instruction to you.

And how is a mendicant mindful?

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.

They meditate observing an aspect of feelings …

mind …

principles—keen, aware, and mindful, rid of covetousness and displeasure for the world.

That’s how a mendicant is mindful.

A mendicant should live mindfully.

This is my instruction to you.”