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Satipatthana Sutta Study
Overview and Contents
Sutta Summary
Outline and Text
Audio
Introduction
Preliminaries
Direct Path
Definition
Body
Breathing
Insight Refrain
Postures
Activity/Clear Comp
Anatomical Parts
Elements
Decay/death
Feeling
Feeling Text
Mind or Mind States
Mind Text
Dhammas, Phenomena, Truth
Hindrances
Aggregates
Sense-Spheres
Awakening Factors
Noble Truths
Conclusion
Contemplative Study Course

Satipatthana Sutta Study
The Direct Path to Realization
Sutta on the Four Foundations of Mindfulness

(Excerpts below please credit Rees, Mary. "Being Prayer - Transforming Consciousness: Good News of Buddhist Practice." Houston: Nutshell Publications, 2006.)

The Four Satipatthanas

3. The Contemplation of Consciousness or Mind States

Contemplation of consciousness refers to awareness of qualities or states of mind. Among the unwholesome are specifically mentioned the three poisons of anger or aversion, lust or grasping, and ignorance, plus a fourth, restlessness. Four wholesome states are also identified: liberated mind, concentrated mind, unsurpassable mind, and great mind.



Satipatthana Sutta Study - © 2005 Mary Rees
Sutta text modified from translation by Analayo. Please see his original translation and excellent commentary: Satipatthana : The Direct Path to Realization. Birmingham, UK: Windhorse Publications, 2003.