ANANUSSUTAVAGGA

Collections of Linked Discourses

Collections of 'linked' or 'connected' discourses and other related texts.

Ananussutasutta

SN 47.31
Not Learned From Anyone Else

The full knowledge of mindfulness meditation was not learned before the Buddha.

Virāgasutta

SN 47.32
Fading Away

The four kinds of mindfulness meditation lead to peace.

Viraddhasutta

SN 47.33
Missed Out

Someone who has neglected the four kinds of mindfulness meditation has neglected the noble path.

Bhāvitasutta

SN 47.34
Developed

The four kinds of mindfulness meditation lead from the near to the far shore.

Satisutta

SN 47.35
Mindful

Mindfulness is the four kinds of mindfulness meditation. Situational awareness is watching the arising and passing of feelings, thoughts, and perceptions.

Aññāsutta

SN 47.36
Enlightenment

When the four kinds of mindfulness meditation are developed, perfection or non-return may be expected.

Chandasutta

SN 47.37
Desire

Developing the four kinds of mindfulness meditation, desire is abandoned.

Pariññātasutta

SN 47.38
Complete Understanding

The four kinds of mindfulness meditation lead to realizing the deathless.

Bhāvanāsutta

SN 47.39
Development

The development of the four kinds of mindfulness meditation.

Vibhaṅgasutta

SN 47.40
Analysis

The Buddha teaches the simple passage on the four kinds of mindfulness meditation and an advanced analysis, which involves contemplating them as impermanent.