Tripiṭaka 3. Sīlaṭṭhitivagga
3. Ethics and Duration
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Ekamantaṁ nisinno kho āyasmā sāriputto āyasmantaṁ anuruddhaṁ etadavoca:
“‘asekho, asekho’ti, āvuso anuruddha, vuccati.
“Reverend, they speak of the one called ‘an adept’.
“Catunnaṁ kho, āvuso, satipaṭṭhānānaṁ samattaṁ bhāvitattā asekho hoti.
“Reverends, an adept is someone who has completely developed the four kinds of mindfulness meditation.
Idhāvuso, 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.
dhammesu dhammānupassī viharati ātāpī sampajāno satimā, vineyya loke abhijjhādomanassaṁ.
principles—keen, aware, and mindful, rid of covetousness and displeasure for the world.
Imesaṁ kho, āvuso, catunnaṁ satipaṭṭhānānaṁ samattaṁ bhāvitattā asekho hotī”ti.
An adept is someone who has completely developed the four kinds of mindfulness meditation.”
Sattamaṁ.