English Translation 3.8.5
3.8.5 Many
Benefits derive from Bodily Awareness1
“Just as, Bhikkhus, someone may mentally imagine the great ocean including all the rivers that inevitably flow into this ocean, in the same way, Bhikkhus, whosoever develops and increases safeguarding of constant awareness of the body automatically includes all the wholesome states that are conducive to wisdom!”
“There is one thing, Bhikkhus, that when developed and increased, gives rise to thrill,
when developed and increased it brings about great benefit,
when developed and increased it bears great security from bondage,
when developed and increased it results in awareness and constant thorough understanding of impermanence,
when developed and increased it leads to the attainment of insight knowledge and wisdom,
when developed and increased comfortable living during this very existence ensue and when developed and increased it enables to the realization of the fruit of liberation through wisdom.
What is this one thing? It is the safeguarding of constant awareness of the body.
This is the one thing, Bhikkhus, that when developed and increased, gives rise to thrill,
when developed and increased brings about great benefit,
when developed and increased bears great security from bondage,
when developed and increased results in awareness and constant thorough understanding of impermanence,
when developed and increased leads to the attainment of insight knowledge and wisdom,
when developed and increased comfortable living during this very existence ensue and when developed and increased enables to the realization of the fruit of liberation through knowledge.
“There is one thing, Bhikkhus, when developed and increased, it calms the body,
it calms the mind,
thoughts and the rolling in thoughts come to rest and all beneficial states that are conducive to wisdom reach full development.
What is this one thing? It is the safeguarding of constant awareness of the body.
This is the one thing, Bhikkhus, when developed and increased, calms the body,
calms the mind,
thoughts and the rolling in thoughts come to rest and all beneficial states that are conducive to wisdom reach full development.
There is one thing, Bhikkhus, that when developed and increased, unwholesome mental states that have not arisen in him will not arise,
unwholesome mental states that have arisen in him will get abandoned.
What is this one thing? It is the safeguarding of constant awareness of the body.
This is the one thing, Bhikkhus, when developed and increased unwholesome mental states that have not arisen in him will not arise,
unwholesome mental states that have arisen in him will get abandoned.
There is one thing, Bhikkhus, that when developed and increased, wholesome mental states that have not yet arisen in him will arise,
wholesome mental states that have arisen in him will get multiplied and brought to full maturity.
What is this one thing? It is the safeguarding of constant awareness of the body.
This is the one thing, Bhikkhus, when developed and increased, wholesome mental states that have not yet arisen in him will arise,
wholesome mental states that have arisen in him will get multiplied and brought to full maturity.
There is one thing, Bhikkhus, that when developed and increased, abandons ignorance,
wisdom arises,
the conceit of ‘self’ gets abandoned,
underlying tendencies of unwholesomeness get eradicated and bondages of attachment rejected.
What is this one thing? It is the safeguarding of constant awareness of the body.
This is the one thing, Bhikkhus, when developed and increased, ignorance gets abandoned,
wisdom arises,
the conceit of ‘self’ gets abandoned,
underlying tendencies of unwholesomeness get eradicated and bondages of attachment rejected.
There is one thing, Bhikkhus, when developed and increased, leads to the realization of the fruits of Sotāpatti,
leads to the realization of the fruits of Sakadāgāmi,
leads to the realization of the fruits of Anāgāmi,
leads to the realization of the fruits of Arahatta.
What is this one thing? It is the safeguarding of constant awareness of the body.
This is the one thing, Bhikkhus, when developed and increased, leads to the realization of the fruits of Sotāpatti,
leads to the realization of the fruits of Sakadāgāmi,
leads to the realization of the fruits of Anāgāmi,
leads to the realization of the fruits of Arahatta.
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1. Kāyagatāsativaggo: kāya+gatā+sati+vaggo: body + gone + awareness + chapter