The Related Suttas Collection 47.50

5. The Deathless

Defilements

“Bhikkhus, there are these three defilements. What three? The defilements of sensuality, desire to be reborn, and ignorance. These are the three defilements.

The four kinds of mindfulness meditation should be developed to give up these three defilements.

What four? It’s when a bhikkhu meditates by watching, again and again, an aspect of the body—keen, aware, and mindful, rid of covetousness and displeasure for the world. They meditate watching, again and again, an aspect of feelings … mind … principles—keen, aware, and mindful, rid of covetousness and displeasure for the world.

These four kinds of mindfulness meditation should be developed to give up these three defilements.”