The Related Suttas Collection 47.44

5. The Deathless

Mindful

“Bhikkhus, a bhikkhu should live mindfully. This is my instruction to you.

And how is a bhikkhu mindful? 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. That’s how a bhikkhu is mindful. A bhikkhu should live mindfully. This is my instruction to you.”