Sathipattana Sutta Exposition
Ranjith Daluwatta
Exposition of Sathipattana Sutta by Ven Udairiyagama Dhammajiva Thero of Nissarana Forest Monastery Mithirigala. The Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta [1] (MN 10) (Sanskrit: Smṛtyupasthāna Sūtra स्मृत्युपस्थान सूत्र, Chinese : 念處經; The Discourse on the Establishing of Mindfulness ) and the Mahāsatipaṭṭhāna Sutta [2] (DN 22) ( The Great Discourse on the Establishing of Mindfulness ) are two of the most important and widely studied discourses in the Pali Canon of Theravada Buddhism. These discourses ( Pāli : sutta ) provide a means for practicing mindfulness in a variety of contexts and potentially continuously. Famously, the Buddha declares at the beginning of this discourse: These talks are in Sinhala Language