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🍃 June 3, 2025 — Daily Topic

THE SATIPAṬṬHĀNA SUTTA — THE ROOTS OF MINDFULNESS

The Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta (Pali; Sanskrit: Smṛtyupasthāna Sūtra) is one of the most foundational teachings on meditation in both Theravāda and Mahāyāna traditions.
The Buddha taught:

“Whoever earnestly practices the Four Foundations of Mindfulness for seven years, seven months, or even seven days, may realize the Noble Fruits.”

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🌱 The Four Foundations:
	1.	Mindfulness of the Body (breathing, walking, posture, physical form)
	2.	Mindfulness of Feelings (pleasant, unpleasant, or neutral sensations)
	3.	Mindfulness of Mind (awareness of mental states—agitated, calm, wholesome, unwholesome)
	4.	Mindfulness of Phenomena (observing dhammas as they are, without clinging)

This sutta forms the very basis for all meditation practices:
Vipassanā, Zen, Insight Meditation —
all arise from cultivating clear, present-moment awareness in daily life.

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🪷 “This is the only way for the purification of beings,
the overcoming of sorrow and lamentation,
the ending of suffering and grief,
the attainment of the true path,
and the realization of Nibbāna.”
— Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta