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In Ambapālī’s Mango GroveIn Ambapālī’s Mango GroveAt one time the venerables Anuruddha and Sāriputta were staying near Vesālī in Ambapālī’s Mango Grove.At one time the venerables Anuruddha and Sāriputta were staying near Vesālī in Ambapālī’s Mango Grove.Then in the late afternoon, Sāriputta came out of retreat, went to Anuruddha, and said to him:Then in the late afternoon, Sāriputta came out of retreat, went to Anuruddha, and said to him:

“Reverend Anuruddha, your faculties are so very clear, and your complexion is pure and bright.“Reverend Anuruddha, your faculties are so very clear, and your complexion is pure and bright.What kind of meditation are you usually practicing these days?”What kind of meditation are you usually practicing these days?”“These days, reverend, I usually meditate with my mind firmly established in the four kinds of mindfulness meditation.“These days, reverend, I usually meditate with my mind firmly established in the four kinds of mindfulness meditation.

What four?What four?I meditate observing an aspect of the body …I meditate observing an aspect of the body …feelings …feelings …

mind …mind …principles—keen, aware, and mindful, rid of covetousness and displeasure for the world.principles—keen, aware, and mindful, rid of covetousness and displeasure for the world.These days I usually meditate with my mind firmly established in these four kinds of mindfulness meditation.These days I usually meditate with my mind firmly established in these four kinds of mindfulness meditation.

A mendicant who is perfected—with defilements ended, who has completed the spiritual journey, done what had to be done, laid down the burden, achieved their heart’s goal, utterly ended the fetter of continued existence, and is rightly freed through enlightenment—usually meditates with their mind firmly established in these four kinds of mindfulness meditation.”A mendicant who is perfected—with defilements ended, who has completed the spiritual journey, done what had to be done, laid down the burden, achieved their heart’s goal, utterly ended the fetter of continued existence, and is rightly freed through enlightenment—usually meditates with their mind firmly established in these four kinds of mindfulness meditation.”

“We’re so fortunate, reverend, so very fortunate,“We’re so fortunate, reverend, so very fortunate,to have heard such a dramatic statement in the presence of Venerable Anuruddha.”to have heard such a dramatic statement in the presence of Venerable Anuruddha.”