The Buddha teaches on the four establishments of mindfulness regarding with mānadinna, guiding mendicants to develop continuous mindfulness for insight and liberation.

SN 47.30 With Mānadinna

Taṁyeva nidānaṁ. Tena kho pana samayena mānadinno gahapati ābādhiko hoti dukkhito bāḷhagilāno. Atha kho mānadinno gahapati aññataraṁ purisaṁ āmantesi:

“ehi tvaṁ, ambho purisa …pe…

na me, bhante, khamanīyaṁ na yāpanīyaṁ. Bāḷhā me dukkhā vedanā abhikkamanti, no paṭikkamanti; abhikkamosānaṁ paññāyati, no paṭikkamoti. Evarūpāya cāhaṁ, bhante, dukkhāya vedanāya phuṭṭho samāno kāye kāyānupassī viharāmi ātāpī sampajāno satimā, vineyya loke abhijjhādomanassaṁ; vedanāsu …pe… citte …pe… dhammesu dhammānupassī viharāmi ātāpī sampajāno satimā, vineyya loke abhijjhādomanassaṁ. Yāni cimāni, bhante, bhagavatā pañcorambhāgiyāni saṁyojanāni desitāni, nāhaṁ, bhante, tesaṁ kiñci attani appahīnaṁ samanupassāmī”ti.

“Lābhā te, gahapati, suladdhaṁ te, gahapati. Anāgāmiphalaṁ tayā, gahapati, byākatan”ti.

Dasamaṁ.

Sīlaṭṭhitivaggo tatiyo.

Tassuddānaṁ

Sīlaṁ ṭhiti parihānaṁ,
suddhaṁ brāhmaṇapadesaṁ;
Samattaṁ loko sirivaḍḍho,
mānadinnena te dasāti.

Reference Translation by Bhikkhu Sujato (CC0).

Taṁyeva nidānaṁ.

The same setting.

Tena kho pana samayena mānadinno gahapati ābādhiko hoti dukkhito bāḷhagilāno.

Now at that time the householder Mānadinna was sick, suffering, gravely ill.

Atha kho mānadinno gahapati aññataraṁ purisaṁ āmantesi:

Then he addressed a man:

“ehi tvaṁ, ambho purisa …pe…

“Please, my man, go to Venerable Ānanda …” …

na me, bhante, khamanīyaṁ na yāpanīyaṁ. Bāḷhā me dukkhā vedanā abhikkamanti, no paṭikkamanti; abhikkamosānaṁ paññāyati, no paṭikkamoti.

“Sir, I’m not keeping well, I’m not getting by. The pain is terrible and growing, not fading; its growing is evident, not its fading.

Evarūpāya cāhaṁ, bhante, dukkhāya vedanāya phuṭṭho samāno kāye kāyānupassī viharāmi ātāpī sampajāno satimā, vineyya loke abhijjhādomanassaṁ;

When I experience such painful feelings I meditate observing an aspect of the body—keen, aware, and mindful, rid of covetousness and displeasure for the world.

vedanāsu …pe…

I meditate observing an aspect of feelings …

citte …pe…

mind …

dhammesu dhammānupassī viharāmi ātāpī sampajāno satimā, vineyya loke abhijjhādomanassaṁ.

principles—keen, aware, and mindful, rid of covetousness and displeasure for the world.

Yāni cimāni, bhante, bhagavatā pañcorambhāgiyāni saṁyojanāni desitāni, nāhaṁ, bhante, tesaṁ kiñci attani appahīnaṁ samanupassāmī”ti.

And of the five lower fetters taught by the Buddha, I don’t see any that I haven’t given up.”

“Lābhā te, gahapati, suladdhaṁ te, gahapati.

“You’re fortunate, householder, so very fortunate!

Anāgāmiphalaṁ tayā, gahapati, byākatan”ti.

You have declared the fruit of non-return.”

Dasamaṁ.

Sīlaṭṭhitivaggo tatiyo.

Tassuddānaṁ

Sīlaṁ ṭhiti parihānaṁ,

suddhaṁ brāhmaṇapadesaṁ;

Samattaṁ loko sirivaḍḍho,

mānadinnena te dasāti.

Qualities:

Displeasure

Displeasure

A feeling of mental pain or a disagreeable feeling or unease born of mental contact.

Also known as: mental pain, mental distress, melancholy, sadness
Pāli: domanassa
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Greed

Greed

A grasping mental quality of craving, possessiveness, or lustful wanting that clings to objects or experiences; it fuels attachment and obstructs renunciation and contentment

Also known as: acquisitiveness, avarice, covetousness, rapacity, money grabbing, grabbiness
Pāli: lobha, gedha
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Jealousy

Jealousy

A painful mental state that arises when seeing the good fortune or qualities of others. It begrudges what others have and resents their happiness, closing the heart to appreciative joy.

Also known as: covetousness, envy, possessiveness, protective of, unwilling to part with
Pāli: issā
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Mindfulness

Mindfulness

Active presence of mind and lucid retention; the faculty that remembers the Dhamma, anchors attention to the chosen object or present experience, and guards the mind against unwholesome states.

Also known as: recollecting, remembering, keeping in mind, presence, awareness
Pāli: sati, anussati
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Suffering

Suffering

Unpleasantness, discontentment, dissatisfaction, stress, pain, disease, i.e. mild or intense suffering that is inherent in conditioned existence.

Also known as: discomfort, unpleasantness, discontentedness, dissatisfaction, stress, pain, disease, distress, affliction
Pāli: dukkha
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Last updated on July 27, 2026