· Ananda's Teaching

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Ananda asked the Buddha about four matters before the Buddha entered Nirvana. [...] The second question was where the Buddha’s disciples should dwell, and the Buddha told them to dwell in the Four Applications of Mindfulness: mindfulness with regard to the body, feelings, thoughts, and dharmas.

The Four Applications of Mindfulness:

  1. Contemplate the body as impure.
  2. Contemplate feelings as suffering.
  3. Contemplate thoughts as impermanent.
  4. Contemplate dharmas as without self.

SOURCE: Lotus Sutra with commentary (City of 10.000 Buddhas)

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