5.
The Discourse on the Unwholesome Heap
371.
At Sāvatthī.
There the Blessed One said this:
"'A heap of unwholesome,' monks, speaking rightly one would say of the five mental hindrances.
For this is the entire heap of unwholesome, that is to say -
the five mental hindrances.
Which five?
The mental hindrance of sensual desire, the mental hindrance of anger, the mental hindrance of sloth and torpor, the mental hindrance of restlessness and remorse, the mental hindrance of sceptical doubt.
'A heap of unwholesome,' monks, speaking rightly one would say of these five mental hindrances.
For this is the entire heap of unwholesome, that is to say -
the five mental hindrances.
"'A heap of wholesome,' monks, speaking rightly one would say of the four establishments of mindfulness. For this is the entire heap of wholesome, that is to say - the four establishments of mindfulness. Which four? Here, monks, a monk dwells observing the body in the body, ardent, fully aware, mindful, having removed covetousness and displeasure regarding the world; in feelings... etc. In mind... etc. He dwells observing mental phenomena in mental phenomena, ardent, fully aware, mindful, having removed covetousness and displeasure regarding the world. 'A heap of wholesome,' monks, speaking rightly one would say of these four establishments of mindfulness. For this is the entire heap of wholesome, that is to say - the four establishments of mindfulness." The fifth.