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The Discourse on the World
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The same source.
Seated to one side, the Venerable Sāriputta said this to the Venerable Anuruddha -
"Because of having developed and cultivated which qualities, friend Anuruddha, have you attained great direct knowledge?"
"Because of having developed and cultivated the four establishments of mindfulness, friend, I have attained great direct knowledge."
"Which four? Here I, friend, dwell observing the body in the body, ardent, fully aware, mindful, having removed covetousness and displeasure regarding the world; in feelings... etc. In mind... etc. I dwell observing mental phenomena in mental phenomena, ardent, fully aware, mindful, having removed covetousness and displeasure regarding the world. Because of having developed and cultivated these four establishments of mindfulness, friend, I have attained great direct knowledge. And moreover, friend, because of having developed and cultivated these four establishments of mindfulness, I directly know a thousandfold world." The eighth.