[678] Evamme sutaṃ ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā vesāliyaṃ viharati ambapālivane . tatra kho bhagavā bhikkhū āmantesi bhikkhavoti . Bhadanteti te bhikkhū bhagavato paccassosuṃ. Bhagavā etadavoca.

[679] Ekāyanvāyaṃ bhikkhave maggo sattānaṃ visuddhiyā sokaparidevānaṃ samatikkamāya dukkhadomanassānaṃ atthaṅgamāya ñāyassa adhigamāya nibbānassa sacchikiriyāya . yadidaṃ cattāro satipaṭṭhānā. Katame cattāro.

[680] Idha bhikkhave bhikkhu kāye kāyānupassī viharati ātāpī sampajāno satimā vineyya loke abhijjhādomanassaṃ . vedanāsu vedanānupassī viharati ātāpī sampajāno satimā vineyya loke abhijjhādomanassaṃ . citte cittānupassī viharati ātāpī sampajāno satimā vineyya loke abhijjhādomanassaṃ . dhammesu dhammānupassī viharati ātāpī sampajāno satimā vineyya loke abhijjhādomanassaṃ.

[681] Ekāyanvāyaṃ bhikkhave maggo sattānaṃ visuddhiyā sokaparidevānaṃ samatikkamāya dukkhadomanassānaṃ atthaṅgamāya ñāyassa adhigamāya nibbānassa sacchikiriyāya . yadidaṃ cattāro satipaṭṭhānāti . Idamavoca bhagavā . attamanā te bhikkhū bhagavato bhāsitaṃ abhinandunti.