[373] Ekāyano ayaṃ bhikkhave maggoti kasmā bhagavā idaṃ suttamabhāsi? kururaṭṭhavāsīnaṃ gambhīradesanāpaṭiggahaṇasamatthatāya. Kururaṭṭhavāsino kira bhikkhubhikkhuniyo upāsakaupāsikāyo ca utusappāyādisampannattā tassa raṭṭhassa sappāyautupaccayasevanena niccaṃ kallasarīrā kallacittā ca honti. Te cittasarīra- kallatāya anuggahitapaññābalā gambhīrakathaṃ paṭiggahetuṃ samatthā honti. Tena tesaṃ bhagavā imaṃ gambhīradesanāpaṭiggahaṇasamatthataṃ sampassanto ekavīsatiyā ṭhānesu kammaṭṭhānaṃ arahatte pakkhipitvā idaṃ gambhīratthaṃ mahāsatipaṭṭhānasuttaṃ abhāsi. Yathā hi puriso suvaṇṇacaṅkoṭakaṃ labhitvā tattha nānāpupphāni pakkhipeyya, suvaṇṇamañjusaṃ vā pana labhitvā satta ratanāni pakkhipeyya, evaṃ bhagavāpi kururaṭṭhavāsiparisaṃ labhitvā gambhīradesanaṃ ṭhapesi. Tenevettha aññānipi gambhīratthāni imasmiṃ dīghanikāye mahānidānaṃ, majjhimanikāye satipaṭṭhānaṃ, sāropamaṃ, rukkhopamaṃ, raṭṭhapālaṃ, māgaṇḍiyaṃ, āneñjasappāyanti aññānipi suttāni desesi.

Apica tasmiṃ janapade catasso parisā pakatiyāva satipaṭṭhāna- bhāvanānuyogamanuyuttā viharanti, antamaso dāsakammakarāpi satipaṭṭhānapaṭisaṃyuttameva kathaṃ kathenti. Udakatitthasuttakantanaṭṭhānādīsupi niratthakakathā nāma nappavattati. Sace kāci itthī "amma tvaṃ kataraṃ satipaṭṭhānaṃ manasikarosī"ti pucchitā "na kiñcī"ti vadati, taṃ garahanti "dhiratthu tava jīvitaṃ, jīvamānāpi tvaṃ matasadisā"ti. Atha naṃ "mādāni puna evamakāsī"ti ovaditvā aññataraṃ satipaṭṭhānaṃ uggaṇhāpenti. Yā pana "ahaṃ asukaṃ satipaṭṭhānaṃ nāma manasikaromī"ti vadati, tassā "sādhu sādhū"ti sādhukāraṃ datvā "sujīvitaṃ tava jīvitaṃ, tvaṃ nāma manussattaṃ