← Saṃyutta NikāyaSN47.27Connected Discourses 47.27SuttaCentral (Bhikkhu Sujato translation)Select any verse to keep it — saved passages go to your Dhamma Deck, the same one the app uses.Linked Discourses 47.273. Ethics and DurationCompletelyThe same setting.“Reverend, they speak of this person called ‘an adept’.How is an adept defined?”“Reverends, an adept is someone who has completely developed the four kinds of mindfulness meditation.What four?It’s when a mendicant meditates by observing an aspect of the body—keen, aware, and mindful, rid of covetousness and displeasure for the world.They meditate observing an aspect of feelings …mind …principles—keen, aware, and mindful, rid of covetousness and displeasure for the world.An adept is someone who has completely developed the four kinds of mindfulness meditation.”