Heartfelt Sayings 5.10

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1. Heartfelt Sayings 5.10
2. With Cūḷapanthaka
3. So I have heard.
4. At one time the Buddha was staying near Sāvatthī in Jeta’s Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika’s monastery.
5. Now at that time Venerable Cūḷapanthaka was sitting not far from the Buddha, cross-legged, his body set straight, and mindfulness established in his presence.
6. The Buddha saw him meditating there.
7. Then, understanding this matter, on that occasion the Buddha expressed this heartfelt sentiment:
8. “Steady in body, steady in mind,
9. standing, sitting or lying down:
10. a mendicant focusing on this mindfulness
11. gains an ever higher distinction.
12. And when they have done so,
13. they vanish from the King of Death.”