dn22:12.0 3. Observing the Mind
dn22:12.1 And how does a mendicant meditate observing an aspect of the mind?
dn22:12.2 It’s when a mendicant understands mind with greed as ‘mind with greed,’
dn22:12.3 and mind without greed as ‘mind without greed.’
dn22:12.4 They understand mind with hate as ‘mind with hate,’
dn22:12.5 and mind without hate as ‘mind without hate.’
dn22:12.6 They understand mind with delusion as ‘mind with delusion,’
dn22:12.7 and mind without delusion as ‘mind without delusion.’
dn22:12.8 They know constricted mind as ‘constricted mind,’
dn22:12.9 and scattered mind as ‘scattered mind.’
dn22:12.10 They know expansive mind as ‘expansive mind,’
dn22:12.11 and unexpansive mind as ‘unexpansive mind.’
dn22:12.12 They know mind that is not supreme as ‘mind that is not supreme,’
dn22:12.13 and mind that is supreme as ‘mind that is supreme.’
dn22:12.14 They know mind immersed in samādhi as ‘mind immersed in samādhi,’
dn22:12.15 and mind not immersed in samādhi as ‘mind not immersed in samādhi.’
dn22:12.16 They know freed mind as ‘freed mind,’
dn22:12.17 and unfreed mind as ‘unfreed mind.’
dn22:12.18 And so they meditate observing an aspect of the mind internally, externally, and both internally and externally.
dn22:12.19 With respect to the mind, they meditate observing the liability to originate, to vanish, and to originate and vanish.
dn22:12.20 Or mindfulness is established that the mind exists, to the extent necessary for knowledge and mindfulness. They meditate independent, not grasping at anything in the world.
dn22:12.21 That’s how a mendicant meditates by observing an aspect of the mind.

