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The Buddha opens the Satipetana discourse, which as I mentioned is the discourse he gave on the four foundations of mindfulness.

It's the root teaching for Vapassina practice.

He opens the discourse with an amazingly bold and unambiguous statement.

So I'd just like to read the opening lines of it. He says this, this practice, is the direct path for

the purification of beings for the surmounting of sorrow of

the purmounting of sorrow and grief,

for the attainment of the true way,

for the realization of Nibana, a polyword for the highest peace or awakening,

namely the four foundations of mindfulness.

So that's pretty direct.

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