sn.47.27 Saṁyutta Nikāya (Linked Discourses)

Completely

The same setting. Sitting to one side, the Venerable Sāriputta said to the Venerable Anuruddha:

“Friend Anuruddha, it is said, ‘One beyond training, one beyond training.’ In what way, friend, is one beyond training?”

“It is, friend, because one has completely developed the four establishments of mindfulness that one is beyond training. What four?… as above … It is because one has completely developed these four establishments of mindfulness that one is beyond training.”

- Translator: Bhikkhu Bodhi

- Editor: Blake Walsh

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Completely

The 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 desire and aversion for the world.
They meditate observing an aspect of feelings …
mind …
principles—keen, aware, and mindful, rid of desire and aversion for the world.
An adept is someone who has completely developed the four kinds of mindfulness meditation.”