sn.47.30 Saṁyutta Nikāya (Linked Discourses)

With Mānadinna

The same setting.
Now at that time the householder Mānadinna was sick, suffering, gravely ill.
Then he addressed a man:
“Please, mister, go to Venerable Ānanda …” …
“Sir, I’m not keeping well, I’m not alright. The pain is terrible and growing, not fading; its growing is evident, not its fading.
When I experience such painful feelings I meditate observing an aspect of the body—keen, aware, and mindful, rid of desire and aversion for the world.
I meditate observing an aspect of feelings …
mind …
principles—keen, aware, and mindful, rid of desire and aversion for the world.
And of the five lower fetters taught by the Buddha, I don’t see any that I haven’t given up.”
“You’re fortunate, householder, so very fortunate!
You have declared the fruit of non-return.”