[98] **Mindful, a bhikkhu should wander** (sato bhikkhu paribbaje): "Mindful" — one is mindful for four reasons: one is mindful developing the establishment of mindfulness (satipaṭṭhāna) of contemplating the body in the body; one is mindful developing the establishment of mindfulness of contemplating feelings (vedanā) in feelings; one is mindful developing the establishment of mindfulness of contemplating the mind (citta) in the mind; one is mindful developing the establishment of mindfulness of contemplating dhammas in dhammas.
For four further reasons one is mindful: one is mindful through the avoidance of unmindfulness; one is mindful because the things that are to be done with mindfulness have been done; one is mindful because the things that oppose mindfulness have been destroyed; one is mindful because the things that are the signs of mindfulness have not been forgotten.
For four further reasons one is mindful: one is mindful because of being endowed with mindfulness; one is mindful because of mastery of mindfulness; one is mindful because of proficiency in mindfulness; one is mindful because of not falling back from mindfulness.
For four further reasons one is mindful: one is mindful because of constancy; one is mindful because of being calm; one is mindful because of being stilled; one is mindful because of being endowed with the dhamma of the peaceful.
One is mindful through recollection (anussati) of the Buddha; mindful through recollection of the Dhamma; mindful through recollection of the Saṅgha; mindful through recollection of virtue; mindful through recollection of generosity; mindful through recollection of deities; mindful through mindfulness of breathing (ānāpānasati); mindful through recollection of death; mindful through mindfulness directed to the body; mindful through recollection of peace. Whatever mindfulness (sati) … right mindfulness, the mindfulness factor of awakening (bojjhaṅga), the path leading to one goal (ekāyanamagga) — this is called mindfulness. One who is possessed of, fully possessed of, has come to, has fully come to, has attained, has fully attained, and is endowed with this mindfulness — he is called mindful.
**Bhikkhu**: one is a bhikkhu because of having broken seven things: personality-view (sakkāyadiṭṭhi) is broken; doubt (vicikicchā) is broken; adherence to rules and rituals (sīlabbataparāmāsa) is broken; lust (rāga) is broken; hatred is broken; delusion is broken; conceit (māna) is broken. For him the evil, unwholesome dhammas — which defile, which lead to renewed existence, which bring distress, which ripen in suffering (dukkha), which make for future birth, aging, and death — have been broken.
By the path he himself has traveled ("Sabhiya," said the Blessed One),
he has gone to complete Nibbāna, having crossed over doubt;
having abandoned both non-existence and existence,
having lived the life, with renewed existence destroyed — he is a bhikkhu.
**Mindful, a bhikkhu should wander**: mindful, a bhikkhu should wander; mindful he should walk, mindful he should stand, mindful he should sit, mindful he should lie down; mindful he should go forward, mindful he should turn back; mindful he should look ahead, mindful he should look around; mindful he should bend his limbs, mindful he should stretch them out; mindful he should bear the outer robe, bowl, and robes; mindful he should conduct himself, mindful he should dwell, carry on, move about, protect, sustain, keep himself going. Therefore: "Mindful, a bhikkhu should wander." Hence the Blessed One said:
He should not be greedy for sensual pleasures;
he should be untroubled in mind;
skilled in all dhammas,
mindful, a bhikkhu should wander.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.