Reading guide
The one merged range that writes its own ending in full
Confirmed by direct reading, this file does NOT truncate its own content the way the three preceding merged ranges did — it gives the complete five higher fetters (desire for rebirth in the realm of luminous form, desire for rebirth in the formless realm, conceit, restlessness, and ignorance) and the complete fourfold purpose clause (direct knowledge, complete understanding, finishing, and giving up) written out in full, marked “Dasamaṁ” (“the tenth”) as this vagga's own final discourse.
A broader cross-reference, naming this saṃyutta's own overall structure
Confirmed by direct reading, this merged file adds an explicit note beyond the usual “vitthāretabbaṁ”: “as with the Linked Discourses on the Path, so should the Linked Discourses on Mindfulness Meditation be elaborated... these ten discourses correspond to SN 45.171–179, with the above as the final discourse” — confirming SN 47.95-103 mirror this project's own already-published SN 45.171-179, and that THIS discourse (SN 47.104) corresponds instead to SN 45.180, “Higher Fetters,” the identical closing theme already confirmed in this project's own Book V module.
The close of the entire Satipaṭṭhānasaṃyutta
Confirmed by direct reading, this merged file's own closing lines carry TWO colophons: “Oghavaggo dasamo” (“the tenth vagga, Floods, is finished”), and “Satipaṭṭhānasaṁyuttaṁ tatiyaṁ” (“the Linked Discourses on Mindfulness Meditation, the third [saṃyutta of this book]”) — confirming this merged file closes not only Vagga 10 but ALL 104 discourses of the Satipaṭṭhānasaṃyutta itself, and that this saṃyutta is the third within its containing book (Mahāvagga, Book V).
Key terms
The text
§1“Mendicants, there are five higher fetters. What five? Desire for rebirth in the realm of luminous form, desire for rebirth in the formless realm, conceit, restlessness, and ignorance. These are the five higher fetters. The four kinds of mindfulness meditation should be developed for the direct knowledge, complete understanding, finishing, and giving up of these five higher fetters. What four? It’s when a mendicant meditates by observing an aspect of the body—keen, aware, and mindful, rid of covetousness and displeasure for the world. They meditate observing an aspect of feelings … mind … principles—keen, aware, and mindful, rid of covetousness and displeasure for the world. These four kinds of mindfulness meditation should be developed for the direct knowledge, complete understanding, finishing, and giving up of these five higher fetters.”
§2 — the broader cross-reference(The Linked Discourses on Mindfulness Meditation should be told in full as in the Linked Discourses on the Path. These ten discourses correspond to SN 45.171–179, with the above as the final discourse.)
§3 — the closing summary verseFloods, yokes, grasping, ties, and underlying tendencies, kinds of sensual stimulation, hindrances, aggregates, and fetters high and low. The Linked Discourses on Mindfulness Meditation is the third section.
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