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Mahasatipatthana
Sutta
vi.
Navasivathika Pabba (Section on Nine Stages of Corpses)
Part
1
And
again, bhikkhus, if a bhikkhu should see a body, one day dead,
or two days dead, or three days dead, swollen, blue and festering,
discarded in the charnel ground, he then compares it to his own
body thus: "Truly this body is of the same nature, it will
become like that and cannot escape from it."note44
Thus
he dwells perceiving again and again the body as just the body
in himself…. Thus, bhikkhus, this is also a way in which
a bhikkhu dwells perceiving again and again the body as just the
body.
Part
2
And again, bhikkus, if a bhikkhu should see a body discarded in
the charnel ground, being devoured by crows, being devoured by
hawks, being devoured by vultures, being devoured by herons, being
devoured by dogs, being devoured by tigers, being devoured by
leopards, being devoured by jackals, or being devoured by various
kinds of worms, he then compares it to his own body thus: ''Truly
this body is of the same nature, it will become like that and
cannot escape from it.''
Thus
he dwells perceiving again and again the body as just the body
in himself…. Thus, bhikkhus, this is also a way in which
a bhikkhu dwells perceiving again and again the body as just the
body.
Part
3
And
again, bhikkhus, if a bhikkhu should see a body discarded in the
charnel ground, that is just a skeleton held together by the tendons,
with some flesh and blood still adhering to it, he then compares
it to his own body thus: "Truly this body is of the same
nature, it will become like that and cannot escape from it."
Thus
he dwells perceiving again and again the body as just the body
in himself…. Thus, bhikkhus, this is also a way in which
a bhikkhu dwells perceiving again and again the body as just the
body.
Part
4
And
again, bhikkhus, if a bhikkhu should see a body, discarded in
the charnel ground, that is just a skeleton held together by the
tendons, blood-besmeared, fleshless, he then compares it to his
own body thus: "Truly this body is of the same nature, it
will become like that and cannot escape from it."
Thus
he dwells perceiving again and again the body as just the body
in himself…. Thus, bhikkhus, this is also a way in which
a bhikkhu dwells perceiving again and again the body as just the
body.
Part
5
And
again, bhikkhus, if a bhikkhu should see a body, discarded in
the charnel ground, that is just a skeleton held together by the
tendons without flesh and blood, he then compares it to his own
body thus: "Truly this body is of the same nature, it will
become like that and cannot escape from it."
Thus he dwells perceiving again and again the body as just the
body in himself…. Thus, bhikkhus, this is also a way in which
a bhikkhu dwells perceiving again and again the body as just the
body.
Part
6
And
again, bhikkhus, if a bhikkhu should see a body, discarded in
the charnel ground, that is just loose bones scattered in all
directions; at one place bones of a hand, at another place bones
of a foot, at another place ankle-bones, at another place shin-bones,
at another place thigh-bones, at another place hip-bones, at another
place rib-bones, at another place spinal-bones, at another place
shoulder-bones, at another place neck-bones, at another place
the jawbone, at another place the teeth, and at another place
the skull, he then compares it to his own body thus: "Truly
this body is of the same nature, it will become like that and
cannot escape from it."
Thus
he dwells perceiving again and again the body as just the body
in himself…. Thus, bhikkhus, this is also a way in which
a bhikkhu dwells perceiving again and again the body as just the
body.
Part
7
And
again, bhikkhus, if a bhikkhu should see a body, discarded in
the charnel ground, that is just white bones of conch-like colour,
he then compares it to his own body thus: "Truly this body
is of the same nature, it will become like that and cannot escape
from it."
Thus
he dwells perceiving again and again the body as just the body
in himself…. Thus, bhikkhus, this is a way in which a bhikkhu
dwells perceiving again and again the body as just the body.
Part
8
And
again, bhikkhus, if a bhikkhu should see a body, discarded in
the charnel ground, that is bones more than a year old, lying
in a heap, he then compares it to his own body thus: "Truly
this body is of the same nature, it will become like that and
cannot escape from it."
Thus
he dwells perceiving again and again the body as just the body
in himself…. Thus, bhikkhus, this is also a way in which
a bhikkhu dwells perceiving again and again the body as just the
body.
Part
9
And
again, bhikkhus, if a bhikkhu should see a body, discarded in
the charnel ground, that is just rotted bones, crumbling to dust,
he then compares it to his own body thus: "Truly this body
is of the same nature, it will become like that and cannot escape
from it."
Thus
he dwells perceiving again and again the body as just the body
(not mine, not I, not self, but just a phenomenon) in himself;
or he dwells perceiving again and again the body as just the body
in others; or he dwells perceiving again and again the body as
just the body in both himself and in others. He dwells perceiving
again and again the cause and the actual appearing of the body
or he dwells perceiving again and again the cause and the actual
dissolution of the body; or he dwells perceiving again and again
both the actual appearing and dissolution of the body with their
causes. To summarize, he is firmly mindful of the fact that only
the body exists (not a soul, a self or I). That mindfulness is
just for gaining insight (vipassana) and mindfulness progressively.
Being detached from craving and wrong views he dwells without
clinging to anything in the world. Thus, bhikkhus, this is also
a way in which a bhikkhu dwells perceiving again and again the
body as just the body.
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