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| − | '''Asubha''': Impurity, loathsomeness, foulness, disgust. - In Vis.M VI, it is the cemetery contemplations sīvathika that are called | + | '''Asubha''': Impurity, loathsomeness, foulness, disgust. - In Vis.M VI, it is the cemetery contemplations sīvathika that are called [[Meditation]]-subjects on impurity asubha-kammatthāna; see. bhāvanā. In the Girimananda [[Sutta]] A. X., 50, however, the [[Perception]] of impurity asubha-saññā refers to the contemplation of the 32 parts of the [[Body]] see: [[Kāya]]-gatā-[[Sati]]. The contemplation of the [[Body]]'s impurity is an effective antidote against the hindrance of sense-desire see: [[Nīvarana]] and the [[Mental]] distortion [[Vipallāsa]], which sees what is truly impure as pure and beautiful. See XLVI, 51; A. V. 36, Dhp. 7, 8; Sn. 193ff. - The Five [[Mental]] Hindrances [[Wheel]] 26, pp. 5ff. |
| − | It is the single-most important tool to counteract sensual and sexual | + | It is the single-most important tool to counteract sensual and sexual [[Greed]]. |
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Revision as of 21:54, 9 April 2013
Asubha: Impurity, loathsomeness, foulness, disgust. - In Vis.M VI, it is the cemetery contemplations sīvathika that are called Meditation-subjects on impurity asubha-kammatthāna; see. bhāvanā. In the Girimananda Sutta A. X., 50, however, the Perception of impurity asubha-saññā refers to the contemplation of the 32 parts of the Body see: Kāya-gatā-Sati. The contemplation of the Body's impurity is an effective antidote against the hindrance of sense-desire see: Nīvarana and the Mental distortion Vipallāsa, which sees what is truly impure as pure and beautiful. See XLVI, 51; A. V. 36, Dhp. 7, 8; Sn. 193ff. - The Five Mental Hindrances Wheel 26, pp. 5ff.
It is the single-most important tool to counteract sensual and sexual Greed.
