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'''[[Asubha]]''': [[Impurity]], [[loathsomeness]], [[foulness]], [[disgust]]. - In Vis.M VI, it is the [[cemetery contemplations]] sīvathika that are called [[Meditation]]-[[subjects]] on [[impurity]] [[asubha-kammatthāna]]; | '''[[Asubha]]''': [[Impurity]], [[loathsomeness]], [[foulness]], [[disgust]]. - In Vis.M VI, it is the [[cemetery contemplations]] sīvathika that are called [[Meditation]]-[[subjects]] on [[impurity]] [[asubha-kammatthāna]]; | ||
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| + | [[asubha]]: Literally, “[[the impurities]].” [[Subjects of meditation]], which focus on the [[inherent]] repulsiveness of the [[body]], recommended especially as powerful [[antidotes]] to [[lust]]. It can either take the [[form]] of [[seeing]] a so-called beautiful or desirable [[person]] as a {{Wiki|skin}} bag that is full of {{Wiki|urine}}, feces, pus, {{Wiki|blood}}, etc. or it can be done as a “[[Cemetery Meditation]]” where you actually watch a [[body]] decompose over a period of [[time]]. Not usually done by laypersons unless [[lust]] is a particular problem. | ||
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Revision as of 15:41, 23 March 2014
Asubha: Impurity, loathsomeness, foulness, disgust. - In Vis.M VI, it is the cemetery contemplations sīvathika that are called Meditation-subjects on impurity asubha-kammatthāna;
asubha: Literally, “the impurities.” Subjects of meditation, which focus on the inherent repulsiveness of the body, recommended especially as powerful antidotes to lust. It can either take the form of seeing a so-called beautiful or desirable person as a skin bag that is full of urine, feces, pus, blood, etc. or it can be done as a “Cemetery Meditation” where you actually watch a body decompose over a period of time. Not usually done by laypersons unless lust is a particular problem.
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.
