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| − | [[sīvathikā]]: '[[cemetery contemplations]]', as deseribed in D. 22 and M. 10, have as their objects a corpse one or two or three days old, swollen up, blue-black in colour, full of corruption; a corpse eaten by crows, etc.; a framework of bones; flesh hanging from it, bespattered with blood, held together by the sinews; without flesh and blood, but still held together by the sinews; bones scattered in all direction; bleached and resembling shells; heaped together after the lapse of years; weathered and crumbled to dust. At the end of each of these contemplations there follows the conclusion: "This body of mine also has this nature, has this destiny, cannot escape it." Similar are the 10 objects of loathsomeness ([[asubha]] q.v. | + | |
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| + | [[sīvathikā]]: '[[cemetery contemplations]]', as deseribed in D. 22 and M. 10, have as their [[objects]] a corpse one or two or three days old, swollen up, blue-black in {{Wiki|colour}}, full of corruption; a corpse eaten by [[crows]], etc.; | ||
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| + | a framework of [[bones]]; flesh hanging from it, bespattered with {{Wiki|blood}}, held together by the sinews; without flesh and {{Wiki|blood}}, but still held together by the sinews; | ||
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| + | [[bones]] scattered in all [[direction]]; bleached and resembling shells; [[heaped together]] after the lapse of years; weathered and crumbled to dust. | ||
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| + | At the end of each of these contemplations there follows the conclusion: | ||
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| + | "This [[body]] of mine also has this [[nature]], has this [[destiny]], cannot escape it." | ||
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| + | Similar are the 10 [[objects]] of [[loathsomeness]] ([[asubha]] q.v. | ||
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Latest revision as of 02:34, 3 March 2016
sīvathikā: 'cemetery contemplations', as deseribed in D. 22 and M. 10, have as their objects a corpse one or two or three days old, swollen up, blue-black in colour, full of corruption; a corpse eaten by crows, etc.;
a framework of bones; flesh hanging from it, bespattered with blood, held together by the sinews; without flesh and blood, but still held together by the sinews;
bones scattered in all direction; bleached and resembling shells; heaped together after the lapse of years; weathered and crumbled to dust.
At the end of each of these contemplations there follows the conclusion:
"This body of mine also has this nature, has this destiny, cannot escape it."
Similar are the 10 objects of loathsomeness (asubha q.v.
