Itivuttaka 85

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85. Asubhanupassisuttam ( Meditating on the Un-holiness of the Worldly)

This was said by the Lord Buddha(Bhagavata), said by the Arahant, so I have heard:

“Remain attentive, monks, on foulness in the body. Have attention on in-&-out breathing (anapana meditation) well-established to the fore within you. Remain attentive on the inconstancy of all sankharas(fabrications/habits). For one who remains attentive on the foulness of the body, the obsession with passion for the property of beauty is abandoned. For one who has focus on in-&-out breathing(Anapana meditation) well-established to the fore within oneself, annoying external thoughts & inclinations don't exist. For one who remains attentive on the inconstancy of all sankharas(fabrications), Ignorance (Avijja) is abandoned, clear knowledge arises.”

Meditate(Passi) on foulness in the body, attentive on in-&-out breathing(Anapana meditation), seeing the stilling of all sankharas(fabrications) —ardent always: he is a monk who’s seen rightly. From that he is there released. A master of direct knowing, at peace(a yogi), he is a saint gone beyond bonds.

NOTES:

Passi - Refers to watchfulness of Vipassana meditation

See also: DN 22; SN 8:4