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9 Kàyagatàsati
Reflection on the 32 impure parts of the body such as head-hair,
body-hair, nails, teeth, skin, flesh, sinews, bones, marrow, kidneys,
heart, liver, diaphragm, spleen, lungs, bowels, mesentery,
stomach, faeces, brain, bile, phlegm, pus, blood, sweat, lymph,
tears, grease, saliva, nasal mucus, articular fluid and urine.”
In Buddha’s time many monks attained arahatship by
meditating on these impure parts. Kàyagatàsati develops asubhasa¤¤à
(notion of loathsomeness) on the body just as asubhabhàvanà
does. This loathsomeness of the body leads to dispassion,
i.e. the suppression of ràga (lust).
10 ânàpànassati
Mindfulness on the in-breathing and out-breathing of one’s
respiration.
A brief comment on Anussatis
Of the ten Anussatis, kàyagatàsati can lead to the first jhàna;
ànàpànassati, to all the five råpàvacara jhànas; and the rest, to
neighbourhood concentration (upacàra-samàdhi).
Buddhànussati and maranànussati are included in the four
guardian-kammaññhànas. By reflecting on the virtues of Buddha
repeatedly for a long time, one’s body becomes venerable as a
pagoda and so it may not be insulted by beasts, ghosts or wicked
persons.
Also one has the notion of living together with Buddha,
and thus one develops faith on Buddha, moral shame and moral
dread to a greater extent.
Reflection on death repeatedly enables one to comprehend
the fleeting nature of life. When one has the notion that one’s