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The Practice Which leads to Nibbana - A Buddhist Library

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w 4returns <strong>to</strong> the fourth jhŒna based on Mindfulness of Breathing andhaving emerged from that concentration he again directs his mind<strong>to</strong>wards seeing the 32 parts of the body.<strong>The</strong> 32 parts of the body are:Head hair, body hair, nails, teeth, skin,flesh, sinew, bones, marrow, kidney,heart, liver, membrane, spleen, lungs,intestine, mesentery, gorge, faeces, brain,bile, phlegm, pus, blood, sweat, fat,tears, grease, saliva, mucus, synovia, urine.He then returns <strong>to</strong> the fourth jhŒna based on Mindfulness ofBreathing and the emerging from it uses the light produced by it <strong>to</strong>assist him <strong>to</strong> discern the 32 parts of the body in a person who issitting close <strong>to</strong> him. Thus he develops the ability <strong>to</strong> discern the 32parts both internally in his own body and externally in the body ofanother individual. By practising this discernment of the 32 partsinternally and externally again and again in turn the power of hisconcentration on the 32 parts increases and becomes strong. He canthen begin <strong>to</strong> discern 32 parts of the body in other humans aroundhim and even in animals.When a medita<strong>to</strong>r has become skilled in the discerning of the 32parts in this way both internally and externally he is then able <strong>to</strong>follow any of three ways for the further development of his concentration:1. He can use the repulsiveness of a part <strong>to</strong> develop meditation onthe repulsiveness of the body.2. He can use the colour of a part of the body <strong>to</strong> develop as a kasiöameditation.3. He can analyse and discern the four elements (earth, water, fire,and air) in each part and develop Four Elements meditation.

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