Path of Freedom [Vimuttimagga]

ContentsFASCICLE VII, CHAPTER VIII, SECTION IVPAGEMindfulness of Respiration 156BenefitsProcedure 157Counting, Connection, Contacting and Fixing 159Sixteen Ways of Training in Mindfulness of Respiration . . . 160The Three Trainings 161The Four Foundations of Mindfulness 164The Seven Enlightenment FactorsMindfulness of Death 166Similes of the Foam, Plantain Trunk and Bubble . . . . 168Mindfulness of Body 170Thirty-two Parts of the Body 171Mindfulness in Thirteen Ways 172The Worms that Rely on the Body 174Bones of the Body 176Impurity of the Body 177Some DiseasesThe Recollection of PeaceMiscellaneous Teachings 179FASCICLE VIII, CHAPTER VIII, SECTION VThe Immeasurable Thought of Loving-kindness . . . . 181Disadvantages of Anger and Resentment . . . . . . 182Simile of the SawTwelve Means of Removing Hatred 185Simile of the PondTen Perfections 188The Four Resolves 190The Immeasurable Thought of CompassionThe Immeasurable Thought of Appreciative Joy . . . . 192The Immeasurable Thought of EquanimityMiscellaneous Teachings 193The Determining of the Four Elements 197Twenty Ways of Grasping the Element of Earth . . . . 198Twelve Ways Grasping the Element of WaterFour Ways of Grasping the Element of FireSix Ways of Grasping the Element of AirThe Four Elements • . 200Simile of the Puppet . . . . . . . . . . 204The Loathsomeness of Food 205The Dwelling of the Homeless 206LVI